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ahmad:9345ʿAffān > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Ibrāhīm > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to Ubayy bin Ka'b, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Ubayy!" And he was performing Salat, so Ubayy turned around but he did not respond to him, so Ubayy finished his Salat quickly. Then he turned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'As-Salamu 'Alaikum, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Wa 'Alaikum As-Salam - what prevented you from responding to me when I called you Ubayy?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I was performing Salat.' So he said: 'Do you not find among what Allah revealed to me: Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when they call you to what gives you life?' He said: 'Of course, I shall not repeat that, if Allah wills.' He said: 'Would you like for me to teach you a Surah the likes of which has neither been revealed in the Tawrah, nor the Injil, nor the Zabur, nor in the entire Qur'an?' He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'What do you recite in your Salat?' He said: 'I recite Umm Al-Qur'an.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The like of it has neither been revealed in the Tawrah, nor the Injil nor the Zabur, nor in the Furqan. It is the seven oft-repeated, and the Magnificent Qur'an which I was given.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2875)   

أحمد:٩٣٤٥حَدَّثَنَا عَفَّانُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ يَا أُبَيُّ فَالْتَفَتَ فَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى أُبَيٌّ فَخَفَّفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ السَّلَامُ عَلَيْكَ أَيْرَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ وَعَلَيْكَ قَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَيْ أُبَيُّ إِذْ دَعَوْتُكَ أَنْ تُجِيبَنِي؟ قَالَ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ كُنْتُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ قَالَ أَفَلَسْتَ تَجِدُ فِيمَا أَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيَّ أَنْ {اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ} [الأنفال 24] قَالَ قَالَ بَلَى أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا أَعُودُ قَالَ أَتُحِبُّ أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكَ سُورَةً لَمْ يَنْزِلْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَلَا فِي الْفُرْقَانِ مِثْلُهَا؟ قَالَ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا تَخْرُجَ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَهَا قَالَ فَأَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِي يُحَدِّثُنِي وَأَنَا أَتَبَاطَأُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ يَبْلُغَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَقْضِيَ الْحَدِيثَ فَلَمَّا أَنْ دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْبَابِ قُلْتُ أَيْ رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا السُّورَةُ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَنِي قَالَ مَا تَقْرَأُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟ قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أَنْزَلَ اللهُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلَا فِي الْفُرْقَانِ مِثْلَهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَلسَّبْعُ مِنَ الْمَثَانِي  


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tirmidhi:2875Qutaybah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Muḥammad > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to Ubayy bin Ka'b, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Ubayy!" And he was performing Salat, so Ubayy turned around but he did not respond to him, so Ubayy finished his Salat quickly. Then he turned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'As-Salamu 'Alaikum, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Wa 'Alaikum As-Salam - what prevented you from responding to me when I called you Ubayy?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I was performing Salat.' So he said: 'Do you not find among what Allah revealed to me: Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when they call you to what gives you life?' He said: 'Of course, I shall not repeat that, if Allah wills.' He said: 'Would you like for me to teach you a Surah the likes of which has neither been revealed in the Tawrah, nor the Injil, nor the Zabur, nor in the entire Qur'an?' He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'What do you recite in your Salat?' He said: 'I recite Umm Al-Qur'an.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The like of it has neither been revealed in the Tawrah, nor the Injil nor the Zabur, nor in the Furqan. It is the seven oft-repeated, and the Magnificent Qur'an which I was given.'"  

الترمذي:٢٨٧٥حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ خَرَجَ عَلَى أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا أُبَىُّ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَالْتَفَتَ أُبَىٌّ وَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ وَصَلَّى أُبَىٌّ فَخَفَّفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ السَّلاَمُ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعَلَيْكَ السَّلاَمُ مَا مَنَعَكَ يَا أُبَىُّ أَنْ تُجِيبَنِي إِذْ دَعَوْتُكَ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ أَفَلَمْ تَجِدْ فِيمَا أَوْحَى اللَّهُ إِلَىَّ أَنِ (استَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ ) قَالَ بَلَى وَلاَ أَعُودُ إِنْ شَاءَ اللَّهُ قَالَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكَ سُورَةً لَمْ يَنْزِلْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلاَ فِي الإِنْجِيلِ وَلاَ فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلاَ فِي الْفُرْقَانِ مِثْلُهَا قَالَ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الصَّلاَةِ قَالَ فَقَرَأَ أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أُنْزِلَتْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلاَ فِي الإِنْجِيلِ وَلاَ فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلاَ فِي الْفُرْقَانِ مِثْلُهَا وَإِنَّهَا سَبْعٌ مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُعْطِيتُهُ  

قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ وَفِي الْبَابِ عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ وَفِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى

قَوْلُهُ تَعَالَى: {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ} [الأنفال: 24]

nasai-kubra:11141ʿImrān b. Mūsá > Yazīd > Rawḥ b. al-Qāsim > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah

that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ came out to Ubayy bin Ka'b, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "O Ubayy!" And he was performing Salat, so Ubayy turned around but he did not respond to him, so Ubayy finished his Salat quickly. Then he turned to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said: 'As-Salamu 'Alaikum, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Wa 'Alaikum As-Salam - what prevented you from responding to me when I called you Ubayy?' He said: 'O Messenger of Allah! I was performing Salat.' So he said: 'Do you not find among what Allah revealed to me: Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when they call you to what gives you life?' He said: 'Of course, I shall not repeat that, if Allah wills.' He said: 'Would you like for me to teach you a Surah the likes of which has neither been revealed in the Tawrah, nor the Injil, nor the Zabur, nor in the entire Qur'an?' He said: "Yes, O Messenger of Allah!' The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'What do you recite in your Salat?' He said: 'I recite Umm Al-Qur'an.' So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'By the One in Whose Hand is my soul! The like of it has neither been revealed in the Tawrah, nor the Injil nor the Zabur, nor in the Furqan. It is the seven oft-repeated, and the Magnificent Qur'an which I was given.'" (Using translation from Tirmidhī 2875)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١١١٤١أَخْبَرَنَا عِمْرَانُ بْنُ مُوسَى حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ حَدَّثَنَا رَوْحُ بْنُ الْقَاسِمِ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ قَالَ

خَرَجَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِيهِ أُبَيُّ» فَالْتَفَتَ أُبَيٌّ وَلَمْ يُجِبْهُ ثُمَّ صَلَّى أُبَيٌّ فَخَفَّفَ ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَلَامٌ عَلَيْكَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ «وَيْحَكَ مَا مَنَعَكَ أُبَيُّ أَنْ دَعَوْتُكَ أَنْ لَا تُجِيبَنِي؟» قَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ كُنْتُ فِي صَلَاةٍ قَالَ فَلَيْسَ تَجِدُ فِيمَا أَوْحَى اللهُ إِلَيَّ أَنِ {اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ} [الأنفال 24] قَالَ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا أَعُودُ وَإِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «أَتُحِبُّ أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكَ سُورَةً لَمْ يَنْزِلْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلَا فِي الْفُرْقَانِ مَثَلُهَا؟» قَالَ نَعَمْ أَيْ رَسُولُ اللهِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَلَّا تَخْرُجَ مِنْ هَذَا الْبَابِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَهَا» أَخَذَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ بِيَدِي يُحَدِّثُنِي وَأَنَا أَتَبَاطَأُ مَخَافَةَ أَنْ تَبْلُغَ الْبَابَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَنْقَضِيَ الْحَدِيثُ فَلَمَّا دَنَوْنَا مِنَ الْبَابِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ مَا السُّورَةُ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَنِي؟ قَالَ «كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ فِي الصَّلَاةِ؟» فَقَرَأْتُ عَلَيْهِ أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أُنْزِلَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلَا فِي الْفُرْقَانِ مَثَلُهَا إِنَّهَا السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُعْطِيْتُ»  

bayhaqi:3954Abū Ṭāhir Muḥammad b. Muḥammad b. Maḥmash al-Faqīh > Abū ʿUthmān ʿAmr b. ʿAbdullāh al-Baṣrī > Abū Aḥmad Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Wahhāb > Khālid b. Makhlad > Muḥammad b. Jaʿfar / Ibn Abū Kathīr al-Madanī > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah > Mar

[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by Ubay ibn Ka'b while he was standing and praying. He called out to him, so Allah said, "O Ubay, hurry up!" So Ubay hurried in his prayer, then he came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ who said, "What prevented you, O Ubay, from answering me when I called you? Doesn't Allah say, 'O you who have believed, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you'?" Ubay said, "I was overwhelmed, O Messenger of Allah, and you must know that I would not have let you down if I had been praying." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Would you like me to teach you a Surah that was not revealed in the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, or the Quran? Ubay said, "Yes, O Messenger of Allah." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Do not leave the mosque until you learn it." The Prophet ﷺ was walking towards the door to leave, and when he reached the door to leave, he said to him, "Which Surah was it, O Messenger of Allah?" So he stopped and said, "Yes, how do you recite in your prayer?" Ubay recited Surah Al-Fatiha, so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By Him in Whose Hand is my soul, it was not revealed in the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, or the Quran, and it is the seven repeated verses that Allah has given me." And it was narrated by 'Abdul Hamid ibn Ja'far from Al-Ala' from his father from Abu Hurayrah, or with a similar meaning in the story of Al-Fatiha without the story of the response, and it was narrated by Jahdam ibn 'Abdullah from Al-Ala' from his father from Abu Hurayrah, and Malik ibn Anas disagreed with them, and he narrated it from Al-Ala' from Abu Sa'eed, the freed slave of 'Amir ibn Kariz. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to Ubay ibn Ka'b, and he mentioned him as a messenger, and it was narrated by Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Yasir from Abdullah ibn Abi Bakr from Abu Zinad from Al-A'raj from Abu Hurayrah.  

البيهقي:٣٩٥٤وَأَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو طَاهِرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ مَحْمَشٍ الْفَقِيهُ أنبأ أَبُو عُثْمَانَ عَمْرُو بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْبَصْرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْوَهَّابِ أنبأ خَالِدُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ يَعْنِي ابْنَ أَبِي كَثِيرٍ الْمَدَنِيَّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ قَالَ

مَرَّ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عَلَى أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ يُصَلِّي فَصَرَخَ بِهِ فَقَالَ تَعَالَى يَا أُبَيُّ فَعَجَّلَ أُبَيٌّ فِي صَلَاتِهِ ثُمَّ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ مَا مَنَعَكَ يَا أُبَيُّ أَنْ تُجِيبَنِي إِذْ دَعَوْتُكَ أَلَيْسَ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَقُولُ {يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهَ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ} الْآيَةَ؟ قَالَ أُبَيٌّ جَرَمَ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ لَا تَدْعُونِي إِلَّا أَجَبْتُكَ وَإِنْ كُنْتُ مُصَلِّيًا قَالَ تُحِبُّ أَنْ أُعَلِّمَكَ سُورَةً لَمْ تَنْزِلْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلَا فِي الْفُرْقَانِ مِثْلُهَا؟ فَقَالَ أُبَيٌّ نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ لَا تَخْرُجْ مِنْ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَهَا وَالنَّبِيُّ ﷺ يَمْشِي يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ الْبَابَ لِيَخْرُجَ قَالَ لَهُ أِيُّ السُّورَةِ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَوَقَفَ فَقَالَ نَعَمْ كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ فِي صَلَاتِكَ؟ فَقَرَأَ أُبَيٌّ أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ مَا أُنْزِلَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلَا فِي الْفُرْقَانِ مِثْلُهَا وَإِنَّهَا لَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي الَّذِي آتَانِيَ اللهُ ﷻ وَرَوَاهُ عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ؓ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ بِمَعْنَاهُ فِي قِصَّةِ الْفَاتِحَةِ دُونَ قِصَّةِ الْإِجَابَةِ وَرَوَاهُ جَهْضَمُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ وَخَالَفَهُمْ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ فَرَوَاهُ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى عَامِرِ بْنِ كَرِيزٍ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ لِأُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ فَذَكَرَهُ مُرْسَلًا وَرَوَاهُ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ أَبِي بَكْرٍ عَنْ أَبِي الزِّنَادِ عَنِ الْأَعْرَجِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ