ONE AYAT A DAY
وَمِنْ شَرِّ النَّفّٰثٰتِ فِى الْعُقَدِۙ
Wa min syarrin-naffāṡāti fil-‘uqad(i).
And from the evil of the blowers in knots
Which was revealed in MakkahThe Position of Ibn Mas`ud concerning Al-Mu`awwidhataynImam Ahmad recorded from Zirr bin Hubaysh that Ubayy bin Ka`b told him that Ibn Mas`ud did not record the Mu`awwidhatayn in his Mushaf (copy of the Qur'an). So Ubayy said, "I testify that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ informed me that Jibril said to him,قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ(Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of Al-Falaq.")(113:1) So he said it. And Jibril said to him,قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ(Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind.") (114:1) So he said it. Therefore, we say what the Prophet said."The Virtues of Surahs Al-Falaq and An-NasIn his Sahih, Muslim recorded on the authority of `Uqbah bin `Amir that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said,«أَلَمْ تَرَ آيَاتٍ أُنْزِلَتْ هَذِهِ اللَّيْلَةَ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلُهُنَّ قَطُّ:(Do you not see that there have been Ayat revealed to me tonight the like of which has not been seen before) They areقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ »(Say: "I seek refuge with, the Lord of Al-Falaq.")(113:1) and;قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ(Say: "I seek refuge with the Lord of mankind.") (114:1)) This Hadith was recorded by Ahmad, At-Tirmidhi and An-Nasa'i. At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan Sahih."Another NarrationImam Ahmad recorded from `Uqbah bin `Amir that he said, "While I was leading the Messenger of Allah ﷺ along one of these paths he said,«يَا عُقْبَةُ أَلَا تَرْكَبُ؟»(O `U…