أَخْبَرَنَا يُوسُفُ بْنُ عِيسَی وَمَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلَانَ عَنْ الْفَضْلِ بْنِ مُوسَی قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مِسْعَرٌ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ السَّکْسَکِيِّ عَنْ ابْنِ أَبِي أَوْفَی قَالَ جَائَ رَجُلٌ إِلَی النَّبِيِّ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ إِنِّي لَا أَسْتَطِيعُ أَنْ آخُذَ شَيْئًا مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فَعَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا يُجْزِئُنِي مِنْ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَالَ قُلْ سُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ وَلَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَاللَّهُ أَکْبَرُ وَلَا حَوْلَ وَلَا قُوَّةَ إِلَّا بِاللَّهِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 929
It was narrated that Ibn Abi Awfa said: “A man came to the Prophet صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم and said ‘I cannot learn anything of the Qur’an; teach me something that I can say instead of reciting Qur’an.’ He said: ‘Say: (Glory be to Allah, praise be to Allah, there is none worthy of worship except Allah, Allah is Most Great, and there is no power and no strength except with Allah the Exalted and Magnificent).” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020