Are both "fatabayyanu" (فَتَبَيَّنُوا - so verify) and "fatathabbatu" (فَتَثَبَّتُوا - so ascertain/confirm) correct readings of the noble verse: "If a wicked person comes to you with any news"?
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Both recitations, "fatabayyanoo" (فَتَبَيَّنُوا - so verify) and "fatathabbatoo" (فَتَثَبَّتُوا - so ascertain), are sound and have been transmitted consecutively from the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him.
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