أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْحَارِثِ عَنْ أَبِي الْأَسْوَدِ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عُرْوَةَ بْنَ الزُّبَيْرِ يُحَدِّثُ عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ ثَابِتٍ أَنَّهُ قَالَ لِمَرْوَانَ يَا أَبَا عَبْدِ الْمَلِکِ أَتَقْرَأُ فِي الْمَغْرِبِ بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ وَإِنَّا أَعْطَيْنَاکَ الْکَوْثَرَ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَمَحْلُوفَةٌ لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهَا بِأَطْوَلِ الطُّولَيَيْنِ المص
سنن نسائی · Hadith 994
It was narrated from Zaid bin Thabit that he said to Marwan: “Abu ‘Abdul-Malik, do you recite: Say: He is Allah, (the) One’ and ‘Verily, We have granted you Al Kawthar’ in Maghrib?” He said: “Yes.” He (Zaid) said: “I swear by Allah, I saw the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم reciting the longer of the two long Surahs in it: ‘Alif-Lam Mim-Saad.” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020