Ibn Umar's words. Fourth, nowhere does the Quran say that the abrogated verses would no longer remain part of the text itself. In fact, there is not a single reference which says that Muslims were required to expunge any passage from the codex once it had been abrogated. Moreover, we find cases where Muslims would not leave out any abrogated passage. For instance, Ubayy bin Kab refused to omit any of the verses he had heard from Muhammad even though he knew they had been abrogated! 4719. It is related from Ibn 'Abbas that 'Umar said, "Ubayy was the one of us with the best recitation, yet we leave some of the words of Ubayy. Ubayy said, ' I took it from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah and WILL NOT LEAVE IT for anything .' Allah Almighty says, 'Whenever We abrogate an ayat or cause it to be forgotten, We bring one better than it or equal to it.' (2:106)" (Aisha Bewley, Sahih Collection of al-Bukhari , Chapter 69. Book of the Virtues of the Qur'an, VIII: The reciters among the Companions of the Prophet: * ; * ) Ubayy ibn Kab wasn't the only one since Uthman also refused to expunge the abrogated references from his codex: XLVII: " Those of you who die leaving wives behind " (2:240) 4262. It is related that Ibn az-Zubayr said, "I said to 'Uthman, '"Those of you who die leaving wives behind" (2:234) in al-Baqara and 'Those of you who