(48) باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ وَبَيَانِ مَعْنَاهُ
Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:
Gabriel taught me to recite in one style. I replied to him and kept asking him to give more (styles), till he reached seven modes (of recitation). Ibn Shibab said: It has reached me that these seven styles are essentially one, not differing about what is permitted and what is forbidden. (JA)
Reference (JA): Sahih Muslim 819 a (JA)
In-book reference (JA): Book 6, Hadith 330 (JA)
USC-MSA web (English) reference(deprecated numbering scheme): Book 4, Hadith 1785 (JA)