حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَکْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو خَالِدٍ الْأَحْمَرُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْلَی الطَّائِفِيِّ عَنْ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَوْسٍ عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَوْسِ بْنِ حُذَيْفَةَ قَالَ قَدِمْنَا عَلَی رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي وَفْدِ ثَقِيفٍ فَنَزَّلُوا الْأَحْلَافَ عَلَی الْمُغِيرَةِ بْنِ شُعْبَةَ وَأَنْزَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بَنِي مَالِکٍ فِي قُبَّةٍ لَهُ فَکَانَ يَأْتِينَا کُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ بَعْدَ الْعِشَائِ فَيُحَدِّثُنَا قَائِمًا عَلَی رِجْلَيْهِ حَتَّی يُرَاوِحَ بَيْنَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَأَکْثَرُ مَا يُحَدِّثُنَا مَا لَقِيَ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ مِنْ قُرَيْشٍ وَيَقُولُ وَلَا سَوَائَ کُنَّا مُسْتَضْعَفِينَ مُسْتَذَلِّينَ فَلَمَّا خَرَجْنَا إِلَی الْمَدِينَةِ کَانَتْ سِجَالُ الْحَرْبِ بَيْنَنَا وَبَيْنَهُمْ نُدَالُ عَلَيْهِمْ وَيُدَالُونَ عَلَيْنَا فَلَمَّا کَانَ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ أَبْطَأَ عَنْ الْوَقْتِ الَّذِي کَانَ يَأْتِينَا فِيهِ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ لَقَدْ أَبْطَأْتَ عَلَيْنَا اللَّيْلَةَ قَالَ إِنَّهُ طَرَأَ عَلَيَّ حِزْبِي مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فَکَرِهْتُ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ حَتَّی أُتِمَّهُ قَالَ أَوْسٌ فَسَأَلْتُ أَصْحَابَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ کَيْفَ تُحَزِّبُونَ الْقُرْآنَ قَالُوا ثَلَاثٌ وَخَمْسٌ وَسَبْعٌ وَتِسْعٌ وَإِحْدَی عَشْرَةَ وَثَلَاثَ عَشْرَةَ وَحِزْبُ الْمُفَصَّلِ
ابن ماجہ · Hadith 1345
It was narrated from 'Uthman bin 'AbduJlah bin Aws that his grandfather Aws bin Hudhaifah said: "We came to the Messenger of Allah in the delegation of Thaqif. The allies of Quraish stayed at the house of Mughirah bin Shu'bah, and the Messenger of Allah camped Bani Malik in a tent belonging to him. He used to come to us every night after the 'Isha' and speak to us standing on his two feet, until he started to shift his weight from one foot to the other. Most of what he told us was what he had suffered from his people Quraish . He said: '(The two sides) were not equal. We were weak and oppressed and humiliated, and when we went ou t to AI- Madinah, the outcome of the battles between us varied; sometimes we would defeat them and sometimes they would defeat us.' One night he was later than he usually was, and I said:'0 Messenger of Allah, you have come to us late tonight.' He said: ‘It occurred to me that I had not read my daily portion of Qur'an and I did not want to come out until I had completed it. Aws said: "I asked the Companions of the Messenger of Allah How did you used to divide the Quran?' They said 'A third, a fifth, a seventh, a ninth, an eleventh a thirteenth and Hizbul-Mufassal (Daif)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020