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nasai-kubra:7799Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn al-Ḥārith / al-ʿAlāʾ > al-Qāsim a freed slave of Muʿāwiyah > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

I was driving the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during a journey. He said to me: Uqbah, should I not teach you two best surahs ever recited? He then taught me: "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn," and "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of men." He did not see me much pleased (by these two surahs). When he alighted for prayer, he led the people in the morning prayer and recited them in prayer. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he turned to me and said: O Uqbah, how did you see. (Using translation from Abū Dāʾūd 1462)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٧٩٩أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ابْنِ الْحَارِثِ يَعْنِي الْعَلَاءَ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ مَوْلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَقُودُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَاقَتَهُ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «يَا عُقْبَةُ؟ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ خَيْرَ سُورَتَيْنِ قُرِئَتَا؟» فَعَلَّمَنِي قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ فَلَمْ يَرَنِي سُرِرْتُ بِهِمَا جِدًّا فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ صَلَّى بِهِمَا صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ لِلنَّاسِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مِنَ الصَّلَاةِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «يَا عُقْبَةُ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ؟»  


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Collected by Nasāʾī, Abū Dāwūd, Ṭabarānī
nasai:5436Aḥmad b. ʿAmr > Ibn Wahb > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > Ibn al-Ḥārith Wahū al-ʿAlāʾ > al-Qāsim a freed slave of Muʿāwiyah > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

"I was leading the Messenger of Allah [SAW] (on his mount) on a journey, and the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'O 'Uqbah, shall I not teach you the best two Surahs that can be recited?' And he taught me: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak.' And 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...' He thought that I did not seem too overjoyed with them, so when he stopped to pray Subh, he recited them when he led the people in the Subh prayer. When the Messenger of Allah [SAW] finished praying, he turned to me and said: 'O 'Uqbah, what do you think?'"  

النسائي:٥٤٣٦أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ ابْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَهُوَ الْعَلاَءُ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ مَوْلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَقُودُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَا عُقْبَةُ أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ خَيْرَ سُورَتَيْنِ قُرِئَتَا فَعَلَّمَنِي { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ } وَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ } فَلَمْ يَرَنِي سُرِرْتُ بِهِمَا جِدًّا فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ لِصَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ صَلَّى بِهِمَا صَلاَةَ الصُّبْحِ لِلنَّاسِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَىَّ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ  

abudawud:1462Aḥmad b. ʿAmr b. al-Sarḥ > Ibn Wahb > Muʿāwiyah > al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥārith > al-Qāsim a freed slave of Muʿāwiyah > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

I was driving the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ during a journey. He said to me: Uqbah, should I not teach you two best surahs ever recited? He then taught me: "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of the dawn," and "Say, I seek refuge in the Lord of men." He did not see me much pleased (by these two surahs). When he alighted for prayer, he led the people in the morning prayer and recited them in prayer. When the Messenger of Allah ﷺ finished his prayer, he turned to me and said: O Uqbah, how did you see.  

أبو داود:١٤٦٢حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ مَوْلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَقُودُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ نَاقَتَهُ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ لِي يَا عُقْبَةُ أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ خَيْرَ سُورَتَيْنِ قُرِئَتَا فَعَلَّمَنِي { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ } وَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ } قَالَ فَلَمْ يَرَنِي سُرِرْتُ بِهِمَا جِدًّا فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ لِصَلاَةِ الصُّبْحِ صَلَّى بِهِمَا صَلاَةَ الصُّبْحِ لِلنَّاسِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مِنَ الصَّلاَةِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَىَّ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ  

tabarani:15055[Chain 1] Abū Yazīd al-Qarāṭīsī > Asad b. Mūsá [Chain 2] Bakr b. Khālid b. Sahl > ʿAbdullāh b. Ṣāliḥ > Muʿāwiyah b. Ṣāliḥ > al-ʿAlāʾ b. al-Ḥārith > al-Qāsim > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir al-Juhanī

[Machine] "I used to ride with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on his camel during travel. He said, 'O Ukba, shall I teach you the two best Surahs to recite?' I said, 'Yes, O Messenger of Allah, please teach me.' He taught me and said, 'Say, I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind and say, I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak.' When he recited them to me, I was amazed by them. Then, when he descended for Fajr prayer, he recited them for the people. After he finished his prayer, he turned to me and said, 'O Ukba, how did you find them?'"  

الطبراني:١٥٠٥٥حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَزِيدَ الْقَرَاطِيسِيُّ ثَنَا أَسَدُ بْنُ مُوسَى ح وَحَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَالِدِ بْنِ سَهْلٍ ثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ صَالِحٍ قَالَا ثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنِ الْقَاسِمِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ قَالَ

كُنْتُ أَقُودُ بِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ نَاقَتَهُ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ «يَا عُقْبَةُ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ خَيْرَ سُورَتَيْنِ قُرِئَتَا؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ فَعَلِّمْنِي قَالَ فَعَلَّمَنِي قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ فَلَمْ يَرَنِي أُعْجَبْتُ بِهِمَا فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ صَلَّى بِهِمَا الصُّبْحَ لِلنَّاسِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلَاتِهِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ «يَا عُقْبَةُ كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ»