Al-Adab Al-Mufrad

Book 50, Hadith 3

Arabic hadith text

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ، وَيَحْيَى بْنُ مُوسَى، قَالاَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ بْنُ سَوَّارٍ قَالَ‏:‏ حَدَّثَنِي الْمُغِيرَةُ بْنُ مُسْلِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي الزُّبَيْرِ، عَنْ جَابِرٍ قَالَ‏:‏ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ‏:‏ ‏{‏الم تَنْزِيلُ‏}‏ وَ‏:‏ ‏{‏تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ‏}‏‏.‏

Translation

Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.

Abu Nu‘aym and Yahya ibn Musa related to us: Shababah ibn Sawwar related to us: al-Mughirah ibn Muslim related to me, from Abu al-Zubayr, from Jabir, who said: The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, would not sleep until he recited: ‘Alif Lam Mim. The sending down’ and ‘Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion.’

Notes and open questions — unreviewed
  • The source names the two recitations by their opening words; their chapter references are not added to the translated text.