Virtues of the Quran's Chapters and Verses
Special Virtues of the Qur'an's Chapters and Verses 52
Arabic hadith text
عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، سَأَلَ أَبَا وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ مَا كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الأَضْحَى وَالْفِطْرِ فَقَالَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا بِـ (ق وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ) وَ (اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ).
Translation
ʿUbaydullāh ibn ʿAbdullāh reported that ʿUmar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb asked Abū Wāqid al-Laythī what the Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and grant him peace) used to recite at al-Aḍḥā and al-Fiṭr. He replied that he used to recite in both: ‘Qāf. By the glorious Qur’an,’ and ‘The Hour has drawn near, and the moon has split.’