It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) (Abu al-Aswad says:) I said to him: "Tell me the story of when you caught the devil." He said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) put me in charge of the charity (the dates) of the Muslims. I placed the dates in a room and noticed that some were missing. I informed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him), and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "This is the devil taking it." Mu'adh says: I went into the room and shut the door. Then a great darkness came and covered the door, and he appeared in the form of an elephant, then he changed into another form and entered through a crack in the door. I tightened my waist-wrap around me. He began eating the dates, and I leapt at him and seized him firmly. I said: "O enemy of Allah!" He said: "Let me go. I am old, I have a large family, I am poor, and I am from the jinn of Nasibin. This town was ours before your companion (the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him) was sent; when he was sent, we were driven out of it. Let me go and I will not come back." So I let him go. Jibril (peace be upon him) came and informed the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him). He (peace and blessings be upon him) led the dawn prayer, and his caller called out: "Where is Mu'adh bin Jabal?" I went to him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "What did your captive do, O Mu'adh?" I told him, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "He will come back, so be ready again (to catch him)." I went into the room and shut the door. He again entered through the crack and began eating the dates, and I caught him again. He said: "Let me go, I will not come back." I said: "O enemy of Allah, did you not say before that you would not come back?" He said: "(This time it is a firm promise that) I will not come back, and the sign of it is that whoever among you recites the closing verses of Surah al-Baqarah, none of us will be able to enter his house that night." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Abd al-Mu'min bin Khalid is a trustworthy narrator from Marw whose hadith is compiled, and Zayd bin al-Hubab also narrated this very hadith from him.

The story of the devil is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) (as has passed earlier at number 2093).

It is narrated from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever acquires the seven (first) long surahs (of the Qur'an) is a great scholar (habr)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Umamah al-Bahili (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Learn the Qur'an, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for its people, and recite the two radiant ones (al-Zahrawan)." It was asked: "O Messenger of Allah, what are the two radiant ones?" He said: "Surah al-Baqarah and Surah Al Imran, for on the Day of Resurrection they will come as though they were two clouds, or two canopies, or two flocks of white birds with outspread wings; they will defend their people. Learn Surah al-Baqarah, for acquiring it is a blessing and abandoning it is a cause of regret, and the sorcerers (or the idle) are not able to withstand it."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever recites Surah al-Kahf as it was revealed, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection from where he stands to Makkah. Whoever recites the last ten verses of it and then the Dajjal emerges, he will not be given power over him. And whoever performs ablution and then says: 'Subhanaka Allahumma wa bihamdika, la ilaha illa anta, astaghfiruka wa atubu ilayk' (Glory be to You, O Allah, and with Your praise; there is no god but You; I seek Your forgiveness and turn to You in repentance), it is written on a sheet and then sealed with a seal that will not be broken until the Day of Resurrection." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. Sufyan al-Thawri narrated it from Abu Hashim in mawquf form (as the Companion's own statement).

The same is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id al-Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) in mawquf form (as has passed above).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite Surah Ya-Sin over your dying (or those close to death)." Yahya bin Sa'id and others narrated it from Sulayman al-Taymi in mawquf form, but the view of Ibn al-Mubarak (that it is marfu') is the one relied upon, because an addition from a trustworthy narrator is accepted.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "There is a surah of the Qur'an of thirty verses which interceded for a man until he was forgiven, and that surah is 'Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion' [Surah al-Mulk: 1] ." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I wish that it were in the heart of every believer," meaning: "Blessed is He in whose hand is the dominion" [Surah al-Mulk: 1] . According to the hadith scholars of Yemen this chain is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

Farwah bin Nawfal al-Ashja'i narrates from his father that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) had entrusted to him (for upbringing) the daughter of Sayyidah Umm Salamah (may Allah be pleased with her) and had said: "You are only (like) a foster-parent to me." He says: Then I came to him (peace and blessings be upon him), and he asked: "What has become of the little girl?" I said: "She is with her mother." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "For what purpose have you come?" He said: "I have come so that you may teach me something to say when I go to sleep." He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite 'Say: O disbelievers', for it is a disavowal of shirk (associating partners with Allah)." [Surah al-Kafirun: 1] This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.