“I came to the Messenger of Allah while he was riding, and I put my hand on his foot and said: ‘Teach me Surah Hud, teach me Surah Yusuf. He said: ‘You will never recite anything more precious before Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, than: ‘Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the […]
“While I was leading the Messenger of Allah rode. Then he said: ‘Shall I not teach you two of the best Surahs that the people recite?’ And he taught me: ‘Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak,’ and ‘Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind.” Then the Iqamah […]
“I was walking with the Messenger of Allah said: ‘No one who asks has ever asked by means of anything like them, and no one who seeks refuge has ever sought refuge with anything like them.’”
“The Prophet 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.”
He asked the Messenger of Allah recited them when he led us in Salah Al-Ghadah (As-Subh).”
The Messenger of Allah recited them in the Subh prayer.
“I was leading the Messenger of Allah finished praying, he turned to me and said: ‘O ‘Uqbah, what do you think?’”
“While I was leading the Messenger of Allah on his mount on a military campaign, he said: ‘O ‘Uqbah, say!’ I listened, then he said: ‘O ‘Uqbah, say!’ I listened, then he said it a third time. I said: ‘What should I say?’ He said: ‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One…’ and he recited the […]
“The Messenger of Allah recited them, then he said: ‘The people have never recited anything like them, or the people have never sought refuge (with Allah) by means of anything like them.’”
The Messenger of Allah said to him: “O Ibn ‘Abis, shall I not tell you of the best thing with which those who seek refuge with Allah may do so?” He said: “Yes, O Messenger of Allah.” He said: “Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak.”, “Say: I seek refuge with […]