Chapter: What is mentioned regarding the transmission of knowledge by hand, and the sending of scholars with knowledge to the regions. And Anas said: Uthman copied the Qur'anic manuscripts and sent them to the far corners of the earth.

The reader: Al-Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "Chapter: What is mentioned regarding the transmission of knowledge by hand, and the sending of scholars with knowledge to the regions", and Anas said: And 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, Yahya ibn Sa'id, and Malik considered this permissible. Some of the people of the Hijaz argued for the permissibility of transmission by hand based on the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him),

The Shaykh : Yes. He said: "Chapter: What is mentioned regarding the transmission of knowledge by hand, and the sending of scholars with knowledge to the regions". Transmission by hand is when the scholar hands over what he narrates to the students. This is called narration by hand. The book is written, and he gives it to the students and says, "Narrate this book from me." It is used in granting permission (ijazah), not in direct narration. And Anas said: This was when there was disagreement among people regarding the recitations, because the Qur'an was recited in the seven letters (dialects), until disagreement arose among people in the time of Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him), and they began to declare one another misguided, and out of fear of fitnah (discord), the matter was complained to Uthman. So he (may Allah be pleased with him) ordered that the manuscripts be compiled into a single manuscript, indeed into a single letter (dialect), which is the language of Quraysh, and he burned the rest. He burned all the manuscripts other than this one. After that, the seven letters were forgotten. Therefore, the seven letters by which the Qur'an was revealed are now not known. The seven recitations that exist are within the single letter, which is the letter of Quraysh, meaning its language. He ordered the manuscripts to be burned except for this one manuscript in the language of Quraysh, and he sent it to the far corners of the earth, to Sham, Iraq, Yemen, and Egypt. He also kept a manuscript in Madinah. This is, in reality, transmission by hand, because the Qur'an is written in the manuscripts and sent out. Likewise, 'Abdullah ibn 'Umar, Yahya ibn Sa'id, and Malik considered this permissible. And this opinion is correct, because there is benefit in it. Instead of the scholar sitting to have the book read to him, and time passing as he transmits it to this student, then the next, and so on. Some of the people of the Hijaz argued for the permissibility of transmission by hand based on the hadith of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him and his family), and this is a valid argument, because the Messenger wrote the letter and handed it over in written form, and he did not know what was in it until he reached the place where the Messenger (peace and blessings be upon him) ordered him to convey it to the people. Yes.