Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah 3785
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ " أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ " . قَالَ فَذَهَبَ النَّبِيُّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ لِيَخْرُجَ فَأَذْكَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ " { الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ " .
Unreviewed translation. All hadiths in this collection are available in five languages. Titles and introductions may remain in Arabic.
It was narrated that Abu Sa‘id ibn al-Mu‘alla said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, ‘Shall I teach you the greatest surah in the Qur’an before I leave the mosque?’ The Prophet ﷺ then went to leave, so I reminded him. He said, ‘All praise is for Allah, Lord of the worlds. It is the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses and the Mighty Qur’an that I have been given.’
Notes and open questions — unreviewed
The verse quoted is the opening of Surat al-Fatihah; the Prophet ﷺ identifies it as the Seven Oft-Repeated Verses and the Mighty Qur’an.