[Machine] He sent to his brothers from the people of Kufa and ordered them to gather and bid them farewell. They gathered in the shade of the mosque, and he came to them and greeted them. He ordered them not to dispute in the Quran, and informed them that whoever denies anything from it denies it all. He informed them that they used to dispute about it in the presence of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and that they used to recite it to him. He informed them all that he was virtuous, and that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to say, "The tongues do not differ in it, nor does it change due to a lot of repetition. This is because the sharia of Islam is one; its limits and obligations. And even if one of the two letters commands something, and the other forbids it, the obligations and limits differ in it." He mentioned a word, that if I knew that anyone knew more than me what was revealed on Muhammad ﷺ , the camels would reach him. I would go to him until his knowledge is combined with mine. And I have read seventy surahs from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , and the Quran was presented to him every year. And I used to recite to him and he would inform me that I was virtuous, until the year in which he passed away. It was presented to him twice, and then I recited it to him and I do not leave it willingly from it.
أَنَّهُ بَعَثَ إِلَى إِخْوَانِهِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ يَجْتَمِعُوا فَيُوَدِّعَهُمْ فَاجْتَمَعُوا فِي ظُلَّةِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَأَتَاهُمْ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَيْهِمْ وَأَمَرَهُمْ أَنْ لَا يَتَنَازَعُوا فِي الْقُرْآنِ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهُ مَنْ جَحَدَ بِشَيْءٍ مِنْهُ فَقَدْ جَحَدَهُ كُلَّهُ وَأَخْبَرَهُمْ أَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَتَنَازَعُونَ فِيهِ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَّهُمْ كَانُوا يَقْرَءُونَ عَلَيْهِ فَيُخْبِرُهُمْ كُلَّهُمْ أَنَّهُ مُحْسِنٌ وَكَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «لَا تَخْتَلِفُ بِهِ الْأَلْسِنَةُ وَلَا تَخْلَقُ عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الرَّدِّ وَذَلِكَ أَنَّ شَرِيعَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ فِيهِ وَاحِدَةٌ؛ حُدُودُهَا وَفَرَائِضُهَا وَلَوْ كَانَ وَاحِدٌ مِنَ الْحَرْفَيْنِ يَأْمُرُ بِشَيْءٍ يَنْهَى عَنْهُ الْآخَرُ وَتَخْتَلِفُ فِيهِ الْفَرَائِضُ وَالْحُدُودُ» وَذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً وَلَوْ أَنِّي أَعْلَمُ أَنَّ أَحَدًا أَعْلَمُ مِنِّي بِمَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَى مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ تَبْلُغُهُ الْإِبِلُ لَأَتَيْتُهُ حَتَّى أُؤلِّفَ عَلِمَهُ إِلَى عِلْمِي وَإِنِّي قَرَأْتُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ سَبْعِينَ سُورَةً وَكَانَ يُعْرَضُ عَلَيْهِ الْقُرْآنُ فِي كُلِّ سَنَةٍ وَكُنْتُ أَعْرِضُ عَلَيْهِ فَيُخْبِرُنِي أَنِّي مُحْسِنٌ حَتَّى كَانَ عَامُ قُبِضَ فِيهِ فَعُرِضَ عَلَيْهِ مَرَّتَيْنِ ثُمَّ قَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ فَلَا أَدَعُهَا رَغْبَةً عَنْهَا