Silsilah as-Sahihah 2946 — Quran Revealed in Seven Dialects

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?