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nasai-kubra:7805 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī Abū Ḥafṣ > Badal > Shaddād b. Saʿīd Abū Ṭalḥah > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to me: 'Recite, O Jabir!' I said: 'What should I recite, may my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: Recite: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak...,' and: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...' So I recited them, and he said: 'Recite them, for you will never recite anything like them.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5441)  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٨٠٥ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ أَبُو حَفْصٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَدَلٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ

قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ يَا جَابِرُ» قُلْتُ وَمَا أَقْرَأُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي؟ قَالَ اقْرَأْ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ فَقَرَأْتُهُمَا فَقَالَ «اقْرَأْ بِهِمَا وَلَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِمِثْلِهِمَا»  

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nasai:5441 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Badal > Shaddād b. Saʿīd Abū Ṭalḥah > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to me: 'Recite, O Jabir!' I said: 'What should I recite, may my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: Recite: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak...,' and: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...' So I recited them, and he said: 'Recite them, for you will never recite anything like them.'"  

النسائي:٥٤٤١ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي بَدَلٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نَضْرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اقْرَأْ يَا جَابِرُ قُلْتُ وَمَاذَا أَقْرَأُ بِأَبِي أَنْتَ وَأُمِّي يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ اقْرَأْ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ } وَ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ } فَقَرَأْتُهُمَا فَقَالَ اقْرَأْ بِهِمَا وَلَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِمِثْلِهِمَا  

ذِكْرُ الْبَيَانِ بِأَنَّ الْقَارِئَ لَا يَقْرَأُ شَيْئًا يُشْبِهُ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ، وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ

ibnhibban:796 – Muḥammad b. al-Ḥusayn b. Mukram al-Bazzār Bi-al-Baṣrah > ʿAmr b. ʿAlī b. Baḥr > Badal b. al-Muḥabbar > Shaddād b. Saʿīd Abū Ṭalḥah al-Rāsibī > al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > Jābir

"The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to me: 'Recite, O Jabir!' I said: 'What should I recite, may my father and mother be ransomed for you, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: Recite: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak...,' and: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...' So I recited them, and he said: 'Recite them, for you will never recite anything like them.'" (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5441)   

ابن حبّان:٧٩٦ – أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ مُكْرَمٍ الْبَزَّارُ بِالْبَصْرَةِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ بَحْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا بَدَلُ بْنُ الْمُحَبَّرِ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ أَبُو طَلْحَةَ الرَّاسِبِيُّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ يَا جَابِرُ» قَالَ قُلْتُ مَا أَقْرَأُ بِأَبِي وَأُمِّي أَنْتَ؟ قَالَ «{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ} وَ {قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ} » فَقَرَأْتُهُمَا فَقَالَ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ بِهِمَا وَلَنْ تَقْرَأَ بِمِثْلِهِمَا»