Summary of "الشيخ عثمان الخميس شبهة الإفتراء علي الصحابي الجليل عبدالله أبن مسعود"

Context

Sheikh ʿUthmān al-Khamīs responds to a claim that the Companion ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd denied that the two protective sūrahs (al-Mu’awwidhatayn — al-Falaq and an-Nās) are part of the Qurʾān and erased them from his copy.

Main points

Authenticity of the report

Many scholars (for example, Ibn Ḥazm) doubted or rejected the authenticity of the narration that attributes this denial/erasure to Ibn Masʿūd.
Therefore the allegation may be based on a weak or spurious report and should not be accepted uncritically.

Two possible readings / defenses if the report is assumed authentic

Semantic distinction (Ibn Masʿūd’s alleged position)
- Ibn Masʿūd is reported to have considered the two sūrahs not as part of the Qurʾān as a written/mushaf section, but as words the Prophet ﷺ used to seek refuge (protective formulae used for al-Hasan and al-Husayn).
- Under this reading, he is not necessarily denying their divine origin; rather he is making a distinction in how they were used or transmitted (as protective supplications the Prophet employed).
The established/transmitted view
- The Qurʾān as transmitted and read today — including al-Mu’awwidhatayn — is part of the transmission line that includes narrators such as ʿAlī, ʿUthmān, Zayd, Ubayy, and Ibn Masʿūd.
- When traced through those chains, the received Qurʾān contains the two protective sūrahs.

Ibn Masʿūd’s behavior regarding his copy of the Qurʾān

He reportedly refused to burn his personal copy because he maintained those sūrahs were among what he had received directly from the Prophet ﷺ.
He is reported to have instructed people to keep their copies, saying:

“Whoever keeps something will bring what he kept on the Day of Resurrection.”
The speaker stresses this was Ibn Masʿūd’s personal interpretation and that other early transmitters did not necessarily share his view.

Conclusion / Emphasis

The allegation that Ibn Masʿūd “denied” or “erased” the two protective sūrahs is either based on an unauthentic report or is explainable as an idiosyncratic interpretive stance. It does not constitute evidence that al-Mu’awwidhatayn are absent from the canonical Qurʾān as transmitted by the companions.

Speakers / sources mentioned

Sheikh ʿUthmān al-Khamīs (speaker)
ʿAbdullāh ibn Masʿūd (Companion, subject of the allegation)
Ibn Ḥazm (scholar cited as doubting the narration)
Prophet Muḥammad (peace and blessings be upon him) — referenced regarding the protective supplications
Transmitters/compilers in the chain: ʿAlī, ʿUthmān, Zayd, Ubayy (and Ibn Masʿūd as a narrator)