Abū al-ʿAbbās Muḥammad b. Yaʿqūb > al-Ḥasan b. ʿAlī b. ʿAffān al-ʿĀmirī > Abū Usāmah > ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd b. Jaʿfar > al-ʿAlāʾ b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman from his father > Abū Hurayrah > Ubay b. Kaʿb

The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Shall I not teach you a Surah that was not revealed in the Torah, nor in the Injeel, nor in the Zabur, and not even in the Quran like it?" I said, "Certainly." He said, "Verily, I hope that it will not depart from this door until you learn it." So the Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood up and I stood up with him, and he started to teach me and I had my hand in his hand. I began to slow down, disliking to go ahead before he informed me about it. When I reached the door, I said, 'O Messenger of Allah, the Surah that you promised to teach me?' He said, 'How will you recite it when you stand to perform the prayer?' So I recited Al-Fatiha, and he said, 'It is this, it is this.' And it is the seven repeatedly recited verses and the great Quran that Allah, the Almighty, says, 'And We have certainly given you, [O Muhammad], seven of the often repeated [verses] and the great Qur'an.' (Surah Al-Hijr 15:87), that which I was given."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْعَبَّاسِ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَعْقُوبَ ثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَفَّانَ الْعَامِرِيُّ ثنا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ حَدَّثَنِي عَبْدُ الْحَمِيدِ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ سُورَةً مَا أُنْزِلَتْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَلَا فِي الزَّبُورِ وَلَا فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِثْلُهَا؟» قُلْتُ بَلَى قَالَ «إِنِّي لَأَرْجُو أَنْ لَا تَخْرُجَ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْبَابِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَهَا» فَقَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ وَقُمْتُ مَعَهُ فَجَعَلَ يُحَدِّثُنِي وَيَدِي فِي يَدِهِ فَجَعَلْتُ أَتَبَاطَأُ كَرَاهِيَةَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُخْبِرُنِي بِهَا فَلَمَّا دَنَوْتُ مِنَ الْبَابِ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السُّورَةُ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَنِي فَقَالَ «كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ إِذَا قُمْتَ إِلَى الصَّلَاةِ؟» فَقَرَأْتُ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ فَقَالَ هِيَ هِيَ وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي الَّتِي قَالَ اللَّهُ ﷻ {وَلَقَدْ آتَيْنَاكَ سَبْعًا مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنَ الْعَظِيمَ} [الحجر 87] الَّذِي أُعْطِيتُ «» هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحٌ عَلَى شَرْطِ مُسْلِمٍ وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ وَقَدِ اخْتُلِفَ عَلَى الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِيهِ فَرَوَاهُ مَالِكُ بْنُ أَنَسٍ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ مَوْلَى عَامِرِ بْنِ كَرِيزٍ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ وَرَوَاهُ شُعْبَةُ عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ أَبِيهِ عَنْ أُبَيِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ