third: from Saʿīd ibn al-Musayyib from ʿĀʾishah (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā). It is recorded by al-Nasāʾī (2/27) with a sound chain. fourth: from al-Qāsim ibn Muḥammad ibn Abī Bakr al-Ṣiddīq from her (raḍiya Allāhu ʿanhā). It is recorded by Aḥmad (6/157) through the route of al-Layth from him. *

- "Recite the Quran, for it will come on the Day of Resurrection as an intercessor for its companions. Recite the two bright ones: al-Baqarah and Sūrah Āl ʿImrān, for they will come on the Day of Resurrection as if they are two clouds, or two shades, or two flocks of birds in ranks, pleading for their companions. Recite Sūrah al-Baqarah, for taking it is a blessing, leaving it is a cause of regret, and the magicians cannot confront it." It is recorded by Muslim (2/197), al-Bayhaqī (2/395), al-Baghawī in "Sharḥ al-Sunnah" (4/456), Aḥmad (5/249, 251, 255, 257), and al-Ṭabarānī in "al-Muʿjam al-Kabīr" (8/138/7542, 139/7543, 7544), all through the route of Abū Salām who says: Abū Umāmah al-Bāhilī narrated to me, saying: I heard the Messenger of Allāh (ṣallá Allāhu ʿalayhi wa-sallam) say: ... and he mentioned it. It is also narrated by ʿAbd al-Razzāq (3/365-366), and through his route by Aḥmad (5/251); but with them it appears as: (Abū Salamah), and ʿAbd al-Razzāq adds: (ibn ʿAbd al-Raḥmān)! And all of that is incorrect. *

- "Recite the Quran as long as your hearts are united upon it, but when you differ, then depart from it." It is recorded by al-Bukhārī (5060, 5061, 7364, 7365), Muslim (8/57), Ibn Ḥibbān (2/69/756), al-Dārimī (442), and al-Nasāʾī in "al-Sunan al-Kubrā" (5/33),