Musnad Ahmad — Hadith #44881

Yahya bin Saeed told us, Awf told us, Yazid told us, meaning the Persian, Abu Ahmad bin Hanbal told us, Muhammad bin Jafar told us, Awf told us, on the authority of Yazid, he said: Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, said to us: I said to Uthman bin Affan: What made you decide to be baptized? Al-Anfal, which is from the Mathaani, and Bara’a, which is from the Ma’in, so you joined them together and did not write them. Ibn Ja’far said, “Set between them a line with the name” God is the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. And you placed it among the seven long days. What prompted you to do that? Othman, may God be pleased with him, said, “Indeed, the Messenger of God May God’s prayers and peace be upon him. Surahs of numerous numbers would be sent down to him as time would come, and when something was revealed to him he would call on some of those who He writes to him, saying, “Put this in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned.” Then the verses are revealed to him, and he says, “Put this.” The verses in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned, and the verse is revealed to him, and he says, “Put this verse in the surah in which such-and-such is mentioned.” Likewise, Al-Anfal was one of the first to be revealed in Medina and Bara’ah from the end of the Qur’an, so its story was similar to its story, so he was arrested. The Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he did not explain to us that it was from it, and I thought it was from it, so I compared them between them and did not write between them. A line: In the name of God, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful. Ibn Ja`far said, “And I placed it in the seven long days.”