It is narrated from Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him) that: After the martyrdom of the Companions in the Battle of Yamamah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) sent for me. When I arrived, Sayyiduna Umar al-Faruq (may Allah be pleased with him) was also with him. Then he related an account like the previous hadith, and in it he added, after the words of Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him): "So I attached it (the last verses of Surah al-Tawbah) to it." Ibn Shihab (may Allah have mercy on him) said: On that day the Companions differed over the word "Tabut"; Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) said it was "al-Tabuh" (with ha'), while the group of Quraysh held that it was "al-Tabut" (with ta'). So they took their difference to Sayyiduna Uthman al-Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him), and he ruled: "Write it as 'al-Tabut', according to the language of Quraysh." Ibn Shihab (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) disliked that Sayyiduna Zayd (may Allah be pleased with him) had been put in charge of copying and preparing the copies of the Qur'an (mushafs). Ibn Shihab (may Allah have mercy on him) was also told by Ubaydullah bin Abdullah (may Allah have mercy on him) that Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O company of Muslims! I have been removed from writing the Book of Allah, and a man has been put in charge of this task who, by Allah, was still in the loins of a disbelieving man when I had already accepted Islam?" By this he meant Sayyiduna Zayd bin Thabit (may Allah be pleased with him). For this reason Sayyiduna Abdullah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "O people of Iraq! (or: O people of Kufah!) Hide the mushafs that you have and keep them safe with you, for Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, says: 'And whoever commits a breach of trust will come with what he took on the Day of Resurrection.'" Ibn Shihab (may Allah have mercy on him) said: It has reached me that a group of the eminent Companions of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) (may Allah be pleased with them) disliked this speech of Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him).
Hadith Referenceمسند أبي يعلى الموصلي / مسند أبي بكر الصديق رضي الله عنه / 63
Hadith Gradingمحدثین:إسناده منقطع
Hadith Takhrij«حکم الحدیث مسند ابی یعلی محققاً تنسیق حسين سليم أسد - مکتبہ شاملہ :قال حسين سليم أسد: إسناده منقطع . » «قال سعيد بن محمد السناري: سنده منقطع. وعبيد الله لم يسمع من ابن مسعود ولا رآه أصلًا.» «أخرجه ابن حبان [4506]، والبيهقى في "الشعب" [1/ رقم 171]، والترمذى [3104]، وابن أبى داود في "المصاحف" [رقم 56]، وغيرهم من قول الزهرى به مرسلًا، وهكذا هو عند ابن شبة في تاريخ المدينة [3/ 1001]. «مسند ابویعلیٰ ترقیم الاثری: 58»