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Yahya related to me from Malik from Abu Nuaym Wahb ibn Kaysan
that he heard Jabir ibn Abdullah say, "Someone who prays a raka
without reciting the umm al-Quran in it has not done the prayer
except behind an imam."
Muwatta Malik Book 3, Hadith 40
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Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn
Yaqub that Abu Said, the mawla of Amir ibn Kuraz told him that the
Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, called
toUbayy ibn Kab while he was praying. When Ubayy had finished his
prayer he joined the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant
him peace, and the Messenger of Allah put his hand upon his hand, and
he was intending to leave by the door of the mosque, so the Messenger
of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "I hope that
you will not leave the mosque until you know a sura whose like Allah
has notsentdown in the Tawrah nor in the Injil nor in the Quran."
Ubayysaid, "I began to slow down my pace in the hope of that. Then I
said, 'Messenger of Allah, the sura you promised me!' He said, 'What
do you recite when you begin the prayer?' I recited the Fatiha (Sura 1
) until I came to the end of it, and the Messengerof Allah, may Allah
bless him and grant him peace, said, 'It is this sura, and it is the
"seven oft-repeated" and the Great Quran which I was given.' "
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Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn
Ya'qub that he heard Abu's-Sa'ib, the mawla of Hisham ibn Zuhra, say
he had heard Abu Hurayra say, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, say, 'Whoever prays a prayer
without reciting the umm al-Quran in it, his prayer is aborted, it is
aborted, it is aborted, incomplete.' So I said, 'Abu Hurayra,
sometimes I am behind the imam.'Hepulled my forearm and said, 'Recite
it to yourself, O Persian, for I heard the Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, say that Allah the Blessed, the
Exalted, said, "I have divided the prayer into two halves between me
and my slave. One half of it is for Me and one half of it is for IVly
slave, and My slave has what he asks." ' The Messenger of Allah, may
Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Recite." The slave says,
'Praise be to AIIah, the Lord of theWorlds.' Allah the Blessed, the
Exalted, says, 'My slave has praised Me.' The slave says, 'The
Merciful, the Compassionate.' Allah says, 'My slave has spoken well of
Me.' The slave says, 'Master of the Day of the Deen.' Allah says, 'My
slave has glorified Me.' The slave says, 'You alone we worship and You
alone we askforhelp.'Allahsays,'This ayat is between Me and My slave,
and for My slave is what he asks. 'The slave says, 'Guide us in the
straight Path, the Path of those whom You have blessed, not of those
with whom You are angry, nor those who are in error. ' Allah says,
'These are for My slaves, and for my slave is what he asks . ' " ' "