35- Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us, he said: Muḥammad ibn Jaʿfar narrated to us, he said: Shuʿba narrated to us, from al-Ḥakam, from Mujāhid, from Ibn Abī Laylā, from Ubayy ibn Kaʿb: That the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, was at the pool of Banū Ghifār. He said: So Gabriel came to him and said: "Allah commands you to have your nation recite the Qur'an according to one mode." He said: "I ask Allah for His pardon and His forgiveness, for my nation cannot bear that." He said: Then he came to him a second time and said: "Allah commands you to have your nation recite the Qur'an according to two modes." He said: "I ask Allah for His pardon and His forgiveness, for my nation cannot bear that." Then he came to him a third time and said: "Allah commands you to have your nation recite the Qur'an according to three modes." He said: "I ask Allah for His pardon and His forgiveness, for my nation cannot bear that." Then he came to him a fourth time and said: "Allah commands you to have your nation recite the Qur'an according to seven modes; whichever mode they recite according to, they have done right." (1)

36- Muḥammad ibn al-Muthannā narrated to us, he said: Ibn Abī ʿAdī narrated to us, from Shuʿba, from al-Ḥakam, from Mujāhid, from Ibn Abī Laylā, he said: Gabriel came to the Prophet, peace and blessings of God be upon him, at the pool of Banū Ghifār—and he mentioned similar to it. (2)

37- Abū Kurayb narrated to us, he said: Mūsā ibn Dāwūd narrated to us, he said: Shuʿba narrated to us—and al-Ḥasan ibn ʿArafa narrated to us, he said: Shabāba narrated to us, he said: Shuʿba narrated to us—from al-Ḥakam,

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