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nasai-kubra:7808 – ʿAmr b. ʿAlī > Muslim b. Ibrāhīm > Shaddād b. Saʿīd > Saʿīd al-Jurayrī > Abū Naḍrah > Jābir b. ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "That the Prophet ﷺ said to him, 'O Jabir, recite Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Nas, O Jabir, and you will not recite anything like them.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٨٠٨ – أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَلِيٍّ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَدَّادُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْجُرَيْرِيُّ عَنْ أَبِي نَضْرَةَ عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ لَهُ «يَا جَابِرُ اقْرَأْ بِقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ يَا جَابِرُ 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