أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ أَبِي حَبِيبٍ عَنْ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ أَسْلَمَ عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ قَالَ أَتَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّی اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ وَهُوَ رَاکِبٌ فَوَضَعْتُ يَدِي عَلَی قَدَمِهِ فَقُلْتُ أَقْرِئْنِي سُورَةَ هُودٍ أَقْرِئْنِي سُورَةَ يُوسُفَ فَقَالَ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ شَيْئًا أَبْلَغَ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ
سنن نسائی · Hadith 5454
It was narrated that ‘Uqbah bin ‘Amir said: “I came to the Messenger of Allah صلی اللہ علیہ وآلہ وسلم while he was riding, and I put my hand on his foot and said: ‘Teach me Sarah Hud, teach me Sarah Yusuf. He said: ‘You will never recite anything more precious before Allah, the Mighty and Sublime, than: ‘Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Lord of the daybreak).” (Sahih)
Translated by Dr. Muhammad Muhsin Khan · Reviewed by Islamic University of Madinah · Published March 2020