مسند امام احمد بن حنبل · Hadith 1715

It was narrated from Yahya bin 'Abbas that his father 'Abbad bin 'Abdullah bin az-Zubair said: al- Harith bin Khazamah brought these two verses at the end of Bara'ah [at- Tawbah]; "Verily, there has come unto you a Messenger (Muhammad from amongst yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive any injury or difficulty. He (Muhammad is anxious over you; for the believers (he (PBUH) is) full of pity, kind, and merciful. But if they turn away, say (O Muhammad (PBUH): 'Allah is sufficient for me. La ilaha ilia Huwa (none has the right to be worshipped but He) in Him I put my trust and He is the Lord of the Mighty Throne" [al-Tawbah 9:128, 129] to 'Umar bin al-Khattab, who said: Who else will testify to this? He said: I do not know; by Allah, I bear witness that I heard them from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) and I understood them and memorised them. And 'Umar said: And by Allah, I bear witness that I heard them from the Messenger of Allah (PBUH). Then he said: If they were three verses, I would have made them a soorah on its own; look for a soorah of the Qur'an and put them with it. Then I put them at the end of Bara'ah [at-Tawbah].

Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020