Narrated Ibn `Abbas:
`Umar said, "Our best Qur'an reciter is Ubai and our best judge is `Ali; and in spite of this, we leave some of the statements of Ubai because Ubai says, 'I do not leave anything that I have heard from Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) while Allah: "Whatever verse (Revelations) do We abrogate or cause to be forgotten but We bring a better one or similar to it." (2:106)
حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ حَبِيبٍ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ عُمَرُ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَقْرَؤُنَا أُبَىٌّ، وَأَقْضَانَا عَلِيٌّ، وَإِنَّا لَنَدَعُ مِنْ قَوْلِ أُبَىٍّ، وَذَاكَ أَنَّ أُبَيًّا يَقُولُ لاَ أَدَعُ شَيْئًا سَمِعْتُهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَقَدْ قَالَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى {مَا نَنْسَخْ مِنْ آيَةٍ أَوْ نَنْسَأْهَا}
Isnad
7 transmitters- 1'Amr bin 'Ali bin Bahr al-Bahlial-Basra · d. 249 AH
- 2Yahya bin Sa'id bin Farroukh al-QatanBasra · d. 198 AH
- 3Sufyan bin Sa‘id Ath-ThawriKufa/Hijaz/Basra · d. 161 AH
- 4Habib al-Ma'lm Abu Muhammadal-Basra · d. 130 AH
- 5Sa'id bin Jubayral-Kufa · d. 95 AH
- 6ibn AbbasMakkah/Medina · d. 68 AH/687 CE
- 7'Umar ibn al-KhattabMakkah/Medina · d. 23 AH/645 CE
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 65, Hadith 8
- USC-MSA web (English) reference
- Vol. 6, Book 60, Hadith 8 (deprecated numbering scheme)