Hadith #131

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English Translation

Yazid ibn Harun informed us from Humayd, from Anas (رضي الله عنه) that a man used to write for the Prophet ﷺ, and he had already memorized Surat al-Baqarah and Al 'Imran, and a man who had memorized those surahs was considered greatly honored. Then he apostatized and joined the polytheists, saying: 'Muhammad knows nothing except what I wrote for him.' Then Allah caused him to die, and they buried him. But by morning the earth had thrown his body out. They said: 'Perhaps Muhammad and his companions did this.' So they dug deeper for him, but the earth threw him out again. They said the same, and dug even deeper, but the earth threw him out a third time. Then they realized it was not the doing of people, and they left him exposed.