It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that when the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) was driven out of Makkah, Sayyiduna Abu Bakr al-Siddiq (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "They have driven out their Prophet. Inna lillahi wa inna ilayhi raji'un (We belong to Allah and to Him we return). They will surely be destroyed." Then Allah Almighty revealed this verse: "Permission has been given to those who fight, because they have been wronged, and indeed Allah is certainly able to help them." [Surah al-Hajj: 39] Ibn Abbas said that this was the very first verse revealed about fighting (jihad). This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) It has been narrated by narrators other than Abu Hudhayfah too, but the two Shaykhs did not record it.

Abdullah bin Ubayd bin Umayr al-Laythi narrates from his father that he asked the Mother of the Believers, Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her): O Mother of the Believers! How did the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recite this word: "And those who give what they give"? She said: "I bear witness that I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recite it as "ya'tuna" (with ya)." [Surah al-Mu'minun: 60] This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite this verse like this: "Mustakbirina bihi samiran tuhjirun." [Surah al-Mu'minun: 67] He explained that the polytheists used to speak obscene and raving words (tahajjur) about the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), concerning the statement of Allah Almighty, "And they will be grim-faced therein (in Hell)" [Surah al-Mu'minun: 104] , said: "The Fire will scorch them so that the upper lip will shrink back until it reaches the middle of the head, and the lower lip will hang down until it reaches the navel." This is a sahih (authentic) hadith with a chain of Egyptian narrators, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Abbas bin Muhammad al-Duri said: I asked Yahya bin Ma'in about the narrations of Darraj from Abu al-Haytham from Abu Sa'id, and he said: "This chain is sahih (authentic)."

It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) about this statement of Allah Almighty, whether the word is "nattakhidha" (with a fathah on the nun) or "nuttakhadha". He said: "I heard the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recite it with a fathah on the nun: 'that we should take (any protector) besides You.'" [Surah al-Furqan: 18]

It is narrated from Abd al-Rahman bin Ghanm that he said: I asked Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) about the statement of Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, "ghulibat ar-Rum", whether it is "ghulibat" or "ghalabat". He said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) taught him to recite it only as: "Alif Lam Mim. The Romans have been defeated." [Surah al-Rum: 1 - 2] We have written both of these hadiths only with this chain, except that Muhammad bin Sa'id al-Shami does not meet the condition of this book.

Atiyyah al-Awfi relates: I recited this verse before Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both): "Allah is the One who created you from weakness, then after weakness made strength, then after strength made weakness and grey hair" [Surah al-Rum: 54] (in which I read the word "da'f" with a fathah on the dad). Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) read it as "du'f" (with a dammah on the dad) and said: I recited it before the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) just as you recited it before me, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) corrected me just as I have corrected you. Atiyyah al-Awfi is alone in narrating this hadith, and the two Shaykhs did not use him as evidence, though Imam Muslim used Fudayl bin Marzuq as evidence.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) recited (verse 17 of Surah al-Sajdah, with the word "qurrat" in the plural form) like this: "No soul knows what has been hidden for them of the coolness of eyes." [Surah al-Sajdah: 17] This hadith has an authentic (sahih) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) recited (the word "al-bahru" in verse 27 of Surah Luqman) with raf', that is, with a dammah: "wa al-bahru yamudduhu". [Surah Luqman: 27] This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.