Marking tenths in the mushaf

Masruq said that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) considered it disliked to place the marks of tens in the mushaf.

Hajjaj said that Ata considered it disliked to place the marks of tens in the mushaf, and also that anything other than the Qur'an be written in it.

Hammad also transmitted from Ibrahim a hadith like the preceding one.

Layth said that Mujahid considered it disliked that the marks of tens be placed in the mushaf or that the details of anything be written, and he also considered it disliked to say "Surah al-Baqarah," and he would say: "The surah in which the cow is mentioned."

Layth said that Mujahid disliked placing the marks of tens in the mushaf.

Al-Zibriqan said: I said to Abu Razin: "I have a mushaf (copy of the Qur'an) on which I want to put a seal of gold, and at the beginning of each surah I want to write: 'Such-and-such number of verses.'" Abu Razin said: "Do not add to the Qur'an anything that is of the things of this world, neither little nor much."

Hisham said that Muhammad (Ibn Sirin) considered disliked, in the Qur'an, the opening markers (fawatih) and the tenth-verse markers ('awashir) that contain qaf and kaf.

Mughirah said that Ibrahim considered it disliked to put tenth-verse markers in the mushaf.

Mughirah said that Ibrahim considered it disliked to put dots in the mushaf, and to put a mark of such-and-such kind at the end of a surah.

Hajjaj reports from his teacher that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) saw a special mark placed in a mushaf, so he erased it and said: "Do not mix into the Qur'an anything other than it."

Hajjaj said that Ata disliked that tenth-verse markers be put in the mushaf and that anything other than the Qur'an be written in it.

Shu'ayb bin al-Habhab said that Abu al-Aliyah disliked putting in tenth-verse markers.