Reciting "Alif-Lām-Mīm-Ṣād"[2] In Maghrib
Darussalam · Volume 2
11. The Book Of TheCommencement Of ThePrayerSunan an-Nasai Darussalam English translation
الحديث: 989 ¦ الجزء: 2 ¦ الصفحة: 169
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صحيح صفة الصلاة، صحيح أبي داود (٧٧٣)
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(صحيح) - صفة الصلاة، صحيح أبي داود ٧٧٣: خ مختصرًا.
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990. It was narrated from Zaid bin Thâbit that he said to Marwân: "O Abû 'Abdul-Malik, do you recite: Say: He is Allâh, (the) One[3] and 'Verily, We have granted you Al-Kawthar[4] in Maghrib?" He said: "Yes." He (Zaid) said: "I swear by Allâh, I saw the Messenger of Allâh ﷺ reciting the longer of the two long Sûrahs in it: 'Alif-Lâm-Mīm-Ṣâd."[5] (Ṣaḥīḥ)
989 - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنِ الزُّبَيْرِ يُحَدِّثُ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنَ ثَابِتٍ، أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِمَرْوَانَ: يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الْمَلِكِ أَتَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ، وَإِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاكَ الْكَوْثَرَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ. قَالَ: فَمَحْلُوفَةٌ «لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِأَطْوَلِ الطُّولَيَيْنِ المص»
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By the two lengthy Surahs is meant Surat Al-An'âm and Surat Al-A'râf, and of these two Surat Al-A'râf is lengthier. It is also called the Surah 'Alif Lâm Mīm Ṣâd, because with these very letters the Surah begins.