Hadith 1723

Chapter 23

باب 23

(23) باب مِنْ فَضَائِلِ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَجَمَاعَةٍ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُمْ .

(23) Chapter: The Virtues Of Ubayy Bin Ka'b And A Group Of The Ansar (RA) (DE)
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حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَنَسًا، يَقُولُ جَمَعَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم أَرْبَعَةٌ كُلُّهُمْ مِنَ الأَنْصَارِ مُعَاذُ بْنُ جَبَلٍ وَأُبَىُّ بْنُ كَعْبٍ وَزَيْدُ بْنُ ثَابِتٍ وَأَبُو زَيْدٍ . قَالَ قَتَادَةُ قُلْتُ لأَنَسٍ مَنْ أَبُو زَيْدٍ قَالَ أَحَدُ عُمُومَتِي .

Anas is reported to have said:
Four persons collected the Qur'an during the lifetime of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) and all of them were Ansar: Mu'adh b. Jabal, Ubayy b. Ka'b, Zaid b. Thabit, Abu Zaid. Qatada said: Anas, who was Abu Zaid? He said: He was one of my uncles. (DE)

Reference (DE): Sahih Muslim 2465 a (DE)

In-book reference (DE): Book 44, Hadith 170 (DE)

USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 31, Hadith 6029 (DE)