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upon one of his gatherings. One night after the believers had gathered in the Prophet's
house, they met together and then hid among the shadows so as not to be detected, and
waited for him to begin.
The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) and his followers spent the night in prayer and
also listened to the Prophet’s captivating recitation of the Koran. After its recitation, the
Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) much to the delight of his followers, lovingly
expanded upon its meaning and stories from the knowledge he had been given by
Gabriel. He never spoke on religious matters without having first been given knowledge
from Gabriel, who was entrusted by Allah to deliver the Koran and its explanation.
(This treasured methodology of recording the Revelation of the Koran and prophetic
knowledge conveyed to the Prophet, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, by Gabriel was
recorded by the Companions and subsequently their children who constituted the 2ⁿᵈ
generation. In the 1ˢᵗ century the Caliph Omar Abdul Aziz spearheaded the archiving of
all this knowledge and Imam Shafi’i, the champion jurist of the sunnah, recorded over
5200 prophetic quotations and the witnessing of the Companions in his reference “Al
Umm”.
house, they met together and then hid among the shadows so as not to be detected, and
waited for him to begin.
The Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) and his followers spent the night in prayer and
also listened to the Prophet’s captivating recitation of the Koran. After its recitation, the
Prophet (salla Allahu alihi wa sallam) much to the delight of his followers, lovingly
expanded upon its meaning and stories from the knowledge he had been given by
Gabriel. He never spoke on religious matters without having first been given knowledge
from Gabriel, who was entrusted by Allah to deliver the Koran and its explanation.
(This treasured methodology of recording the Revelation of the Koran and prophetic
knowledge conveyed to the Prophet, salla Allahu alihi wa sallam, by Gabriel was
recorded by the Companions and subsequently their children who constituted the 2ⁿᵈ
generation. In the 1ˢᵗ century the Caliph Omar Abdul Aziz spearheaded the archiving of
all this knowledge and Imam Shafi’i, the champion jurist of the sunnah, recorded over
5200 prophetic quotations and the witnessing of the Companions in his reference “Al
Umm”.