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bayhaqi:4763Abū ʿAbdullāh al-Ḥāfiẓ > Abū ʿAbdullāh Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh al-Aṣbahānī Imlāʾ > Abū Saʿīd al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. Baḥr al-Burrī

[Machine] A man stood in the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and recited the Surah "Say, He is Allah, the One" in its entirety, repeatedly, without adding anything more. When we woke up, a man said to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , "O Messenger of Allah, indeed there was a man who stood up in the night and recited the Surah 'Say, He is Allah, the One,' Allah, the Eternal Refuge. He neither begot nor was begotten, and there is none comparable to Him,' without adding anything more." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad, it is equivalent to one-third of the Quran."  

البيهقي:٤٧٦٣أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ الْحَافِظُ ثنا أَبُو عَبْدِ اللهِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ الْأَصْبَهَانِيُّ إِمْلَاءً ثنا أَبُو سَعِيدٍ الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَحْرٍ الْبُرِّيُّ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو مَعْمَرٍ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ الْبَزَّازُ فِي قَطِيعَةِ الرَّبِيعِ ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي قَتَادَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ

أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَامَ فِي زَمَنِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ السُّورَةَ كُلَّهَا يُرَدِّدُهَا لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا قَالَ رَجُلٌ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إنَّ رَجُلًا قَامَ لَيْلَةً يَقْرَأُ فِي السَّحَرِ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ اللهُ الصَّمَدُ لَمْ يَلِدْ وَلَمْ يُولَدْ وَلَمْ يَكُنْ لَهُ كُفُوًا أَحَدٌ يُرَدِّدُهَا لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا قَالَ كَانَ الرَّجُلُ يُقَالُّهَا قَالَ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ  


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nasai-kubra:7975al-ʿAbbās b. ʿAbd al-ʿAẓīm > Muḥammad b. Jahḍam > Ismāʿīl b. Jaʿfar > Mālik b. Anas Thum Dhakar Kalimah Maʿnāhā > ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. ʿAbdullāh b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Abū Ṣaʿṣaʿah from his father > Abū Saʿīd al-Khudrī > Qatādah b. al-Nuʿmān

[Machine] A man got up at night and recited "Say: He is Allah, the One" repeatedly without reciting anything else. When morning came, a man said, "O Messenger of Allah, a man stood up last night from midnight until dawn and recited 'Say: He is Allah, the One' repeatedly without reciting anything else. It is as if this man belittles it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is equivalent to a third of the Qur'an."  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٩٧٥أَخْبَرَنَا الْعَبَّاسُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَظِيمِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَهْضَمٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنْ مَالِكِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ كَلِمَةً مَعْنَاهَا عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي قَتَادَةُ بْنُ النُّعْمَانِ قَالَ

قَامَ رَجُلٌ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ فَقَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ السُّورَةُ يُرَدِّدُهَا لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ إِنَّ رَجُلًا قَامَ اللَّيْلَةَ مِنَ السَّحَرِ يَقْرَأُ قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ لَا يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا كَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَلَّلُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنَ»