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tabarani:10254Muḥammad b. ʿAlī al-Ṣāʾigh al-Makkī > Muḥriz b. Salamah > ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz b. Abū Ḥāzim > Suhayl b. Abū Ṣāliḥ > ʿArfajah b. ʿAbd al-Wāḥid > ʿĀṣim b. Abū al-Najūd > Zir b. Ḥubaysh > ʿAbdullāh b. Masʿūd

[Machine] "We used to call it during the time of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ Al-Mani'ah, and indeed it is a chapter in the Book of Allah. Whoever recites it every night has increased and improved."  

الطبراني:١٠٢٥٤حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الصَّائِغُ الْمَكِّيُّ ثنا مُحْرِزُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ ثنا عَبْدُ الْعَزِيزِ بْنُ أَبِي حَازِمٍ عَنْ سُهَيْلِ بْنِ أَبِي صَالِحٍ عَنْ عَرْفَجَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْوَاحِدِ عَنْ عَاصِمِ بْنِ أَبِي النَّجُودِ عَنْ زِرِّ بْنِ حُبَيْشٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ

«كُنَّا نُسَمِّيهَا فِي عَهْدِ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ الْمَانِعَةَ وَإِنَّهَا فِي كِتَابِ اللهِ سُورَةٌ مِنْ قَرَأَ بِهَا فِي كُلِّ لَيْلَةٍ فَقَدْ أَكْثَرَ وَأَطْيَبَ»