Sahih Muslim, 873 a
sahihUmm Bisham hint Haritha b. Nu'man said:
Our oven and that of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was one for two years, or for one year or for a part of a year; and I learnt" Qaf. By the Glorious Qur'an" from no other source than the tongue of Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) who used to recite it every Friday on the pulpit when he delivered the sermon to the people.
حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خُبَيْبٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ، اللَّهِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَعْنٍ عَنْ بِنْتٍ لِحَارِثَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَتْ مَا حَفِظْتُ { ق} إِلاَّ مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَخْطُبُ بِهَا كُلَّ جُمُعَةٍ . قَالَتْ وَكَانَ تَنُّورُنَا وَتَنُّورُ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَاحِدًا .
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The Companions were keen on knowing the Prophet's states and on learning everything from him because the best guidance is that of Muhammad (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him). In this Hadīth,' Umm Hishām bint al-Hārith ibn an-Nu'mān (may Allah be pleased with her) reports that she and her family shared the same oven with the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) for two years, or a year and part of a year. "Tannūr" (oven) means the thing in which bread is baked, which is an indirect reference to their close neighborship and a reference to her extreme heedfulness of the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), her vast knowledge about his states, and her closeness to him. She then reported that she did not memorize the Surat of {Qāf. By the Glorious Qur'an} except by hearing it from the Messenger of Allah (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him), as he used to recite it every Friday on the pulpit when delivering the Khutbah to people. Perhaps the Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) chose Surat Qāf because of the lessons and the powerful deterrents it includes, in addition to some of the horrors of the Day of Judgment, including death and resurrection, Paradise and Hellfire, besides the fact that the speech of Allah Almighty is more effective in preaching. The Hadīth indicates reciting the Qur’an in the Khutbah and reciting Surat Qāf..