I heard Al-Hajjaj bin Yusuf saying while delivering a sermon on the pulpit: "Memorize the Quran as Jibrilﷺ memorized it, namely the Surah Al-Baqarah, the Surah in which women are mentioned, and the Surah in which the family of Imran is mentioned." Then I met Ibrahim and informed him of what Al-Hajjaj said. Ibrahim cursed him and then said to me, "Abdul Rahman bin Yazid informed me that he was with Abdullah bin Mas'ud when they arrived at Al-Aqaba (a specific place) and he hid in the valley. Then, he cited the verses from Surah Al-Baqarah and threw seven stones, making the takbeer (saying Allahu Akbar) with each stone. I said, 'O Abu Abdullah, people throw them from above it.' He replied, 'By the One besides Whom none has the right to be worshipped, this is the point where Surah Al-Baqarah was revealed.'"  

سَمِعْتُ الْحَجَّاجَ بْنَ يُوسُفَ يَقُولُ وَهُوَ يَخْطُبُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ أَلِّفُوا الْقُرْآنَ كَمَا أَلَّفَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ السُّورَةُ الَّتِي تُذْكَرُ فِيهَا الْبَقَرَةُ وَالسُّورَةُ الَّتِي تُذْكَرُ فِيهَا النِّسَاءُ وَالسُّورَةُ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا آلُ عِمْرَانَ قَالَ فَلَقِيتُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ بِقَوْلِهِ فَسَبَّهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ يَزِيدَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ فَأَتَى جَمْرَةَ الْعَقَبَةِ فَاسْتَبْطَنَ الْوَادِيَ فَاسْتَعْرَضَهَا فَرَمَاهَا مِنْ بَطْنِ الْوَادِي بِسَبْعِ حَصَيَاتٍ يُكَبِّرُ مَعَ كُلِّ حَصَاةٍ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ إِنَّ النَّاسَ يَرْمُونَهَا مِنْ فَوْقِهَا فَقَالَ هَذَا وَالَّذِي لَا إِلَهَ غَيْرُهُ مَقَامُ الَّذِي أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ