أَخْبَرَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ عَنْ ابْنِ الْحَارِثِ وَهُوَ الْعَلَائُ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ مَوْلَی مُعَاوِيَةَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ کُنْتُ أَقُودُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي السَّفَرِ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَا عُقْبَةُ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُکَ خَيْرَ سُورَتَيْنِ قُرِئَتَا فَعَلَّمَنِي قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ فَلَمْ يَرَنِي سُرِرْتُ بِهِمَا جِدًّا فَلَمَّا نَزَلَ لِصَلَاةِ الصُّبْحِ صَلَّی بِهِمَا صَلَاةَ الصُّبْحِ لِلنَّاسِ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ الصَّلَاةِ الْتَفَتَ إِلَيَّ فَقَالَ يَا عُقْبَةُ کَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5451
It was narrated that ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir said: “I was leading the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم (on his mount) on a journey, and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم said: ‘‘Uqbah, shall I not teach you the best two Sdrahs that can be recited?’ And he taught me: ‘Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak.” and ‘Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of mankind..’ He thought that I did not seem too overjoyed with them, so when he stopped to pray Subh, he recited them when he led the people in the Subh prayer. When the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم finished praying, he turned to me and said: ‘‘Uqbah, what do you think?” (Hasan)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020