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ahmad:2550ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Wārith > Ḥanẓalah al-Sadūsī

[Machine] I said to 'Ikrimah, "Indeed, I recite in the Maghrib prayer: 'I seek refuge in the Lord of daybreak' and 'I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind.' And some people find fault with that. So he said, 'And what is the harm in that? Recite them, for they are indeed from the Quran.' Then he said, 'Ibn Abbas informed me that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came and prayed two Rak'ahs in which he did not recite anything from the Umm al-Kitab (Surah Al-Fatiha).  

أحمد:٢٥٥٠حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْوَارِثِ حَدَّثَنَا حَنْظَلَةُ السَّدُوسِيُّ قَالَ

قُلْتُ لِعِكْرِمَةَ إِنِّي أَقْرَأُ فِي صَلاةِ الْمَغْرِبِ قُلْ أعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ وَإِنَّ نَاسًا يَعِيبُونَ ذَلِكَ عَلَيَّ؟ فَقَالَ وَمَا بَأْسٌ بِذَلِكَ؟ اقْرَأْهُمَا فَإِنَّهُمَا مِنَ القُرْآنِ ثُمَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ جَاءَ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهِمَا إِلا بِأُمِّ الْكِتَابِ