Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah

Hazrat Aws bin Huzayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that we came to the Holy Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) along with the delegation of Thaqif. He accommodated us in a tent. Some of our allied brothers stayed with Hazrat Mughirah bin Shu’bah. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to come to us after ‘Isha. Most of his conversation consisted of complaints about the Quraysh. He would say that there is distress in both places: in Makkah we were weak and helpless, and when we came to Madinah, battles surrounded us—some went against us and some in our favor. One night, he was late in coming. When he arrived, we said, “O Messenger of Allah! Today you came late!” He replied, “A portion of my daily recitation was left, and I did not like to come until I had completed it.” We asked the Companions how much of the Qur’an the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite daily. They informed us that he would divide the Qur’an into three, five, seven, nine, eleven, thirteen, and the Hizb al-Mufassal.