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

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.'"  

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  

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)   

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  

[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.  

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  

"عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ سورَةً ما أُنْزِلَ فِى التَّوْراةِ وَلاَ فِى الإنْجِيلِ، وَلاَ فِى الزَّبُورِ، وَلاَ فِى الْفُرْقَانِ مِثْلُهَا؟ قُلْتُ: بَلَى، قَالَ: إِنِّى لأَرْجُو أَنْ لاَ تخْرجُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابِ حَتَّى تعْلَمَهَا، فَقَامَ رَسُولُ الله ﷺ ،

وَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ فَجعَلَ يُحدِّثنِى وَيَدِى فِى يَدِهِ، فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَبَطَّأُ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُخْبِرَنِى بِهَا، فَلَمَّا دَنَوْتُ مِنَ الْبَابِ قُلْتُ يَارَسُولَ الله! السُّورَة الَّتِى أَوْعَدْتَنِى، قَالَ: كَيْفَ تَقْرأُ إِذَا قُمْتَ إِلى الصَّلاةِ؟ فَقَرَأتُ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ، فَقَال: هِىَ هِىَ، وَهِىَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثانِى الَّتى قَالَ الله: {وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ} (*) الَّذى أُعْطِيتُ".