Hadith #273
Arabic Text
حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ حَدَّثَنَا الْعَلَاءُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ مَوْلَى مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ أَبِي سُفْيَانَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ كُنْتُ أَقُودُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ نَاقَتَهُ قَالَ فَقَالَ لِي أَلَا
أُعَلِّمُكَ سُورَتَيْنِ لَمْ يُقْرَأْ بِمِثْلِهِمَا قُلْتُ بَلَى فَعَلَّمَنِي قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ فَلَمْ يَرَنِي أُعْجِبْتُ بِهِمَا فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ الصُّبْحَ فَقَرَأَ بِهِمَا ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي كَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ يَا عُقْبَةُ
Isnad Chain
زيد بن الحباب
معاوية بن صالح
العلاء بن الحارث
عقبة بن عامر
English Translation
ʿUqbah ibn ʿĀmir narrated: I was leading the she-camel of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and he said to me: "Shall I not teach you two sūrahs the like of which has never been recited?" I said: "Yes." So he taught me 'Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of mankind' and 'Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak.' He saw that I was not overjoyed by them. Then when he dismounted for the Ṣubḥ prayer, he recited them, then said to me: "What did you think, O ʿUqbah?"
Quran References
Reference: Musnad Ahmad, Book 33, Hadith 273
Sunnah.com ref: Musnad Ahmad 16711
Islam.wiki ID: IWH-53101