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[7] Schwally shows that Abu Bakr died about 15 months after the battle of
Yamama; Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 2, p. 19; cf. Suyuti, El-Itkan,
vol. 1, p. 139; Watt and Bell, Introduction, p. 41.
[8] Ibid., p. 21. Watt and Bell, Introduction, p. 41. Suyuti, El-Itkan, vol. 1,
pp. 143 f, shows a tradition in which the claim is made that the collection of
the Qur'an in the reign of Abu Bakr was based on oral sources, whereas the
collection in the time of `Uthman was made using written sources. The last
two verses of Qur'an 9 are said to have been received from Khuzayma in
written form; Suyuti, El-Itkan, vol. 1, p. 140. See also n. 1, above.
[9] Nöldeke and Schwally, GQ, vol. 2, pp. 19, 21. Cf. Watt and Bell,
Introduction, p. 41.
[10] Suyuti, El-Itkan, vol. 1, pp. 139 f.
[11] However, Ubayy b. Ka`b is also reported to have claimed that the
verse on stoning used to be found in Qur'an 33; Suyuti, El-Itkan, vol. 2,
p. 66. See pp. 250 f, for more about this verse. Cf. Watt and Bell,
Introduction, p. 41.
[12] Sahih Muslim, vol. 4, p. 1313; Ibn Sad, Classes, vol. 2, 2, pp. 457 f. This last source claims that Ibn Masud had only learned 90 suras up until
the time of Muhammad's death.
[13] Cf. Sahih Bukhari, vol. 5, pp. 70 f; Sahih Muslim, vol. 4, p. 1312;
Suyuti, El-Itkan, p. 167.
[14] See Jeffery, Materials, pp. 14 f.
[15] See Ibid., pp. 212 f, for information on Hafsa's codex, and the same
reference, pp. 223 f, about Zayd b. Thabit's personal Qur'an codex. Based
on the data given, these codices did not correspond very well with each
other.