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Abu Harb b. Abu al-Aswad reported on the authority of his father
that Abu Musa al-Ash'ari sent for the reciters of Basra. They came
to him and they were three hundred in number. They recited the
Qur'an and he said: You are the best among the inhabitants of
Basra, for you are the reciters among them. So continue to recite
it. (But bear in mind) that your reciting for a long time may not
harden your hearts as were hardened the hearts of those before
you. We used to recite a surah which resembled in length and
severity to (Surah) Bara'at. I have, however, forgotten it with the
exception of this which I remember out of it:" If there were two
valleys full of riches, for the son of adam, he would long for a third
valley, and nothing would fill the stomach of the son of adam but
dust." And we used so recite a surah which resembled one of the
surahs of Musabbihat, and I have forgotten it, but remember (this
much) out of it:" Oh people who believe, why do you say that which
you do not practise" (lxi 2.) and" that is recorded in your necks as
a witness (against you) and you would be asked about it on the
Day of Resurrection" (xvii. 13).
Sahih Muslim Book 5, Number 2286 The Book of Zakat (Kitab Al-
Zakat).
There are two grave mistranslations.
(1) It is not "(But bear in mind) that your reciting for a long time may not harden your hearts as were hardened the hearts of those before you" but rather "Do not let length of time harden your hearts as were hardened the hearts of those before you." This is a reference to Surat al-Hadid (57:16): { but the term was prolonged for them and so their hearts were hardened} . In other words, Abu Musa is saying, be patient and strive to your utmost until death without changing.
(2) Abu Musa's last sentence consists in only one quotation of Qur'an, not two. The phrase, "that is recorded in your necks as a witness (against you) and you would be asked about it on the Day of Resurrection" is not a quotation as claimed but a paraphrase or reference to xvii. 13 which states: { And every man's augury have We fastened to his own neck, and We shall bring forth for him on the Day of Resurrection a book which he will find wide open} . Abu Musa is saying: You know the Qur'an and therefore you must practice what you know - quoting verse 51:2 - and you will be held responsible on this point on the Day of Resurrection. And Allah knows best.
Concerning the words cited by Abu Musa as being part of the Qur;an:
Over five years ago on SRI in refutation of [an] article by S W I had replied that Ubay also held Abu Musa's opinion until he reached the opposite conclusion:
Bukhari 8:297 (#446): "We considered this as a saying from the Qur'an until the Sura of Mutual Rivalry (102) was revealed."
As von Denffer points out, first, Ubayy's codex was an undistinct compilation of Qur'an and hadith for his own personal use, and second, Ubayy's hadith in Bukhari shows that there was consensus among the Companions as to what definitely belonged in the Qur'an and what didn't. (von Denffer, `Ulum al-Qur'an p. 48n.)
Anas and Ibn `Abbas in the very same chapter of Sahih Muslim report it as a
saying of the Prophet 
.
Note that the rest of the Sura to which Abu Musa considered those verses to belong does not necessarily share the same status.
And Allah knows best.
Abdullah Ibn Masud narrated: The messenger of Allah (PBUH) ordered me to follow him, on the night of the Jinn. I went with him until we reached the hight of Macca... (the prophet) said: "I was promised that the Jinn and human will believe in me. As to the human they believed in me, as to the Jinn you have seen"; he continued: "I feel that my end is drawing near." I said: O Messenger of Allah, won't you make Abu Bakr as your Caliph? He turned away from me, so I realized that he disagreed; I said: O Messenger of Allah, won't you make Umar as your Caliph? He turned away from me, so I realized that he disagreed; I said: O Messenger of Allah, won't you make Ali as your Caliph? He said: "(That's) him. By the One whom there is no God beside Him, if you chose him and obeyd him He (Allah) entered you into Paradise all together." References: - Majma' al-Zawa'id, by al-Haythami, v8, p314 - Also mentioned by al-Tabarani
Al-Haythami said: "Al-Tabarani [in al-Mu`jam al-Kabir 10:67] narrates it and its chain contains Yahya ibn Ya`la al-Aslami who is weak."
Ibn Hajar in al-Taqrib actually grades this narrator as "weak and Shi`i." Since this particular narration promotes Shi`ism, it is categorically rejected until verified independently, but then it it not found anywhere else.
In addition, most of its narrators seem to be complete unknowns, as if they never narrated anything else in their lives except this report.
Note: one of its unknown one-report narrators is a certain "Abu Murra al-San`ani." I could not help but remember that Ibn Tulun in his encyclopedia of the merits of al-Sham cited a Prophetic report listing San`a' among "the four cities that belong to Hell." And Ibn Hajar in Nuzhat al-Albab fi al-Alqab (#3078) defined Abu Murra as a nickname for Iblis.
Finally: In Sahih Muslim from `Alqama: I asked Ibn Mas`ud if he was with the
Messenger of Allah on the night of the Jinn and he said no.
WAllahu a`lam.
Hajj Gibril
The first one is that : When Rasulullah (sal-Allahu 'alaihi wasallam)was born he prostrated and said "Rabbi Habli Ummati"
The second one is that : When the Sahaba (ridwan-Allahi Ajma'een) were lowering his Blessed body into His Blessed Grave they heard him saying something of similar words.
Both reports seem forged in light of the fact that none of the printed books of Sira, Dala'il, Shama'il, and Mawlid authored by the Imams of Hadith mention them, so the rarer the report, the likelier the forgery. And Allah knows best.
Hajj Gibril
GF Haddad
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