CHAPTER: EXCELLENCE OF SURAH AL-FATIHA AND CONCLUDING VERSES OF SURAH AL-BAQARA AND EXHORTATION TO RECITE THE LAST TWO VERSES OF SURAH AL-BAQARA
No. 1760
Ibn 'Abbas reported that while Gabriel was sitting with the Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) he heard a creaking sound above him. He lifted his head and said: This As a gate opened in heaven today which had never been opened before. Then when an angel descended through it, he said: This is an angel who came down to the earth who had-never come down before. He greeted and said: Rejoice in two lights given to you which have not been given to any prophet before you: Falihat al-Kitab and the concluding verses of Suarah al-Baqara. You will never recite a letter from them for which you will not be given (a reward).
No. 1761
'Abd al-Rahman b. Yazid reported: I met Abu Mas'ud near the House (Ka'ba) and said to him: A hadith has been conveyed to me on your authority about the two (concluding verses of Surah al-Baqara. He said: Yes. The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) (in fact) said: Anyone who recites the two verses at the end of Surah al-Baqara at night, they would suffice for him.
No. 1762
This hadith has been narrated by Mansur with the same chain of transmitters.
No. 1763
Abu Mas'ud reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: If anyone recites the two verses at the end of Surah al-Baqara at night, they would suffice for him 'Abd al-Rahman said: I met Abu Mas'ud and he was circumambulating the House (of Allaah) and asked him about this (tradition) and he narrated it to me from the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam).
No. 1764
A hadith like this has been narrated by Abu Mas'ud from the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) through another chain of transmitters.
No. 1765
It is through another chain of transmitters that this hadith has been reported by Abu Mas'ud from the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam).