Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29102

Ahmad bin Mani’ told us, he said, Al-Hasan bin Musa told us, Shayban told us, on the authority of Asim, on the authority of Zirr bin Hubaysh, on the authority of Ubayy bin Ka’b, He said: The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, met Gabriel and said, “O Gabriel, I have been sent to a nation of illiterate people, among them the old and the old.” The old man, the boy, the maidservant, and the man who has never read a book. He said, “O Muhammad, the Qur’an was revealed in seven letters.” In the chapter on the authority of Omar, Hudhayfah bin Al-Yaman, Umm Ayyub, who is the wife of Abi Ayyub Al-Ansari, Samurah, Ibn Abbas, and Abi Hurairah, Abu Juhaym bin Al-Harith bin Al-Sammah, Amr bin Al-Aas, and Abu Bakra. Abu Issa said: This is a good and authentic hadith, and it was narrated. From more than one source, on the authority of Ubayy ibn Ka’b.