118 - The special merit of the Opening surah, al-Fātiḥah

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى، قَالَ: كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فِي الْمَسْجِدِ، فَدَعَانِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ، فَقُلْتُ: يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ، إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي، فَقَالَ: «أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ: ﴿اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ﴾ [الأنفال: 24]». ثُمَّ قَالَ لِي: «لَأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ سُورَةً هِيَ أَعْظَمُ السُّوَرِ فِي القُرْآنِ، قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنَ المَسْجِدِ». ثُمَّ أَخَذَ بِيَدِي، فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ، قُلْتُ لَهُ: «أَلَمْ تَقُلْ: لَأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ سُورَةً هِيَ أَعْظَمُ سُورَةٍ فِي القُرْآنِ؟»، قَالَ: «﴿الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ﴾ [الفاتحة: 2]، هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي، وَالقُرْآنُ العَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ».

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Sa‘īd ibn al-MuꜤallā narrated: 

1. I was praying in the mosque when God’s Messenger (peace be upon him) called me, but I did not answer him.  

2. I said: ‘Messenger of God, I was praying’.  

3. He said: ‘Has God not said: “Believers, respond to the call of God and the Messenger when he calls you to that which will give you life?”’ (8: 24)  

4. He then said to me: ‘Before you leave the mosque, I shall teach you a surah, which is the greatest surah in the Qur’an’.  

5. He then took me by the hand. When he was about to go out, I said to him: ‘Have you not said: I shall teach you a surah, which is the greatest surah in the Qur’an’.  

6. He said: ‘Praise be to God, the Lord of all the worlds (1: 2) It is the seven oft-repeated verses and the sublime Qur’an I have been given’.

Sa‘īd ibn al-MuꜤallā

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Abu Sa‘īd ibn al-Mu‘allā was a companion of the Prophet best known by his appellation, Abu Sa‘īd. According to the best reports, his name was al-Ḥārith ibn Nufay‘ ibn al-MuꜤallā who belonged to Madinah and was one of the Anṣār. He is known among the Prophet’s companions by only two hadiths he narrated. He settled in Syria and died in Year 73 AH 693 CE

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