Masud, Salim, Ubayy, and Muadh.”1 This hadith is not only attributed to Muhammad himself but also repeated three times in the hadith collection of Bukhari. This suggests that the hadith is of utmost importance and that these four people were highly trusted reciters of the Quran, at least according to Sunni tradition. Thus, if a Muslim man wanted to hear the best and most trusted recitation of the Quran, he was to go to one of these four men. If one of the four had a Quran of his own, Muslims could
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