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ahmad:20744ʿAffān > Shuʿbah > al-Jurayrī > Yazīd b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Shikhhīr > a man from Qawmih

[Machine] That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by him and said, "Recite them both in your prayers with the two mu'awwidhatayn."  

أحمد:٢٠٧٤٤حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ الْجُرَيْرِيِّ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ قَوْمِهِ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ مَرَّ بِهِ فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ بِهِمَا فِي صَلَاتِكَ بِالْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ  


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ahmad:17792Hārūn > Ibn Wahb > al-Layth > Ḥunayn b. Abū Ḥakīm > ʿAlī b. Rabāḥ al-Lakhmī > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir al-Juhanī

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me to recite Mu'awwidhatan (the last two surahs of the Qur'an) after every prayer. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1523)  

أحمد:١٧٧٩٢حَدَّثَنَا هَارُونُ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنِي اللَّيْثُ عَنْ حُنَيْنِ بْنِ أَبِي حَكِيمٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ اللَّخْمِيِّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ بِالْمُعَوِّذَاتِ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ