أَخْبَرَنِي مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الْوَلِيدُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ جَابِرٍ عَنْ الْقَاسِمِ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ بَيْنَا أَقُودُ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فِي نَقَبٍ مِنْ تِلْکَ النِّقَابِ إِذْ قَالَ أَلَا تَرْکَبُ يَا عُقْبَةُ فَأَجْلَلْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنْ أَرْکَبْ مَرْکَبَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا تَرْکَبُ يَا عُقْبَةُ فَأَشْفَقْتُ أَنْ يَکُونَ مَعْصِيَةً فَنَزَلَ وَرَکِبْتُ هُنَيْهَةً وَنَزَلْتُ وَرَکِبَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلَا أُعَلِّمُکَ سُورَتَيْنِ مِنْ خَيْرِ سُورَتَيْنِ قَرَأَ بِهِمَا النَّاسُ فَأَقْرَأَنِي قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ وَ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ فَأُقِيمَتْ الصَّلَاةُ فَتَقَدَّمَ فَقَرَأَ بِهِمَا ثُمَّ مَرَّ بِي فَقَالَ کَيْفَ رَأَيْتَ يَا عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ اقْرَأْ بِهِمَا کُلَّمَا نِمْتَ وَقُمْتَ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5452
It was narrated that ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir said: “While I was leading the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم (on his mount) in one of these mountain passes, he said: ‘Why don’t you ride, ‘Uqbah?’ I had too much respect for the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم to ride the mount of the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم . Then he said: ‘Why don’t you ride, ‘Uqbah?’ I was worried that I might be disobeying him, so he got off, and rode for a little while, then I got off and the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم ride. Then he said: ‘Shall I not teach you two of the best Surahs that the people recite?’ 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,” Then the Iqamah was said he went forward and them. Then he passed by me and said: ‘What do you think, O' ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir? Recite them every time you go to sleep and get up.” (Sahih).
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020