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Mu'jam Kabir Tabarani 18378 — Abu al-Azhar and I went to Sayyiduna

حَدَّثَنَا مُطَّلِبُ بْنُ شُعَيْبٍ، ثنا أَبُو صَالِحٍ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ مَكْحُولٍ قَالَ: دَخَلْتُ أَنَا، وَأَبُو الْأَزْهَرِ، عَلَى وَاثِلَةَ بْنِ الْأَسْقَعِ فَقُلْنَا: يَا أَبَا الْأَسْقَعِ حَدِّثْنَا بِحَدِيثٍ سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، لَيْسَ فِيهِ وَهْمٌ، وَلَا تَزِيُّدٌ، وَلَا نِسْيَانٌ فَقَالَ: " هَلْ قَرَأَ أَحَدٌ مِنْكُمْ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ اللَّيْلَةَ 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 نَكُونَ سَمِعْنَاهَا مِنْهُ إِلَّا مَرَّةً وَاحِدَةً، حَسْبُكُمْ إِذَا حَدَّثْنَاكُمْ بِالْحَدِيثِ عَلَى الْمَعْنَى "
Makhul narrates: Abu al-Azhar and I went to Sayyiduna Wathilah bin al-Asqa' (may Allah be pleased with him), and we said: "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 and no forgetfulness." He said: "Has any one of you recited anything of the Qur'an tonight?" We said: "Yes, but we do not retain it all that well; we end up adding or dropping a waw or an alif." He said: "This Qur'an is present among you in writing, and you spare no effort in preserving it, yet you admit that you make additions and omissions. So what then of the hadiths that we heard from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him)? It may be that we heard them from him (peace and blessings be upon him) only once. If we narrate a hadith to you according to its meaning, that is sufficient for you."
Hadith Reference المعجم الكبير للطبراني / باب الواو / 18378
Hadith Takhrij المعجم الكبير للطبراني (مطبوعہ): جلد 22، صفحہ 65، حدیث 158