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muslim:813 – Aḥmad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman b. Wahb > ʿAmmī ʿAbdullāh b. Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man in charge of an expedition and he would recite for his Companions during their prayer, ending (recitation) with:" Say, He is God, One." When they returned mention was made of it to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He (the Holy Prophet) told them to ask him why he had done like that. So they asked him and he said: Verily, it is an attribute of the Compassionate One, and (for this reason) I love to recite it. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ thereupon said: Inform him that Allah loves him.  

مسلم:٨١٣ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمِّي عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ

عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَكَانَتْ فِي حَجْرِ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلاً عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ لأَصْحَابِهِ فِي صَلاَتِهِمْ فَيَخْتِمُ بِ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذُكِرَ ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَلُوهُ لأَىِّ شَىْءٍ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ لأَنَّهَا صِفَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ بِهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَخْبِرُوهُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّهُ  

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Collected by Bukhārī, Nasāʾī, Ibn Ḥibbān, Nasāʾī's Kubrá
bukhari:7375 – Aḥmad b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Ibn Abū Hilāl > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman

The Prophet ﷺ sent (an army unit) under the command of a man who used to lead his companions in the prayers and would finish his recitation with (the Sura 112): 'Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allah, the One." ' (112.1) When they returned (from the battle), they mentioned that to the Prophet. He said (to them), "Ask him why he does so." They asked him and he said, "I do so because it mentions the qualities of the Beneficent and I love to recite it (in my prayer)." The Prophet; said (to them), "Tell him that Allah loves him."  

البخاري:٧٣٧٥ – حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرٌو عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ

حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ وَكَانَتْ فِي حَجْرِ عَائِشَةَ زَوْجِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلاً عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ لأَصْحَابِهِ فِي صَلاَتِهِ فَيَخْتِمُ بِ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَلُوهُ لأَىِّ شَىْءٍ يَصْنَعُ ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ لأَنَّهَا صِفَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ وَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ بِهَا فَقَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَخْبِرُوهُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّهُ  

nasai:993 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ummih ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man on a campaign, and he used to recite to his companions when leading them in prayer, and would conclude with 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' When they returned, they told the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that. He said: "Ask them why he did that." So they asked him and he said: "Because it is a description of the Most Merciful, the Mighty and Sublime, and I love to recite it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Tell him that Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, loves him."  

النسائي:٩٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلاَلٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلاً عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ لأَصْحَابِهِ فِي صَلاَتِهِمْ فَيَخْتِمُ بِ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ سَلُوهُ لأَىِّ شَىْءٍ فَعَلَ ذَلِكَ فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ لأَنَّهَا صِفَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ ﷻ فَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ بِهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَخْبِرُوهُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ ﷻ يُحِبُّهُ  

ذِكْرُ إِثْبَاتِ مَحَبَّةِ اللَّهِ لِمُحِبِّي سُورَةِ الْإِخْلَاصِ

ibnhibban:793 – ʿAbdullāh b. Muḥammad b. Salm > Ḥarmalah b. Yaḥyá > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr b. al-Ḥārith > Saʿīd b. Abū Hilāl > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ummih ʿAmrah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man on a campaign, and he used to recite to his companions when leading them in prayer, and would conclude with 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' When they returned, they told the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that. He said: "Ask them why he did that." So they asked him and he said: "Because it is a description of the Most Merciful, the Mighty and Sublime, and I love to recite it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Tell him that Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, loves him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 993)   

ابن حبّان:٧٩٣ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلْمٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَرْمَلَةُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي هِلَالٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ فَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ «سَلُوهُ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعَ هَذَا»؟ فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ أَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَخْبِرُوهُ أَنَّ اللَّهَ يُحِبُّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:1067 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud / from my cousin Rishdīn b. Saʿd > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Saʿīd > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ummih ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ sent a man on a campaign, and he used to recite to his companions when leading them in prayer, and would conclude with 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One.' When they returned, they told the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about that. He said: "Ask them why he did that." So they asked him and he said: "Because it is a description of the Most Merciful, the Mighty and Sublime, and I love to recite it." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Tell him that Allah (SWT), the Mighty and Sublime, loves him." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 993)  

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٦٧ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ وَهُوَ ابْنُ أَخِي رِشْدِينُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو عَنْ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ فَيَخْتِمُ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «سَلُوهُ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعَ ذَلِكَ؟» فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ «لِأَنَّهَا صِفَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَأَنَا أَحَبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ بِهَا» قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَخْبِرُوهُ أَنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّهُ»  

nasai-kubra:10471 – Sulaymān b. Dāwud > Ibn Wahb > ʿAmr > Saʿīd > Abū al-Rijāl Muḥammad b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman > Ummih ʿAmrah > ʿĀʾishah

The Prophet ﷺ sent (an army unit) under the command of a man who used to lead his companions in the prayers and would finish his recitation with (the Sura 112): 'Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allah, the One." ' (112.1) When they returned (from the battle), they mentioned that to the Prophet. He said (to them), "Ask him why he does so." They asked him and he said, "I do so because it mentions the qualities of the Beneficent and I love to recite it (in my prayer)." The Prophet; said (to them), "Tell him that Allah loves him." (Using translation from Bukhārī 7375)   

الكبرى للنسائي:١٠٤٧١ – أَخْبَرَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ عَنِ ابْنِ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرٌو عَنْ سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ أَبَا الرِّجَالِ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أُمِّهِ عَمْرَةَ عَنْ عَائِشَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ بَعَثَ رَجُلًا عَلَى سَرِيَّةٍ وَكَانَ يَقْرَأُ لِأَصْحَابِهِ فِي صَلَاتِهِمْ فَيَخْتِمُ بِ {قُلْ هُوَ اللهُ أَحَدٌ} [الإخلاص 1] فَلَمَّا رَجَعُوا ذَكَرُوا ذَلِكَ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «سَلُوهُ لِأَيِّ شَيْءٍ صَنَعَ ذَلِكَ؟» فَسَأَلُوهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّهَا صِفَةُ الرَّحْمَنِ فَأَنَا أُحِبُّ أَنْ أَقْرَأَ بِهَا قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «أَخْبِرُوهُ أَنَّ اللهَ يُحِبُّهُ»