سنن نسائي
Nasai
كتاب الاستعاذةThe Book of Seeking Refuge with Allah
بَابُ : مَاجَائَ فِي الْمُعَوِسذَتَيْنِChapter: What was Narrated Concerning Al-Mu'awwidhatain (Two Surahs Seeking Refuge with Allah)
Hadith 5440
اُردوEn
أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ ، عَنْ ابْنِ عَجْلَانَ ، عَنْ سَعِيدٍ الْمَقْبُرِيِّ ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ ، قَالَ : كُنْتُ أَمْشِي مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا عُقْبَةُ , قُلْ " ، فَقُلْتُ : مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ , فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " يَا عُقْبَةُ , قُلْ " ، قُلْتُ : مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ , فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي ، فَقُلْتُ : اللَّهُمَّ ارْدُدْهُ عَلَيَّ ، فَقَالَ : " يَا عُقْبَةُ , قُلْ " ، قُلْتُ : مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ فَقَالَ : " قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ " , فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ : " قُلْ " ، قُلْتُ : مَاذَا أَقُولُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ؟ قَالَ : " قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ " , فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا ، ثُمَّ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ : " مَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا , وَلَا اسْتَعَاذَ مُسْتَعِيذٌ بِمِثْلِهِمَا " .
´It was narrated that 'Uqbah bin 'Amir said:` "I was walking with the Messenger of Allah [SAW] and he said: "O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He did not answer me, then h esaid: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' But he did not answer me. I said: 'O Allah, make him answer me.' He said: 'O 'Uqbah, say!' I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak...' So I recited it until I came to the end. Then he said: 'Say,' and I said: 'What should I say, O Messenger of Allah?' He said: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind...,' so I recited it until I came to the end. Then the Messenger of Allah [SAW] said: 'No one who asks has ever asked by means of anything like them, and no one who seeks refuge has ever sought refuge with anything like them.'"
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Explanation & Benefits
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
Urdu marginal note:
"He became silent"—The Prophet's (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) practice of stating something once and then becoming silent was intended to create eagerness and attentiveness in the heart of the listener, so that the importance of the forthcoming statement would become clear to him.
"He became silent"—The Prophet's (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) practice of stating something once and then becoming silent was intended to create eagerness and attentiveness in the heart of the listener, so that the importance of the forthcoming statement would become clear to him.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 5440
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
954. Commentary: A beginner student should start with the shorter surahs, not with the longer ones. When ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir radi Allahu anhu requested to be taught two long surahs at the very beginning—namely Surah Hud and Surah Yusuf—you (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) guided that one should begin with the shorter surahs. The shorter surahs have their own virtue. Or, it is possible that the occasion was one of seeking refuge (isti‘adhah). It is evident that the relevance which the two surahs of seeking refuge (al-Mu‘awwidhatayn) have to this purpose is not possessed by any other surah.
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 954
Hafiz Muhammad Ameen
"‘Be of greater eminence’—that is, in regard to seeking refuge, otherwise, in some other respect, another surah could be superior."
Source: Sunan Nasa'i: Translation and Benefits by Shaykh Hafiz Muhammad Amin Hafizullah, Page: 5441
