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السنن الكبرى للبيهقي
Sunan al-Kubra al-Bayhaqi
كتاب الصلاة
Book of Prayer
باب: الدليل على أن ما جمعته مصاحف الصحابة رضي الله عنهم كله قرآن، وبسم الله الرحمن الرحيم في فواتح السور سوى سورة براءة من جملته
Chapter: Evidence that all that the copies of the Quran of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) collected is Quran, and that "Bismillah al-Rahman al-Rahim" at the start of the surahs other than Surat Bara'ah is part of it
Bayhaqi 2376 — Evidence that all that the copies of the Quran
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ، أنبأ أَبُو سَعِيدِ بْنُ الْأَعْرَابِيِّ، ثنا سَعْدَانُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، ثنا إِسْحَاقُ الْأَزْرَقُ، ثنا عَوْفٌ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ الْفَارِسِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُمَا قَالَ: قُلْتُ لِعُثْمَانَ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، مَا حَمَلَكُمْ أَنْ عَمَدْتُمْ إِلَى بَرَاءَةَ، وَهِيَ مِنَ الْمِئِينِ وَإِلَى الْأَنْفَالِ وَهِيَ مِنَ الْمَثَانِي، فَقَرَنْتُمْ بَيْنَهُمَا وَلَمْ تَجْعَلُوا بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرًا فِيهِ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، وَوَضَعْتُمُوهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطِّوَالِ مَا حَمَلَكَ عَلَى ذَلِكَ؟ فَقَالَ عُثْمَانُ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ: " إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ كَانَ مِمَّا يَنْزِلُ عَلَيْهِ مِنَ السُّوَرِ الَّتِي يُذْكَرُ فِيهَا كَذَا وَكَذَا، فَإِذَا أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيْهِ الْآيَاتُ يَقُولُ: " ضَعُوا هَذِهِ الْآيَاتِ فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا " فَإِذَا نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ السُّورَةُ " يَقُولُ: " ضَعُوا هَذِهِ فِي مَوْضِعِ كَذَا وَكَذَا " وَكَانَتِ الْأَنْفَالُ أَوَّلَ مَا أُنْزِلَ عَلَيْهِ بِالْمَدِينَةِ، وَكَانَتْ بَرَاءَةُ مِنْ آخِرِ الْقُرْآنِ نُزُولًا، وَكَانَتْ قِصَّتُهَا تُشْبِهُ قِصَّتَهَا، فَقُبِضَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، وَلَمْ يُبَيِّنْ أَمْرَهَا فَظَنَنْتُ أَنَّهَا مِنْهَا، مِنْ أَجْلِ ذَلِكَ قَرَنْتُ بَيْنَهُمَا، وَلَمْ أَجْعَلْ بَيْنَهُمَا سَطْرًا فِيهِ بِسْمِ اللهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ، وَوَضَعْتُهَا فِي السَّبْعِ الطِّوَالِ " فَفِي هَذَا مَا دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّهَا إِنَّمَا كُتِبَتْ فِي مَصَاحِفِ الصَّحَابَةِ مَعَ دَلَالَةِ الْمُشَاهَدَةِ، وَقَدْ رُوِّينَا عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ مَا دَلَّ عَلَى أَنَّهَا إِنَّمَا كُتِبَتْ فِي فَوَاتِحِ السُّوَرِ لِنُزُولِهَا، وَعِنْدَ نُزُولِهَا كَانَ يُعْلَمُ انْقِضَاءُ سُورَةٍ وَابْتِدَاءُ أُخْرَى ".
(a) It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that he said: I said to Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him): "What prompted you to take Surah al-Tawbah, which is among the surahs of about a hundred verses (al-mi'in), and Surah al-Anfal, which is among the surahs of fewer than a hundred verses (al-mathani), and join them together, without leaving between them a line in which 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful' [Surah al-Fatihah: 1] is written, and you placed it among the seven long surahs?" Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "Surahs would be revealed to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) in which such and such things were mentioned. When verses were revealed to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he would say: 'Place these verses in such and such a place,' and when a (complete) surah was revealed to him (peace and blessings be upon him), he would say: 'Place (write) this surah in such and such a place.' Surah al-Anfal was among the first surahs revealed in Madinah, and Surah al-Tawbah was among the last in order of revelation, and its subject also resembles that of al-Anfal. (That is, the content of the two surahs is similar; but when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed away without having made their matter clear, I thought that perhaps this (al-Tawbah) was part of that (al-Anfal). For that reason I placed the two next to each other and did not leave a line between them in which I would write 'In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful', and I placed it too among the seven long surahs.)"
(b) In this hadith there is evidence that the Bismillah which was written in the copies of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) was written on the basis of direct observation.
(c) We have also mentioned the narration reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that it (the Bismillah) is written at the beginnings of the surahs because of its revelation, and at the time of its revelation it would become known that one surah had ended and another had begun.
(b) In this hadith there is evidence that the Bismillah which was written in the copies of the Companions (may Allah be pleased with them) was written on the basis of direct observation.
(c) We have also mentioned the narration reported from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that it (the Bismillah) is written at the beginnings of the surahs because of its revelation, and at the time of its revelation it would become known that one surah had ended and another had begun.
