Get the app

Sahih Muslim 726

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) recited in the two (supererogatory) rakahs of the dawn (prayer): “ Say: O unbelievers,” (Qur’an, cix.) and Say: Allah is one (cxii).

Abu Hurayrahnarrated it
Sahihgraded sahih
7names in the chain
Read Muslim 726 in the appOffline, in the WhatSurah app. Free.Get the app

حَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ، وَابْنُ أَبِي عُمَرَ، قَالَا: حَدَّثَنَا مَرْوَانُ بْنُ مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ، (هُوَ ابْنُ كَيْسَانَ) عَنْ أَبِي حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَرَأَ فِي رَكْعَتَىِ الْفَجْرِ «قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ» وَ «قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ»

The Messenger of Allah (sallallahu alayhi wa sallam) recited in the two (supererogatory) rakahs of the dawn (prayer): “ Say: O unbelievers,” (Qur’an, cix.) and Say: Allah is one (cxii).

ইয়াহইয়া ইবনু ইয়াহইয়া (রহঃ) ..... আয়িশাহ (রাযিঃ) থেকে বর্ণিত। রাসূলুল্লাহ সাল্লাল্লাহু আলাইহি ওয়াসাল্লাম এক ফারাক (সাড়ে সাত কেজি) পরিমাণ পাত্রের পানি দিয়ে অপবিত্রতার গোসল করতেন*।

امام مالک نے ابن شہاب ( زہری ) سے ، انہوں نے عروہ سے اور انہوں نےحضرت عائشہ ؓ سے روایت کی کہ رسول اللہ ﷺ ایک ہی برتن سے ، جو ایک فرق ( تین صاع یا ساڑھےتیرہ لٹر ) کا تھا ، غسل جنابت فرمایا کرتے تھے

Bize Yahya b. Yahya da tahdis edip dedi ki: Malik'e, İbn Şihab'dan naklen okudum. O Urve b. ez-Zubeyr'den, o Aişe'den rivayet ettiğine göre Resulullah (Sallallahu aleyhi ve Sellem) cünüplükten dolayı ferak denilen bir kaptan guslederdi. Diğer tahric: Ebu Davud, 238ı.»

Sahih Muslim 726, Book 6, The Book of Prayer - Travellers, Hadith 120. 1 min read

What it means

The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to prefer reciting {Say, “O disbelievers} [Surat al-Kāfirūn] in the first Rak‘ah of the Fajr confirmed voluntary prayer, after reciting Surat al-Fātihah, and {Say: “He is Allah, the One} [Surat al-Ikhlās] in the second Rak‘ah.

What it teaches

  • It is recommended to recite these two Surahs after Surat al-Fātihah in the Sunnah of Fajr.
  • Each of these two Surahs is called "Surat al-Ikhlās" (sincerity), given that Surat al-Kāfirūn includes a declaration of disassociation from everything the polytheists worship apart from Allah, besides the indication that they are not also slaves of Allah because their Shirk (polytheism) renders their deeds worthless, and the fact that Allah Almighty is the only One worthy of worship. Moreover, Surat al-Ikhlās declares the oneness of Allah, emphasizes sincerity to Him, and clarifies His attributes.

From the Encyclopedia of Translated Prophetic Hadiths, hadeethenc.com.

The chain

Who passed it on, from Imam Muslim back to the one who was there.

  1. 1Imam MuslimCompiler, died 261 AH
  2. 2Muhammad ibn AbbadTold me, Fourth generation, died 234 AH
  3. 3Ibn Abi Umar al-AdaniWith, Fourth generation, died 243 AH
  4. 4Marwan ibn MuawiyahTold us, Third generation, died 193 AH
  5. 5Yazid ibn KaysanFrom, Successor, died 150 AH
  6. 6SalmanFrom, Successor, died 100 AH
  7. 7Abu HurayrahFrom, Companion, died 57 AH

Narrated also in

The same words, in another collection.

Read this in the app

Sahih Muslim 726 and the rest of the library, offline, with Bengali, Urdu, Indonesian or Turkish under the English.

Get the app

The Hadith and the Qur'an.
On your phone, offline.

Seventeen collections, the whole Qur'an and Identify, free in the app.