Hadith 811
Abu Darda' reported Allah's Apostle (ﷺ) as saying: Is any one of you incapable of reciting a third of the Qur'an in a night? They (the Companions) asked: How could one recite a third of the Qur'an (in a night)? Upon this he (the Holy Prophet) said:" He is Allah, One" (Qur'An. cxii.) is equivalent to a third of the Qur'an.
Hadith 811
This hadith has been narrated by Qatada with the same chain of transmitters in these words: He (the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) ) said: Allah divided the Qur'an into three parts, and he made:" Say: He, Allah is One." one part out of the (three) parts of the Qur'an.
Hadith 812
وحَدَّثَنِي
مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ ،
وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ جميعا ، عَنْ
يَحْيَى ، قَالَ ابْنُ حَاتِمٍ : حَدَّثَنَا
يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ ، حَدَّثَنَا
يَزِيدُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ ، حَدَّثَنَا
أَبُو حَازِمٍ ، عَنْ
أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ، قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ : " احْشُدُوا ، فَإِنِّي سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ ، فَحَشَدَ مَنْ حَشَدَ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَرَأَ : قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُمَّ دَخَلَ ، فَقَالَ : بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ ، إِنِّي أُرَى هَذَا خَبَرٌ جَاءَهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَدْخَلَهُ ، ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : إِنِّي قُلْتُ لَكُمْ : " سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ ، أَلَا إِنَّهَا تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ " .
It is reported on the authority of Abu Hurairah (RA) that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Get together. for I am going to recite one-third of the Qur'an before you. And those who could get together gathered there. Then the Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) came out and recited:" Say: He, Allah, is One." He then entered (his house). Some of us said to the others: Perhaps there has been some news from the heaven on account of which he has gone Inside (the house). The Apostle of Allah (ﷺ) again came out and said: I told you that I was going to recite one-third of the Qur'an; keep in mind, this (Surah Ikhlas) is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an.
Hadith 812
Abu Hurairah (RA) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) came out to us and said: I am going to recite before you one-third of the Qur'an. He (the Holy Prophet) then recited:" Say: He is Allah, One--Allah, the Eternal," to the end of the Surah.
Hadith 813
'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent a man in charge of an expedition and he would recite for his Companions during their prayer, ending (recitation) with:" Say, He is God, One." When they returned mention was made of it to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) . He (the Holy Prophet) told them to ask him why he had done like that. So they asked him and he said: Verily, it is an attribute of the Compassionate One, and (for this reason) I love to recite it. The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) thereupon said: Inform him that Allah loves him.