Murrah Hamdani said that Abu Qurrah Kindi brought a book from Syria and handed it over to Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him). He read the book, called for a plate and water, and washed it thoroughly, and said: The people before you were destroyed because they followed other books and abandoned their original book. It is narrated from Husayn: Murrah said: If it had been something from the Book and the Sunnah, Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) would not have erased it; it was a writing from the books of the People of the Book.