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nasai-kubra:7789 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

"I was walking with the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he said: "O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He did not answer me, then h esaid: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' But he did not answer me. I said: 'O Allah, make him answer me.' He said: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak...' So I recited it until I came to the end. Then he said: 'Say,' and I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...,' so I recited it until I came to the end. Then the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'No one who asks has ever asked by means of anything like them, and no one who seeks refuge has ever sought refuge with anything like them.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5438)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٧٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ «يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ» فَقُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ؟ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ» قُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي فَقُلْتُ اللهُمَّ ارْدُدْهُ عَلَيَّ فَقَالَ «يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ» فَقُلْتَ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ «قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ» فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ «قُلْ» فَقُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَقَالَ «قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الفَلَقِ» فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ «مَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِمِثْلِهَا وَلَا اسْتَعَاذَ مُسْتَعِيذٌ بِمِثْلِهَا»  

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nasai:5438 – Qutaybah > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

"I was walking with the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he said: "O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He did not answer me, then h esaid: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' But he did not answer me. I said: 'O Allah, make him answer me.' He said: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak...' So I recited it until I came to the end. Then he said: 'Say,' and I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...,' so I recited it until I came to the end. Then the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'No one who asks has ever asked by means of anything like them, and no one who seeks refuge has ever sought refuge with anything like them.'"  

النسائي:٥٤٣٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلاَنَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ فَقُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ قُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي فَقُلْتُ اللَّهُمَّ ارْدُدْهُ عَلَىَّ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ قُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فَقَالَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ } فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ قُلْ قُلْتُ مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ } فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ مَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا وَلاَ اسْتَعَاذَ مُسْتَعِيذٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا  

nasai-kubra:8009 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > al-Layth > Ibn ʿAjlān > Saʿīd al-Maqburī > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

"I was walking with the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he said: "O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He did not answer me, then h esaid: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' But he did not answer me. I said: 'O Allah, make him answer me.' He said: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak...' So I recited it until I came to the end. Then he said: 'Say,' and I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...,' so I recited it until I came to the end. Then the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'No one who asks has ever asked by means of anything like them, and no one who seeks refuge has ever sought refuge with anything like them.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5438)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٨٠٠٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنِ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ قُلْتُ «مَاذَا أَقُولُ؟ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي» ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ قُلْتُ «مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي» فَقُلْتُ «اللهُمَّ ارْدُدْهُ عَلَيَّ» فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ فَقُلْتُ «مَاذَا أَقُولُ؟» فَقَالَ «قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى آتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا» ثُمَّ قَالَ قُلْ قُلْتُ «مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟» قَالَ «قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ» فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى آتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ «مَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا وَلَا اسْتَعَاذَ مُسْتَعِيذٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا»