A man came to the
Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam), embraced Islam then returned to his people.
On his way there were a group of men who had with them a mad man in iron
manacles. The group said, that they heard that the travelers friend (i.e.
Prophet Muhammad) had something good with him and so he exorcised the mad man
with Surah al Fatiha, and he was cured. As reward they gave the traveler 100
sheep. He then returned to the Prophet and narrated the story. The Prophet
asked if he did anything other than recite al-Fatiha, he said no. So the
Prophet said that while these people make their livelihoods out of false
incantations (i.e. worshipping false idols) the traveler earned the 100 sheep
through something lawful; so he could keep the sheep.
[Abu Dawud 3398/a]
Abu Sa'id Ar-Rafi' bin Al-Mu`alla (radiAllahu
anhu) reported: The Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, "Shall I teach you the greatest Surah in the
Qur'an before you leave the mosque?'' Then he
(salAllahu alayhi wasalam), took me by the hand, and when we were about to step
out, I reminded him of his promise to teach me the greatest Surah in the
Qur'an. He (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, "It
is `Alhamdu lillahi Rabbil Alamin (i.e., Surat Al-Fatihah) which is As-Sab`
Al-Mathani (i.e., the seven oftrepeated Ayat) and the Great Qur'an which is
given to me.'' [Sahih Al-Bukhari]
Abu Hurairah (radiAllahu anhu) reported that when Allah’s Messenger (salAllahu
alayhi wasalam) asked Ubayy ibn Ka’ab (radiAllahu anhu), "Do you want me to teach you a Surah the like of
which has not been revealed in the Torah, the Injeel, the Zabur, nor the
Qur'an?", and also asked what he recited in his prayers. He replied Umm-ul Qur’an (Surah Fatihah)
the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) proclaimed, 'By Him in whose dominion my soul is, nothing
like it has been revealed in the Torah, the Gospel, the Psalms, or the Qur’an
and it is seven of the oft-repeated verses in the Mighty Qur’an which I have
been given' [at-Tirmidhi, Al-Hakim says that this
hadith is Sahih on the conditions established by Imam Muslim (Tafseer Mazhari
1:30)]
Abdullah Ibn 'Abbas (radiAllahu anhu) reported
that Allah’s Messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said 'Rejoice in the two lights brought to you which have
not been brought to any prophet before you': al-Fatihah and the last verses of
Surah al- Baqarah (2: 2854), (said an
angel to the Prophet, blessings and peace be on him) [Muslim].
Ambari in his
‘Kitabur-Rad’ through his own chain of narrators has mentioned from Mujahid ibn
Jabr (rahmatullahi alaih) that Iblees the accursed of Allah Ta’ala lamented on
four occasions: first when he was cursed; secondly when he was cast out of
Heaven to the Earth; thirdly when Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) was given
the Prophethood; fourthly when Surah Fatihah was revealed and it was revealed
in Madinah. Once the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) was traveling when he
disembarked and began walking alongside a companion. He asked him, 'Shouldn't I
tell you the best part of the Qur'an?' then he recited 'Alhamdu lilahi rabil
alameen' (Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds). [Hakim 1/560; Dhahabi]
Abu Saeed al-Khudr’i narrates that while on a
journey we halted at a place. A girl came to us and said: "The chief of this tribe has been stung by a
scorpion and our men are not present, is there anybody amongst you who can
recite something upon him to treat him?" Then, one of our men went along with her although
we did not think that he knew any such treatment. However, our friend went to
the chief and recited something upon him and the chief was cured. Thereupon,
the chief gave him thirty sheep and gave us all milk to drink. When he
returned, we asked our friend: "Did you know anything
to recite upon him to cure him?” He said: “No, I only recited Umm al-Kitab (i.e. Surah
al-Fatihah) upon him.” We said that do
not do anything until we reach Madinah and ask the Prophet regarding this
(practice and reward-whether the sheep were lawful or not for us). Upon
reaching Madinah, we narrated this to the Prophet (salAllahu alayhi wasalam),
whereupon he remarked: “How did he come to know
that Al-Fatihah can be used as a cure? (Rasulullah said this in
astonishment) Distribute your reward amongst yourselves and allot a share for
me as well. [Sahih
al-Bukhari]
Ibn 'Abbas said, "While Jibril (alayhis salam) was sitting with
the Prophet, he heard a sound above him and raised his head. He said, 'This is a door of
heaven which has been opened today and which has never been opened before
today. An angel descended from it.' He said, 'This is an angel who has descended to earth who has
never descended before today.' He gave the greeting
and said, 'Give the good news of two
lights which you have been given and which no Prophet before you was given: the
Fatiha of the Book and the end of Surah al-Baqarah (2). You will not recite a
letter of them without being given it.'" [Muslim,
Riyad as-Salihin by Imam an-Nawawi]
Abu Sulaiman says
that once a group of Companions were in an expedition (ghazwa) when they
happened to come across an epileptic person, who was unconscious. One of the
Companions recited Surah Al-Fatiha and blew in his ear. The epileptic person
immediately cured. When Sayyidana Muhammad (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) was
informed of this, he said: “It (Surah Al-Fatiha) is
“The Mother of the Qur'an” (Umm al-Qur'an) and is a cure for every disease.” [This narration has been recorded by
Ath-Thua’lbi from Abu Sulaiman, who narrated it from Muawiya bin Saleh (radhi
Allah anhu), Tafseer Mazhari 1:31]
Sa’ib (radhi Allah anhu) bin Yazeed says that
Rasulullah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) recited Surah Al-Fatihah and blew it on
me. To safeguard me against calamities, Rasulullah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
recited this Surah and put his blessed saliva in my mouth.
[At-Tabraani narrated this tradition in 'Al-Awsat', Tafseer Mazhari 1:31]
Anas (radhi Allah anhu) said: “When you recite Surah Al-Fatihah and Surah Al-Ikhlas
upon lying on your bed, you will be safeguarded and should become fearless of
every thing except death.”[Narrated by Baraa',
Tafseer Mazhari 1:31]
The Prophet said, 'Whoever mastered the first seven (chapters or verses)
from the Qur'an is a pontiff'. [Hakim 1/564;
Dhahabi]
The Prophet said, 'The mother of the Qur'an are the seven oft repeated
verses'
[Bukhari 4704]
It is narrated from Jabir (radhi Allah anhu)
that Rasulullah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: “O Jabir, shall I inform you about the best Surah revealed
in the Qur'an?” Jabir said: “O Messenger of Allah, please inform me.” Rasulullah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said: “It is Fatiha tul Kitab.” Jabir adds: “And
I think that Rasulullah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said that Al-Fatiha is a
cure for every diseases.” Jabir is also
reported to have said: “Fatiha tul Kitab is a
medicine for every disease except death.”[Recorded by
Al-Khal’i in his Fawa’id, Tafseer Mazhari 1:30]
The Prophet said, 'In the Fatiha of the Qur'an, there is a cure for all
maladies(illnesses)' [Darimi 3236,
also narrated by Ad-Darmi in his Al-Masnad and Al-Bayhaqi in Shu’bul Imaan,
Tafseer Mazhari 1:30]
Surah Al-Fatihah is equivalent to two thirds of
the Qur'an[Al-Bayhaqi and Al-Haakim, Tafseer Mazhari 1:31]
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