أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْمَعِيلُ بْنُ مَسْعُودٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدٌ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَفْصَ بْنَ عَاصِمٍ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّی أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مَرَّ بِهِ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَدَعَاهُ قَالَ فَصَلَّيْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُهُ فَقَالَ مَا مَنَعَکَ أَنْ تُجِيبَنِي قَالَ کُنْتُ أُصَلِّي قَالَ أَلَمْ يَقُلْ اللَّهُ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاکُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيکُمْ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُکَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مِنْ الْمَسْجِدِ قَالَ فَذَهَبَ لِيَخْرُجَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَوْلَکَ قَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 918
It was narrated from Abu Saeed bin Al-Mu’alla that the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, passed by him when he was praying, and called him. He said: “I finished praying, then I came to him, and he said: ‘What kept you from answering me?’ He said: ‘I was praying.’ He said: ‘Does not Allah say: you who believe! Answer Allah (by obeying Him) and (His) Messenger when he calls you to that which will give you life? Shall I not teach you the greatest Sarah before I leave the Masjid?’ Then he went to leave, and I said: ‘Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم, what about what you said?’ He said: “All the praise and thanks be to Allah, the Lord of all that existsJ These are the seven oft- recited that I have been given, and the Grand Qur’an.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020