300 hadith
The Prophet ﷺ asked a man, "Do you know anything from the Quran?" He replied, "Yes, surah such-and-such and surah such-and-such," naming the surahs.
البخاري 7417SahihThe Prophet ﷺ was given the seven oft-repeated verses, namely the seven long surahs.
النسائي 916DaifThe last surahs revealed were al-Maidah and al-Fath.
الأعظمي 11737HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Two surahs have been revealed to me, so seek refuge with them, for nothing like them has ever been used to seek refuge," meaning the Muawwidhatayn.
أحمد 17299SahihBy the One besides whom there is no god, there is not a single surah in the Book of Allah but that I know where it was revealed, nor a single verse but that I know concerning what it was revealed. If I knew of anyone more knowledgeable than…
مسلم 6333SahihIbn Abbas said to me, "Do you know," and in Harun's wording, "Are you aware of the last surah of the Quran to be revealed, which came down all at once?" I said, "Yes, *'When the victory of Allah and the conquest come'* [Nasr 110:1]." He…
مسلم 7546SahihIbn Abbas said to me, "Do you know the last surah of the Quran to be revealed all at once?" I replied, "Yes, *'When the help of Allah comes and the victory'* [Nasr 110:1]." He said, "You have spoken the truth."
الأعظمي 13793SahihI learned over seventy surahs directly from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while Zayd bin Thabit was still a young boy with two locks of hair, playing with the other children.
أحمد 3906SahihAbu Hurairah said, "People say that Abu Hurairah narrates too much. I once met a man and asked him, 'What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite last night in the night prayer?' He replied, 'I do not know.' I said, 'Were you not present?' He…
الأعظمي 10360SahihIbn Abbas said to me, "Do you know the last surah of the Quran to be revealed all at once?" I replied, "Yes, *'When the help of Allah comes and the conquest'* [Nasr 110:1]." He said, "You are correct."
الأعظمي 11736SahihThe people criticized Abu Hurairah for narrating too much. So I met a man and asked him, "Which surah did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite last night in the night prayer?" He said, "I don't know." I said, "Were you not present for it?" He…
أحمد 10722SahihPeople said, "Abu Hurairah narrates too much." So I met a man and asked him, "What did the Messenger of Allah ﷺ recite last night in the night prayer?" He replied, "I do not know." I said, "Were you not present for it?" He said, "Yes, I…
البخاري 1223SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Verses have been revealed to me, the like of which I have never seen, the two surahs of refuge." He then recited them.
أحمد 17355SahihI learned seventy surahs directly from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while Zayd bin Thabit was still a young boy with a forelock, attending the school.
أحمد 3697SahihI asked Ubayy bin Kaab about the two surahs of refuge. He said, "I asked the Prophet ﷺ about them, and he said, 'It was said to me, so I said it to you, so say it.'" Ubayy said, "The Prophet ﷺ said it to us, so we say it."
أحمد 21182SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Zuhr and Asr prayers surahs such as at-Tariq, al-Buruj, and others like them.
أبو داود 805HasanI recited seventy surahs directly from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while Zayd bin Thabit was still a young boy with a lock of hair, attending the children's school.
أحمد 3846SahihI know the pairs that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite, two surahs in each rakah.
أحمد 4350SahihBy Allah, I am ready to invoke Allah's curse with whoever wishes to dispute me. The shorter Surah of Women was revealed specifying four months and ten days.
ابن ماجه 2030SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ was given seven of the long surahs of the Mathani, and Musa [[r0]] was given six. When he cast down the tablets, two were taken up and four remained.
الأعظمي 11887SahihI said to Ubayy, "Abdullah says something about the two surahs of refuge." Ubayy replied, "We asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about them, and he said, 'It was said to me, so I said.' So I say what he said."
أحمد 21181SahihA man named Nahik bin Sinan came to Abdullah, with a report like that of Waki, except that he said, Alqama came to go in to him, so we said to him, "Ask him about the comparable surahs that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in a…
مسلم 1910SahihIbn Umar [[r3]], whenever he read the Quran, would not speak until he finished it. One day I was reading along with him, and he recited Surah al-Baqarah until he reached a certain place, where he said, "Do you know what this was revealed…
البخاري 4526SahihI recited seventy surahs directly from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ while Zayd bin Thabit was still a young boy with a lock of hair, attending the children's school.
أحمد 4218SahihSomeone asked him, "Did the Prophet ﷺ recite in Dhuhr and Asr?" He replied, "Yes." They asked, "How could you tell?" He said, "By the movement of his beard."
أحمد 21062SahihThe Prophet ﷺ used to recite in the noon and afternoon prayers surahs like *"By the night when it covers"* [Layl 92:1] and the like, and in the dawn prayer he would recite something longer than that.
أحمد 21047DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the Zuhr and Asr prayers surahs such as "By the sky containing great stars" and "By the sky and the night-comer" and others like them.
أحمد 20982DifficultThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the noon prayer surahs like *"By the night when it covers"* [Layl 92:1], in the afternoon prayer something similar, and in the morning prayer something longer than that.
أحمد 20963DifficultI know the pairings that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite together, twenty surahs in ten units of prayer. Then he took Alqama by the hand and went inside. Alqama later came out to us, and we asked him about them, and he informed us…
النسائي 1005SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the noon and afternoon prayers Surah al-Buruj, Surah at-Tariq, and similar surahs.
الترمذي 307HasanA man from his people reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by him and said, "Recite these two in your prayer," meaning the two surahs of refuge.
الأعظمي 13819SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by him and said, "Recite these two in your prayer," referring to the two surahs of refuge.
أحمد 20744DifficultThe Prophet ﷺ used to recite in the noon prayer Surah al-Layl idha yaghsha, and in the afternoon prayer something similar, and in the dawn prayer something longer than that.
مسلم 1029SahihUqba bin Amir said, "I met the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and he said to me, 'Uqba bin Amir, shall I not teach you surahs the like of which was never sent down in the Torah, nor in the Psalms, nor in the Gospel, nor in the Quran? Let no night…
الأعظمي 13811HasanIbn Abbas said to us, "I asked Uthman bin Affan, 'What led you to place al-Anfal, which is among the Mathani, together with Baraah, which is among the Miin, joining them without writing'" — Ibn Jafar said, "without writing a line between…
أحمد 399DaifI have memorized the pairings that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite together, eighteen surahs from the Mufassal and two surahs from the Ha-Mim chapters.
أحمد 3999SahihAbdullah, who is Ibn Masud, said, "I know the paired surahs that the Prophet ﷺ used to recite, two by two in each rakah." Abdullah then got up, and Alqama went in with him. When Alqama came out, we asked him about it, and he said, "They are…
الأعظمي 11785SahihWhoever wishes, I will engage in mutual imprecation with him that the shorter Surah of an-Nisa was revealed after the four months and ten days.
أبو داود 2307DaifThe last complete surah to be revealed was Surah at-Tawba, and the last verse to be revealed was the verse of kalalah.
مسلم 4154SahihWe ate the predawn meal with the Prophet ﷺ, then rose for the prayer. I asked, "How long was the interval between them?" He replied, "The length of fifty verses."
الترمذي 703SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ called out to Ubayy bin Kaab while he was praying. When Ubayy finished his prayer, he caught up with him, and the Messenger of Allah ﷺ placed his hand upon Ubayy's hand as he was about to step out of the door of the…
مالك 191DifficultI do not know whether the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite during the Zuhr and Asr prayers or not.
أبو داود 809SahihA man came to Abdullah bin Masud and said, "Last night I recited the entire Mufassal portion in a single rakah." Abdullah replied, "Was it scattered like the dropping of dry dates, or rushed like the hurried recitation of poetry? I know…
أحمد 4062SahihThe last verse revealed was the verse of al-Kalalah, and the last surah revealed was Baraah.
مسلم 4153SahihIbn Abbas said to me, "Do you know," and in Harun's wording, "Are you aware of the last surah of the Quran to be revealed, one that came down all at once?" I said, "Yes. *'When the help of Allah comes, and the victory'* [Nasr 110:1]." He…
مسلم 7547SahihA man called Nuhayk bin Sinan came to Abdullah, with a narration like the hadith of Waki, except that he said, "Then Alqama came to enter upon him, so we said to him, 'Ask him about the similar surahs that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to…
مسلم 1909SahihA man named Nuhayk bin Sinan came to Abdullah and said, "Abu Abdul-Rahman, how do you recite this word? Do you find it with an alif or a ya, *'of water unstaling'* [Muhammad 47:15]?" Abdullah replied, "Have you mastered the whole Quran…
مسلم 1908SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in Dhuhr and Asr *"By the sky containing the constellations"* [Buruj 85:1] and *"By the sky and the night visitor"* [Tariq 86:1] and others like them. Affan said, "and the like of these two among the…
أحمد 21048SahihI learned the paired surahs that the Prophet ﷺ used to recite, two together in each rakah. Abdullah then stood up and Alqama went in with him. When Alqama came out, we asked him about it, and he said, "Twenty surahs from the beginning of…
البخاري 4996SahihI said to Uthman, "What led you to place Surah al-Anfal, which is among the Mathani, together with Surah Baraah, which is among the Miin, joining them without writing the line Bismillah ar-Rahman ar-Rahim between them, and placing them…
أحمد 499DaifUmar went out on the day of Eid and sent word to Abu Waqid al-Laythi asking, "What did the Prophet ﷺ used to recite on a day like this?" He replied, "Qaf and Iqtarabat."
ابن ماجه 1282SahihMarwan used to appoint Abu Hurayrah as his deputy over Madinah. On one occasion, when he had appointed him as deputy, Abu Hurayrah led the Friday prayer and recited Surah al-Jumuah and *"When the hypocrites come to you"* [Munafiqun 63:1].…
أحمد 9550SahihThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ would, over the course of time, have surahs of various lengths revealed to him. Whenever something was revealed to him, he would call one of those who used to write for him and say, "Place these verses in the surah…
الترمذي 3086HasanThe Prophet ﷺ said, "The keys of the unseen are five," then he recited *"Indeed, with Allah is the knowledge of the Hour"* [Luqman 31:34].
البخاري 4778SahihHe passed by them and recited Surah al-Fatihah over the man as a healing for three days, morning and evening. Each time he completed it, he would gather his saliva and spit. The man recovered as though released from a binding. They gave him…
أبو داود 3897HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite the short surahs of the Mufassal in the Maghrib prayer.
الأعظمي 2019HasanThe Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Whoever recites Surah al-Mursalat and reaches the verse *'Then in what statement after this will they believe?'* [Mursalat 77:50] should say, 'We believe in Allah.' And whoever recites Surah at-Tin and…
أحمد 7391DaifThe Prophet ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited the Musabbihat, and he said that they contain a verse better than a thousand verses.
الترمذي 3406HasanIt is reported that a man came to Ibn Masud and said, "I recited the entire Mufassal portion in a single rakah tonight." Abdullah replied, "That is reciting as hastily as one rattles off poetry." Abdullah then said, "I know well the…
مسلم 1913SahihI asked Ubayy about the two surahs of refuge, and he replied, "I asked the Messenger of Allah ﷺ about them. He said, 'It was said to me, so I said,' so the Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded us, and we recite them as he did."
أحمد 21185Sahih