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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 18348 — Abu al-Azhar and I went in to Sayyiduna

حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، ثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا، وَأَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ، عَلَى وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ فَقُلْنَا لَهُ، يَا أَبَا الْأَسْقَعِ، حَدِّثْنَا بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَيْسَ فِيهِ وَهْمٌ، وَلَا تَزِيُّدٌ، وَلَا نِسْيَانُ قَالَ: " هَلْ قَرَأَ أَحَدُكُمُ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ شَيْئًا، فَقُلْنَا: نَعَمْ، وَمَا نَحْنُ لَهُ بِالْحَافِظِينَ جِدًّا، إِنَّا لَنَزِيدُ الْوَاوَ وَالْأَلِفَ ونُنْقِصُ قَالَ: فَهَذَا الْقُرْآنُ مَكْتُوبٌ بَيْنَ أَظْهُرِكُمْ لَا تَأْلُونَ حِفْظَهُ، وَأَنْتُمْ تَزْعُمُونَ أَنَّكُمْ تَزِيدُونَ وتَنْقُصُونَ، فَكَيْفَ بِأَحَادِيثَ سَمِعْنَاهَا مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، عَسَى أَنْ لَا يَكُونَ سَمِعْنَاهَا مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً حَسْبُكُمْ إِذَا مَا حَدَّثْنَاكُمْ بِالْحَدِيثِ عَلَى الْمَعْنَى "
Makhul (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Abu al-Azhar and I went in to Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him) and said to him: O Abu al-Asqa', narrate to us a hadith that you heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), in which there is no error, no addition or omission, and no forgetfulness. He said: Has any of you recited anything of the Qur'an tonight? We said: Yes, but we do not retain it perfectly; sometimes we add a waw or an alif and sometimes we leave it out. He said: This is the Qur'an, written down among you, and you spare no effort in preserving it, yet you claim that you add and omit. Then what of hadiths that we heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), perhaps hearing them from him only once? It is enough for you that we narrate the hadith to you according to its meaning.
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الواو / 18348
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 22، صفحہ 54، حدیث 128