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tabarani:9152ʿAbdullāh b. Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal > al-Azraq b. ʿAlī > Ḥassān b. Ibrāhīm > al-Ṣalt b. Bahrām > Ibrāhīm > ʿAlqamah > ʿAbdullāh

[Machine] "He used to recite the two chapters of refuge from the Qur'an and say, 'The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded to seek protection through them but did not recite them.'"  

الطبراني:٩١٥٢حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ حَنْبَلٍ ثنا الْأَزْرَقُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ ثنا حَسَّانُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنِ الصَّلْتِ بْنِ بَهْرَامَ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ عَنْ عَلْقَمَةَ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ

أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَحُكُّ الْمُعَوِّذَتَيْنِ مِنَ الْمَصَاحِفِ وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّمَا أَمَرَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ أَنْ يُتَعَوَّذَ بِهِمَا وَلَمْ يَكُنْ يَقْرَأُ بِهِمَا»