Hisham's Sahiha and Number of Verses of the Holy Quran

There is dispute among those who are expert in the number of the holy Quran over its extent. They all consent that number of the holy Quran is less than 6240 verses while Hisham’s Sahiha says that it contains seventeen thousand verses. In spite of its rare appearance, this hadith has brought about many problems and misunderstandings. To solve these problems, the author of the present paper studies the content of this hadith and presents his findings in two chapters. Chapter one deals with Hisham’s Sahiha while chapter two surveys the solution to Hisham’s hadith.