Ali Ibn Abi Talib - Volume 2 of 2

476 'Ali's attitude towards the Kharijites and Shia
Muslims. When the fabricator of this report tries to praise him, he
actually undermines him, because he describes him as keeping quiet
when the Companions refused to accept his Qur'an. How can this he
in accordance with the heroic attitude of 'Ali (&) in defending
Islam? The words of 'Ali (&) himself refute all this nonsense: "The
greatest in reward with regard to the mu~haf is Ahu Bakr (&). May
Allah have mercy on Abu Bk; he was the first one to compile what
is between the two covers (meaning the ~ur'an)."~~'
Al-Kulayni did not stop there, though. He went on to attribute
these fabrications and false claims about the distortion of the Qur'an
to Ja'far as-Szdiq, claiming that he said: "The Qur'an that was
brought down by revelation to Muhammad was seven thousand
verses, and the verses that we recite are only 6,263; the rest are kept
with Ahl al-~a~t."~~~ Al-Kulayni claims that as-Siidiq said,
concerning the Qur'an that was collected by 'Ali ihn Abi TSih, "It
was said to be three times greater than this Qur'an of yours, and by
Allah, there is not even one letter of your Qur'an in it."774
They also say that "Fiitimah (F&) lived for seventy-five days
after the Prophet (s) died, sufferinggrief such as only Allah (B)
knows. Allah (s) sent Jibreel to her to console her and comfort her,
and to tell her about her father and what would happen to her
children. 'Ali (&) listened to what he said until he wrote down a
mushafthree times the size of the Qur'an, in which there was nothing
about haliil and hark, but it did contain knowledge of what is to
happen."775
Another Shiite scholar, 'Ali ibn braeem, reiterated the same
claims that were mentioned by al-Kulayni. Muhammad Muhsiu, who
is known as al-Fayd al-Kashshi, narrated from him in his
commentary on the Qur'an and said: "What we may learn from the
reports narrated via Ah1 al-Bayt is that the Qur'an that is extant
among us is not complete as it was revealed to Muhammad. Some of