Muwatta 222

The first hadith in the chapter on the Mother of the Qur'an. Yahya transmits from Malik from al-Ala' ibn Abd al-Rahman ibn Ya'qub that Abu Sa'id, client of Amir ibn Kurayz, told him as a mursal: the Prophet ﷺ called Ubayy ibn Ka'b while he was praying. When he finished, Ubayy came to him, and the Prophet put his hand on his and was about to leave the mosque door. He said he hoped Ubayy would not leave the mosque before he learned a surah that neither the Torah, the Gospel nor the Furqan had equalled. Ubayy slowed his walk in hope, then the Prophet reminded him of the surah he had promised. He asked how Ubayy recites when he opens prayer, and Ubayy recited the Opening chapter to its end, and the Prophet said it is this surah, the seven oft-repeated and the great Qur'an I was given. The editor notes that the transmitters from Malik agree on its chain, though some who opposed al-Ala' transmitted it from his father from Abu Hurayra (may God be pleased with him) raised, and Abd al-Hamid ibn Ja'far transmitted it from al-Ala' from his father from Abu Hurayra from Ubayy, which Ibn Abd al-Barr considered more likely. The editor holds that Ibn Abd al-Barr's preference for Abd al-Hamid's version is questionable, since he transmitted alone against the consensus on Abu Hurayra's version, which al-Tirmidhi authenticated, and notes the hadith is famous from Abu Sa'id ibn al-Mu'alla in al-Bukhari. ^{1 2}

Belongs to the Muwatta, Book of Prayer. Source: the Muwatta. Mentions Muhammad, Ubayy ibn Ka'b, whom Ibn al-Nadim describes as having compiled the surahs of his recitation in Basra, with a codex of one hundred and sixteen surahs, including Al-Khal' and Al-Hafd, and the total verses of the Qur'an at six thousand two hundred and ten 3, Abu Said, client of Amir ibn Kurayz, al-Ala' ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Huraqi, Abu Hurayra and the Prophet's Mosque. Built on in the chapters on prayer.