Hadith 335

Sahih Muslim

Book 6: The Book of Prayer - Travellers

Chapter 48

The clarification that the Qur’an was revealed in seven ahruf (modes of recitation), and clarifying its meaning

باب بَيَانِ أَنَّ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى سَبْعَةِ أَحْرُفٍ وَبَيَانِ مَعْنَاهُ ‏

Sahih Muslim 821b
وَحَدَّثَنَاهُ عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُعَاذٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبِي، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ مِثْلَهُ ‏.‏
This hadith has been narrated by Shu'ba with the same chain of transmitters.

Chain of Narrators

companion
1

Ubayy ibn Ka'b

أبي بن كعب بن قيس

83 narrations

follower
2

'Abdur Rahman bin Abi Layla

عبد الرحمن بن أبي ليلى

221 narrations

follower
3

Mujahid bin Jabir

مجاهد بن جبر

345 narrations

follower
4

al-Hakam bin 'Utayba

الحكم بن عتيبة

242 narrations

successor
5

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
6

Muhammad bin Ja'far bin Abi Kathir

محمد بن جعفر بن أبي كثير

701 narrations

3rd Generation
7

Muhammad bin Bashar Bindar

محمد بن بشار بندار

1,311 narrations

successor
8

Shu'bah bin al-Hajjaj

شعبة بن الحجاج

2,461 narrations

successor
9

Muhammad bin Ja'far Ghandar

محمد بن جعفر غندر صاحب الكرابيس

380 narrations

3rd Generation
10

Abu Bakr bin Abi Shayba

أبو بكر بن أبي شيبة

2,203 narrations