- (خَطَبَنا ابنُ مسعودٍ فقالَ: كيف تَأْمُرُونِّي أقرأ على قراءةِ زيد بنِ ثابتٍ بعَد ما قرأتُ مِنْ في رسول الله - صلى الله عليه وسلم - بِضْعاً وسَبْعين سُورَةً، وإنَّ زيداً مع الغِلمانِ له ذُؤابَتان؟!) .
Abu Wa'il says: Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) delivered a sermon, in which he said: When I myself have recited seventy-three or seventy-four surahs from the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), then how can you tell me to adopt the recitation of Zaid bin Thabit, when at that time Zaid used to be with the boys and he even had two locks of hair?