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What Has Been Narrated About Ayāt Al-Kursī (The Verse Of The Footstool)

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Darussalam · Volume 2

8. (The Book Of

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الحديث: 1460 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 72

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1460. Ubayy bin Ka'b said that the Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: "O Abū Al-Mundhir, which Verse that you know of the Book of Allāh is the greatest Verse?" He replied: "Allāh and His Messenger know best." He said: "O Abū Al-Mundhir, which Verse that you know of the Book of Allāh is the greatest Verse?" He said: "So I said: Allāhu lā ilāha illā Huwa, Al-Hayy Al-Qayyūm (none has the right to be worshipped but Him the Ever-Living, the Sustainer). So he struck me on my chest and said: 'Let (the gaining of) knowledge be easy for you, O Abū Al-Mundhir.'" (Sahih)

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1460 - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الْأَعْلَى، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدُ بْنُ إِيَاسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي السَّلِيلِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ صَلَّى عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: «أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، أَيُّ آيَةٍ مَعَكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ الَّلهِ أَعْظَمُ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: الَّلهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ. قَالَ: «أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ، أَيُّ آيَةٍ مَعَكَ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ أَعْظَمُ؟» قَالَ: قُلْتُ: {اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ} [البقرة: 255]. قَالَ: فَضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي، وَقَالَ: «لِيَهْنِ لَكَ يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ الْعِلْمُ»

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This Hadīth proves the excellence of Ayat Al-Kursī. It also proves the relative precedence of parts of the Qur'an over each other.