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Bayhaqi 2375 — Evidence that all that the copies of the Quran

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ، وَأَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ أَبِي عَمْرٍو قَالَا: ثنا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ، ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ الْحَارِثِيُّ، ثنا حُسَيْنٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيَّ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ أَبَانَ وَهُوَ زَوْجُ أُخْتِ حُسَيْنٍ، عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنِ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنِ الْعَيْزَارِ بْنِ جَرْوَلٍ، عَنْ سُوَيْدِ بْنِ غَفَلَةَ، عَنْ عَلِيٍّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: " اخْتَلَفَ النَّاسُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ عَلَى عَهْدِ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: فَجَعَلَ الرَّجُلُ يَقُولُ لِلرَّجُلِ قِرَاءَتِي خَيْرٌ مِنْ قِرَاءَتِكَ " قَالَ: فَبَلَغَ ذَلِكَ عُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، فَجَمَعْنَا أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: " إِنَّ النَّاسَ قَدِ اخْتَلَفُوا الْيَوْمَ فِي الْقِرَاءَةِ، وَأَنْتُمْ بَيْنَ ظَهْرَانَيْهِمْ، فَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ أَنَّ أجْمَعَهُمْ عَلَى قِرَاءَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ قَالَ: فَأَجْمَعَ رَأْيَنَا مَعَ رَأْيِهِ عَلَى ذَلِكَ " قَالَ: وَقَالَ عَلِيٌّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: " لَوْ وُلِّيتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي وُلِّيَ لَصَنَعْتُ مِثْلَ الَّذِي صَنَعَ ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: During the caliphate of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), people differed about the Qur'an, so much so that one man would say to another: My recitation is better than your recitation. When news of this reached Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), he gathered all of us Companions and said: Today people have differed in recitation while you are present among them; I think that I should unite them upon a single recitation. Ali (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Our view also agreed with the view of Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him). And he said: Had I been faced with the kind of matter that Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) faced, I would certainly have done just as Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) did.
Hadith Reference السنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الصلاة / 2375
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