Ibn 'Abbas reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying:Gabriel taught me to recite in one style. I replied to him and kept asking him to give more (styles), till he reached seven modes (of recitation). Ibn Shibab said: It has reached me that these seven styles are essentially one, not differing about what is permitted and what is forbidden

This hadith has been narrated by Zuhri with the same chain of trans- mitters