No. 1769

Abu Darda' reported Allaah's Prophet (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Is any one of you incapable of reciting a third of the Qur'an in a night? They (the Companions) asked: How could one recite a third of the Qur'an (in a night)? Upon this he (the Prophet) said:" He is Allaah, One" (Qur'An. cxii.) is equivalent to a third of the Qur'an.

No. 1770

This hadith has been narrated by Qatada with the same chain of transmitters in these words: He (the Prophet of Allaah) said: Allaah divided the Qur'an into three parts, and he made:" Say: He, Allaah is One." one part out of the (three) parts of the Qur'an.

No. 1771

It is reported on the authority of Abu Huraira that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) said: Get together. for I am going to recite one-third of the Qur'an before you. And those who could get together gathered there. Then the Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came out and recited:" Say: He, Allaah, is One." He then entered (his house). Some of us said to the others: Perhaps there has been some news from the heaven on account of which he has gone Inside (the house). The Prophet of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) again came out and said: I told you that I was going to recite one-third of the Qur'in; keep in mind, this (Surah Ikhlas) is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an.

No. 1772

Abu Huraira reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) came out to us and said: I am going to recite before you one-third of the Qur'an. He (the Prophet) then recited:" Say: He is Allaah, One--Allaah, the Eternal," to the end of the Surah.

No. 1773

'A'isha reported: The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) sent a man in charge of an expedition and he would recite for his Companions during their prayer, ending (recitation) with:" Say, He is God, One." When they returned mention was made of it to the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam). He (the Prophet) told them to ask him why he had done like that. So they asked him and he said: Verily, it is an attribute of the Compassionate One, and (for this reason) I love to recite it. The Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) thereupon said: Inform him that Allaah loves him.