The Muawwidhatayn

Zirr said: I asked Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him): "Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) does not write the Mu'awwidhatayn in the mushaf." He said: "I asked the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) about these two surahs, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'It was said to me, so I said it.'" Then Sayyiduna Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "So we say just as it has been said to us."

Husayn said that Imam al-Sha'bi said: "The Mu'awwidhatayn are part of the Qur'an."

A statement of Imam al-Sha'bi like the preceding one is reported from Husayn through this chain as well.

Abd al-Rahman bin Yazid said: I saw Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) scraping the Mu'awwidhatayn out of his mushafs, and he said: "Do not mix into it what is not part of the Qur'an."

Ibrahim said: I asked al-Aswad: "Are these two part of the Qur'an?" He said: "Yes," meaning the Mu'awwidhatayn.

Sulayman, the freed slave of Umm Ali, said that Mujahid used to dislike reciting the Mu'awwidhat alone, until he would join another surah with them.

Muhammad bin Salim said: I said to Abu Ja'far: "Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) erased the Mu'awwidhatayn from the mushafs!" He said: "You should recite these two."

Mansur al-Qassab said: I asked al-Hasan: "O Abu Sa'id, may I recite the Mu'awwidhatayn in the Fajr prayer?" He said: "Yes, if you wish. These are two very blessed and pure surahs."

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he asked the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) about the Mu'awwidhatayn. He said: So he (peace and blessings be upon him) led us in the Fajr prayer with these two surahs.

Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I was with the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on a journey. When the true dawn broke, he (peace and blessings be upon him) called the adhan and gave the iqamah. Then he (peace and blessings be upon him) made me stand on his right side and recited the Mu'awwidhatayn. When he finished the prayer, he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Did you see what I recited?" I said: "O Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), indeed I have seen." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Then recite these two surahs whenever you sleep and whenever you wake up."

Ibn Sirin said that Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) did not write the Mu'awwidhatayn.