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tabarani:15059 – [Chain 1] Abū Zurʿah al-Dimashqī > Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ [Chain 2] al-Ḥusayn b. Isḥāq al-Tustarī > ʿAlī b. Baḥr > Baqiyyah b. al-Walīd > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Jubayr b. Nufayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

[Machine] A bay mare was gifted to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , so he mounted it and took hold of its reins. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Read." The person replied, "What should I read, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "Say, 'I seek refuge with the Lord of daybreak.'" The person said, "I have not risen with anything similar to it while praying."  

الطبراني:١٥٠٥٩ – حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو زُرْعَةَ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ ثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ ح وَحَدَّثَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ إِسْحَاقَ التُّسْتَرِيُّ ثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ بَحْرٍ قَالَا ثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ ثَنَا بَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

أُهْدِيَتْ لِرَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ بَغْلَةٌ شَهْبَاءُ فَرَكِبَهَا فَأَخَذَ عُقْبَةَ يَقُودُهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ «اقْرَأْ» قَالَ مَا أَقْرَأُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ قَالَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ فَقَالَ «مَا قُمْتَ تُصَلِّي بِشَيْءٍ مِثْلِهَا»  

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Collected by Nasāʾī, Aḥmad
nasai:5433 – ʿAmr b. ʿUthmān > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Jubayr b. Nufayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

"The Prophet [SAW] was given a gray mule which he rode, and 'Uqbah led it. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to 'Uqbah: 'Recite.' He said: 'What should I recite, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Recite: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak, from the evil of what He has created.' And he repeated it until I had learned it."  

النسائي:٥٤٣٣ – أَخْبَرَنِي عَمْرُو بْنُ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ

أُهْدِيَتْ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ بَغْلَةٌ شَهْبَاءُ فَرَكِبَهَا وَأَخَذَ عُقْبَةُ يَقُودُهَا بِهِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لِعُقْبَةَ اقْرَأْ قَالَ وَمَا أَقْرَأُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ اقْرَأْ { قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ * مِنْ شَرِّ مَا خَلَقَ } فَأَعَادَهَا عَلَىَّ حَتَّى قَرَأْتُهَا فَعَرَفَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَفْرَحْ بِهَا جِدًّا قَالَ لَعَلَّكَ تَهَاوَنْتَ بِهَا فَمَا قُمْتُ يَعْنِي بِمِثْلِهَا  

ahmad:17342 – Ḥaywah b. Shurayḥ > Baqiyyah > Baḥīr b. Saʿd > Khālid b. Maʿdān > Jubayr b. Nufayr > ʿUqbah b. ʿĀmir

"The Prophet [SAW] was given a gray mule which he rode, and 'Uqbah led it. The Messenger of Allah [SAW] said to 'Uqbah: 'Recite.' He said: 'What should I recite, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Recite: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak, from the evil of what He has created.' And he repeated it until I had learned it." (Using translation from Nasāʾī 5433)   

أحمد:١٧٣٤٢ – حَدَّثَنَا حَيْوَةُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا بَقِيَّةُ حَدَّثَنَا بَحِيرُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ عَنْ خَالِدِ بْنِ مَعْدَانَ عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ

أَنَّهُ قَالَ إِنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ أُهْدِيَتْ لَهُ بَغْلَةٌ شَهْبَاءُ فَرَكِبَهَا فَأَخَذَ عُقْبَةُ يَقُودُهَا لَهُ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ لِعُقْبَةَ اقْرَأْ فَقَالَ وَمَا أَقْرَأُ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ؟ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ اقْرَأْ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ فَأَعَادَهَا عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى قَرَأَهَا فَعَرَفَ أَنِّي لَمْ أَفْرَحْ بِهَا جِدًّا فَقَالَ لَعَلَّكَ تَهَاوَنْتَ بِهَا فَمَا قُمْتَ تُصَلِّي بِشَيْءٍ مِثْلِهَا