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tabarani:14978[Chain 1] Bishr b. Mūsá > Yaḥyá b. Isḥāq [Chain 2] Aḥmad b. Rishdīn > Saʿīd b. ʿUfayr > Ibn Lahīʿah > Abū ʿUshhānah > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] "To me, the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Read the two Mu'awwidhatayn (Surahs Al-Falaq and An-Nas), for indeed you do not recite anything similar to them.'"  

الطبراني:١٤٩٧٨حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ مُوسَى ثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ رِشْدِينَ ثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ عُفَيْرٍ قَالَا ثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ عَنْ أَبِي عُشَّانَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ قَالَ

لِي رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَقْرَأُ بِمِثْلِهِمَا»