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سنن دارمي
Darimi
من كتاب فضائل القرآنFrom the Book of Virtues of the Qur'an
باب فَضْلِ فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ:Chapter on the virtue of Surah Al-Fatiha
Hadith 3403
اُردوEn
حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ عُمَرَ الزَّهْرَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى الْأَنْصَارِيِّ، قَالَ: "مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، فَقَالَ: "أَلَمْ يَقُلْ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ: يَأَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللَّهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ سورة الأنفال آية 24، قَالَ: أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مِنْ الْمَسْجِدِ ؟، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ، قَالَ: الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ سورة الفاتحة آية 2 وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي، وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُمْ".
Sayyiduna Abu Sa‘id bin al-Mu‘alla al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) passed by me (and in al-Bukhari: I was praying, and the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) called me, but I did not respond). So the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Did Allah not say: «﴿يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ . . . . . .﴾» [انفال: 24/8] ‘O you who believe! Respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you’?” Then the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: “Before you leave the mosque, I will tell you about the greatest surah in the Qur’an.” And when the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) intended to leave, he said: “That greatest surah is ‘Alhamdu lillahi Rabbil ‘alamin’ (i.e., Surah al-Fatihah), which is the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses and the Great Qur’an which has been given to you.”
Brief Explanation
(Commentary on Ahadith 3400 to 3403)
«سبع المثاني» These are the seven verses which are repeatedly recited in prayer, and without them, no rak‘ah is valid. It is obligatory for everyone in prayer—whether the imam, the follower (muqtadi), or the individual praying alone (munfarid)—to recite them. This is the Great Qur’an.
«سبع المثاني» These are the seven verses which are repeatedly recited in prayer, and without them, no rak‘ah is valid. It is obligatory for everyone in prayer—whether the imam, the follower (muqtadi), or the individual praying alone (munfarid)—to recite them. This is the Great Qur’an.
