\nNarrated Abu Sa`id Al-Mualla:\n \n\nWhile I was praying, the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by and called me, but I did not go to him till I had finished \nmy prayer. When I went to him, he said, "What prevented you from coming?" I said, "I was praying." \nHe said, "Didn't Allah say" "O you who believes Give your response to Allah (by obeying Him) and \nto His Apostle." (8.24) Then he added, "Shall I tell you the most superior Sura in the Qur'an before I \ngo out of the mosque?" When the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to go out (of the Mosque), I reminded him and he \nsaid, "That is: "Al hamdu-li l-lahi Rabbil-`alamin (Surat-al-fatiha)' which is the seven oft repeated \nverses (Al-Mathani) and the Grand Qur'an which has been given to me."\n

\nNarrated Abu Sa`id Al-Mualla:\n \n\nWhile I was praying, the Prophet (ﷺ) passed by and called me, but I did not go to him till I had finished \nmy prayer. When I went to him, he said, "What prevented you from coming?" I said, "I was praying." \nHe said, "Didn't Allah say" "O you who believes Give your response to Allah (by obeying Him) and \nto His Apostle." (8.24) Then he added, "Shall I tell you the most superior Sura in the Qur'an before I \ngo out of the mosque?" When the Prophet (ﷺ) intended to go out (of the Mosque), I reminded him and he \nsaid, "That is: "Al hamdu-li l-lahi Rabbil-`alamin (Surat-al-fatiha)' which is the seven oft repeated \nverses (Al-Mathani) and the Grand Qur'an which has been given to me."\n

\nحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، حَدَّثَنَا غُنْدَرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ خُبَيْبِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى، قَالَ مَرَّ بِيَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَأَنَا أُصَلِّي فَدَعَانِي فَلَمْ آتِهِ حَتَّى صَلَّيْتُ ثُمَّ أَتَيْتُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَا مَنَعَكَ أَنْ تَأْتِيَ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ ‏{‏يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ‏}‏ ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ ‏"‏ فَذَهَبَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لِيَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ فَذَكَّرْتُهُ فَقَالَ ‏"‏‏{‏الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ‏}‏ هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ ‏"‏‏.‏