I reviewed the Qur.aan with Ibn 'Abbaas three times. I would stop him at every aayah, and ask him about what it was revealed, and how it was [revealed].
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He memorised an aayah a day
Yahya ibn Waththaab read the entire Qur.aan to 'Ubayd ibn Nudhaylah - a companion of 'Alqamah, and with him he memorised an aayah every day.
I read the Qur.aan to 'Umar
I read the Qur.aan to 'Umar [ibn al-Khattaab] رضي الله عنه three times.
Studying the Qur.aan
When we had learnt ten aayahs [of the Qur.aan] from the Prophet ﷺ, we would not move on to the next ten [aayahs] which were revealed after them, until we had learnt what they contained of knowledge.
Take the Qur.aan from four
Take the Qur.aan from four; from: ['Abdullaah] ibn Mas'ood, and Ubayy [ibn Ka'b], and Mu'aadh ibn Jabal, and Saalim Mowlaa Abi Hudhayfah.
Reflect and ponder over the Qur.aan
'Abdullaah ibn Wahb al-Hammaam entered, and heard a reciter [of the Qur.aan] read:
And [mention] when they will argue within the Fire Ghaafir 40:47 ...and was overcome, and [then] fell unconscious.
Overcome and fell unconscious
We were with Yahyaa ibn Sa'eed [al-Qattaan], and a man read soorah ad-Dukhaan; Yahya was [as if] thunderstruck and was overcome, and [then] fell unconscious.
Read the Qur.aan to me
The Messenger of Allaah ﷺ said to me:
Read the Qur.aan to me. I said: O Messenger of Allaah, you want me to read [the Qur.aan] to you, when it was revealed to you? He ﷺ said
I do not know
Suhnoon رحمه الله was asked whether it is possible for a scholar to say 'I do not know' in response to a matter he knows about? He replied
The most knowledgeable of them
The most knowledgeable of them [with regard to matters] about the Qur.aan was Mujaahid. And the most knowledgeable of them [with regard to matters] about hajj was 'Ataa.