It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka'b said:
"The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: 'Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, did not reveal in the Tawrah or the Injil anything like Umm Al-Quran (Al-Fatihah), which is the seven oft-recited, and (Allah said) it is divided between Myself and My slave will have what he asked for.'"
أَخْبَرَنَا الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ حُرَيْثٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ مُوسَى، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْحَمِيدِ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلاَ فِي الإِنْجِيلِ مِثْلَ أُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَهِيَ مَقْسُومَةٌ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ
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Isnad
7 transmitters- 1al-Husain bin Hrythd. 244 AH
- 2al-Fadl bin Musa al-Synanyd. 192 AH
- 3'Abdul Hameed bin Ja'farMedina · d. 153 AH
- 4al-Ala' bin 'Abdur Rahman bin Ya'qubMedina · d. > 130 AH
- 5'Abdur Rahman bin Y'aqubMedina,Hamadan
- 6Abu HurairahMakkah/Medina/Yemen/Bahrain · d. 59 AH/681 CE
- 7Ubayy ibn Ka'bMedinah · d. 32 AH/652 CE or 19 AH
References2 variants
- In-Book Reference
- Book 11, Hadith 39
- English Reference
- Vol. 2, Book 11, Hadith 915