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ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ قَارِئَ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَآخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ يُعْطَى مَا يَسْأَلُ فِي قِرَاءَتِهِ

ibnhibban:778Abū Yaʿlá > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] While Gabriel was sitting with the Prophet ﷺ, he heard a creaking sound above him, so he raised his head and said, "A door in the sky has been opened, that has never been opened before." An angel came to him and said, "Rejoice with two surahs that have been given to you, which no prophet before you has been given: the Opening of the Book (Al-Fatiha) and the Concluding Surah of Al-Baqarah. You will not recite a letter of them except that you will be given (reward)."  

ابن حبّان:٧٧٨أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو يَعْلَى حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا جِبْرِيلُ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا مِنْ فَوْقِهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ وَقَالَ لَقَدْ فُتِحَ بَابٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَا فُتِحَ قَطُّ فَأَتَاهُ مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ لَهُ أَبْشِرْ بِسُورَتَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُعْطَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ كَانَ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ مِنْهَا حَرْفًا إِلَّا أُعْطِيتَهُ  


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Collected by Muslim, Nasāʾī, Ḥākim, Ṭabarānī, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
muslim:806Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ And ʾAḥmad b. Jawwās al-Ḥanafī > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

This is a gate opened in heaven today which had never been opened before. Then when an angel descended through it, he said: This is an angel who came down to the earth who had never come down before. He greeted and said: Rejoice in two lights given to you which have not been given to any prophet before you: Fatihat al-Kitab and the concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. You will never recite a letter from them for which you will not be given (a reward).  

مسلم:٨٠٦حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ وَأَحْمَدُ بْنُ جَوَّاسٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا جِبْرِيلُ قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا مِنْ فَوْقِهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا بَابٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فُتِحَ الْيَوْمَ لَمْ يُفْتَحْ قَطُّ إِلاَّ الْيَوْمَ فَنَزَلَ مِنْهُ مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَلَكٌ نَزَلَ إِلَى الأَرْضِ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ قَطُّ إِلاَّ الْيَوْمَ فَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِحَرْفٍ مِنْهُمَا إِلاَّ أُعْطِيتَهُ  

nasai:912Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak al-Mukharrimī > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When Jibril was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he heard a sound from above like a door opening. Jibril, peace be upon him, looked up toward the sky and said: 'This is a gate in Heaven that has been opened, but it was never opened before." He said: "An Angel came down from it and came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Receive the glad tidings of two lights that have been given to you and were never given to any prophet before you: The Opening of the Book (Al-Fatihah) and the last verses of Surat Al-Baqarah. You will never recite a single letter of them but you will be granted it.'"  

النسائي:٩١٢أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ الْمُخَرِّمِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ إِذْ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا فَوْقَهُ فَرَفَعَ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلاَمُ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ هَذَا بَابٌ قَدْ فُتِحَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَا فُتِحَ قَطُّ قَالَ فَنَزَلَ مِنْهُ مَلَكٌ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَمْ تَقْرَأْ حَرْفًا مِنْهُمَا إِلاَّ أُعْطِيتَهُ  

hakim:2052Abū Jaʿfar Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Shaybānī Bi-al-Kūfah > Aḥmad b. Ḥāzim > Abū Gharazah > ʿUthmān b. Abū Shaybah > Muʿāwiyah b. Hishām > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

[Machine] While Jibril ﷺ was sitting with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he heard a creaking sound from the sky. He raised his head and said, "A door has been opened in the sky that has never been opened before. Behold, there is an angel saying, 'Rejoice in two lights that you have been given, which no prophet before you has been granted: the opening chapter of the Book (Al-Fatiha) and the concluding verses of Surah Al-Baqarah. You will not recite a letter from them except that you will be given it.'"  

الحاكم:٢٠٥٢أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الشَّيْبَانِيُّ بِالْكُوفَةِ ثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَازِمٍ عَنْ أَبِي غَرَزَةَ ثنا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ ثنا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ ثنا عَمَّارُ بْنُ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ جَالِسٌ عِنْدَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ إِذْ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ فُتِحَ بَابٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ لَمْ يُفْتَحْ قَبْلَهُ قَطُّ فَإِذَا مَلَكٌ يَقُولُ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَمْ تَقْرَأْ مِنْهَا حَرْفًا إِلَّا أُعْطِيتَهُ  

هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ الشَّيْخَيْنِ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ هَكَذَا إِنَّمَا أَخْرَجَ مُسْلِمٌ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ جَوَّاسٍ الْحَنَفِيِّ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ مُخْتَصَرًا
tabarani:12255[Chain 1] ʿAlī b. ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz > Ibn al-Aṣbahānī [Chain 2] Muḥammad b. al-Naḍr al-Azdī > Muḥammad b. al-Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ al-Bwrāny > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

This is a gate opened in heaven today which had never been opened before. Then when an angel descended through it, he said: This is an angel who came down to the earth who had never come down before. He greeted and said: Rejoice in two lights given to you which have not been given to any prophet before you: Fatihat al-Kitab and the concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. You will never recite a letter from them for which you will not be given (a reward). (Using translation from Muslim 806)  

الطبراني:١٢٢٥٥حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ الْعَزِيزِ ثنا ابْنُ الْأَصْبَهَانِيِّ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ النَّضْرِ الْأَزْدِيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ الرَّبِيعِ الْبورانيُّ قَالَا ثنا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَمَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا مِنْ فَوْقِهِ فَرَفَعَ رَأْسَهُ فَقَالَ هَذَا بَابٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فُتِحَ الْيَوْمَ لَمْ يُفْتَحْ قَطُّ إِلَّا الْيَوْمَ فَنَزَلَ مِنْهُ مَلَكٌ فَقَالَ هَذَا مَلَكٌ نَزَلَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ إِلَّا الْيَوْمَ فَسَلَّمَ وَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَمْ تَقْرَأْ بِحَرْفٍ مِنْهَا إِلَّا أُعْطِيتَهُ  

nasai-kubra:986Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When Jibril was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he heard a sound from above like a door opening. Jibril, peace be upon him, looked up toward the sky and said: 'This is a gate in Heaven that has been opened, but it was never opened before." He said: "An Angel came down from it and came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Receive the glad tidings of two lights that have been given to you and were never given to any prophet before you: The Opening of the Book (Al-Fatihah) and the last verses of Surat Al-Baqarah. You will never recite a single letter of them but you will be granted it.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 912)   

الكبرى للنسائي:٩٨٦أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ جِبْرِيلُ إِذْ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا فَوْقَهُ فَرَفَعَ جِبْرِيلُ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ هَذَا بَابٌ قَدْ فُتِحَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَا فُتِحَ قَطُّ قَالَ فَنَزَلَ مِنْهُ مَلَكٌ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ قَدْ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ حَرَفًا مِنْهَا إِلَّا أَعْطَيْتَهُ  

nasai-kubra:7960ʿAmr b. Manṣūr > al-Ḥasan b. al-Rabīʿ > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

This is a gate opened in heaven today which had never been opened before. Then when an angel descended through it, he said: This is an angel who came down to the earth who had never come down before. He greeted and said: Rejoice in two lights given to you which have not been given to any prophet before you: Fatihat al-Kitab and the concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. You will never recite a letter from them for which you will not be given (a reward). (Using translation from Muslim 806)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٩٦٠أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَا جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ قَاعِدٌ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ سَمِعَ صَوْتًا نَقِيضًا مِنْ فَوْقِهِ فَقَالَ «هَذَا بَابٌ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فُتِحَ الْيَوْمَ لَمْ يُفْتَحْ قَطُّ إِلَّا الْيَوْمَ فَنَزَلَ مِنْهُ مَلَكٌ» فَقَالَ «هَذَا مَلَكٌ نَزَلَ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ لَمْ يَنْزِلْ قَطُّ إِلَّا الْيَوْمَ فَسَلَّمَ» وَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَمْ تُقْرَأْ بِحَرْفٍ مِنْهَا إِلَّا أُعْطِيتَهُ  

nasai-kubra:7967Muḥammad b. ʿAbdullāh b. al-Mubārak > Yaḥyá b. Ādam > Abū al-Aḥwaṣ > ʿAmmār b. Ruzayq > ʿAbdullāh b. ʿĪsá > Saʿīd b. Jubayr > Ibn ʿAbbās

"When Jibril was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he heard a sound from above like a door opening. Jibril, peace be upon him, looked up toward the sky and said: 'This is a gate in Heaven that has been opened, but it was never opened before." He said: "An Angel came down from it and came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Receive the glad tidings of two lights that have been given to you and were never given to any prophet before you: The Opening of the Book (Al-Fatihah) and the last verses of Surat Al-Baqarah. You will never recite a single letter of them but you will be granted it.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 912)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٩٦٧أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ جِبْرِيلُ عَلَيْهِ السَّلَامُ إِذْ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا فَوْقَهُ فَرَفَعَ جِبْرِيلُ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ «هَذَا الْبَابُ قَدْ فُتِحَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَا فُتِحَ قَطُّ» قَالَ «فَنَزَلَ مَلَكٌ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ» فَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْهُ إِلَّا أُعْطِيتَهُ  

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"When Jibril was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, he heard a sound from above like a door opening. Jibril, peace be upon him, looked up toward the sky and said: 'This is a gate in Heaven that has been opened, but it was never opened before." He said: "An Angel came down from it and came to the Prophet ﷺ and said: 'Receive the glad tidings of two lights that have been given to you and were never given to any prophet before you: The Opening of the Book (Al-Fatihah) and the last verses of Surat Al-Baqarah. You will never recite a single letter of them but you will be granted it.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 912)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٤٩٠أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ آدَمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْأَحْوَصِ عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ رُزَيْقٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ قَالَ

بَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَعِنْدَهُ جِبْرِيلُ إِذْ سَمِعَ نَقِيضًا فَوْقَهُ فَرَفَعَ جِبْرِيلُ بَصَرَهُ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ فَقَالَ هَذَا بَابٌ قَدْ فُتِحَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ مَا فُتِحَ قَطُّ قَالَ فَنَزَلَ مِنْهُ مَلَكٌ فَأَتَى النَّبِيَّ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرْ بِنُورَيْنِ قَدْ أُوتِيتَهُمَا لَمْ يُؤْتَهُمَا نَبِيٌّ قَبْلَكَ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ وَخَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْهُمَا إِلَّا أُعْطِيتَهُ