Narrated Anas bin Malik:
When the Prophet (ﷺ) died, none had collected the Qur'an but four persons;: Abu Ad-Darda'. Mu`adh bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thabit and Abu Zaid. We were the inheritor (of Abu Zaid) as he had no offspring .
Reference | : Sahih al-Bukhari 5004 |
In-book reference | : Book 66, Hadith 26 |
USC-MSA web (English) reference | : Vol. 6, Book 61, Hadith 526 |
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