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What has been said about Fātiḥa-tul-Kitāb (i.e., the Opening of the Book).

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Darussalam · Volume 6

65 - THE BOOK OF COMMENTARY:(Interpretation of the Qur'an)

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الحديث: 4474 ¦ الجزء: 6 ¦ الصفحة: 17

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4474. Narrated Abū Sa'īd bin Al-Mu'allā : While I was offering Ṣalāt (prayer) in the mosque, Allāh's Messenger ﷺ called me but I did not respond to him. Later I said, "O Allāh's Messenger! I was offering Ṣalāt (prayer)." He said, "Didn't Allāh say: 'Answer Allāh (by obeying Him) and (His) Messenger when he (ﷺ) calls you.'" (V.8:24) He then said to me, "I will teach (1) (Book : 65) First Sūrah in the Qur'an. you a Sūrah which is the greatest Sūrah in the Qur'an, before you leave the mosque." Then he got hold of my hand, and when he intended to leave (the mosque), I said to him, "Didn't you say to me, 'I will teach you a Sūrah which is the greatest Sūrah in the Qur'an'?" He said, "Al-ḥamdu-lillāhi Rabbil 'ālamīn [all the praises and thanks be to Allāh, the Lord(1) of the 'Ālamīn (mankind, jinn and all that exists)] (Sūrat-al-Fātiḥa) which is As-Sab'a Al-Mathānī (i.e., the seven repeatedly recited Verses) and the Grand Qur'an which has been given to me."

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4474 - حَدَّثَنَا مُسَدَّدٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنِي خُبَيْبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ المُعَلَّى، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فِي المَسْجِدِ، فَدَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ: " أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ: {اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ} [الأنفال: 24]. ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «لَأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ سُورَةً هِيَ أَعْظَمُ السُّوَرِ فِي القُرْآنِ، قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنَ المَسْجِدِ». ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: «أَلَمْ تَقُلْ لَأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ سُورَةً هِيَ أَعْظَمُ سُورَةٍ فِي القُرْآنِ»، قَالَ: {الحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ العَالَمِينَ} [الفاتحة: 2] «هِيَ السَّبْعُ المَثَانِي، وَالقُرْآنُ العَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ»

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