Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Ya'qub that he
heard Abu's-Sa'ib, the mawla of Hisham ibn Zuhra, say he had heard Abu Hurayra
say, "I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace,
say, 'Whoever prays a prayer without reciting the umm al-Qur'an in it, his
prayer is aborted, it is aborted, it is aborted, incomplete.' So I said, 'Abu
Hurayra, sometimes I am behind the imam.'Hepulled my forearm and said, 'Recite
it to yourself, O Persian, for I heard the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless
him and grant him peace, say that Allah the Blessed, the Exalted, said, "I have
divided the prayer into two halves between me and my slave. One half of it is
for Me and one half of it is for IVly slave, and My slave has what he asks." '
The Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, "Recite."
The slave says, 'Praise be to AIIah, the Lord of theWorlds.' Allah the Blessed,
the Exalted, says, 'My slave has praised Me.' The slave says, 'The Merciful, the
Compassionate.' Allah says, 'My slave has spoken well of Me.' The slave says,
'Master of the Day of the Deen.' Allah says, 'My slave has glorified Me.' The
slave says, 'You alone we worship and You alone we askforhelp.'Allahsays,'This
ayat is between Me and My slave, and for My slave is what he asks. 'The slave
says, 'Guide us in the straight Path, the Path of those whom You have blessed,
not of those with whom You are angry, nor those who are in error. ' Allah says,
'These are for My slaves, and for my slave is what he asks . ' " ' "
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ
يَعْقُوبَ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا السَّائِبِ، مَوْلَى هِشَامِ بْنِ زُهْرَةَ يَقُولُ
سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم
يَقُولُ " مَنْ صَلَّى صَلاَةً لَمْ يَقْرَأْ فِيهَا بِأُمِّ الْقُرْآنِ فَهِيَ
خِدَاجٌ هِيَ خِدَاجٌ هِيَ خِدَاجٌ غَيْرُ تَمَامٍ " . قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا
أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ إِنِّي أَحْيَانًا أَكُونُ وَرَاءَ الإِمَامِ قَالَ فَغَمَزَ
ذِرَاعِي ثُمَّ قَالَ اقْرَأْ بِهَا فِي نَفْسِكَ يَا فَارِسِيُّ فَإِنِّي سَمِعْتُ
رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ " قَالَ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ
وَتَعَالَى قَسَمْتُ الصَّلاَةَ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي نِصْفَيْنِ فَنِصْفُهَا
لِي وَنِصْفُهَا لِعَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ " . قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ
صلى الله عليه وسلم " اقْرَءُوا يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ
الْعَالَمِينَ} يَقُولُ اللَّهُ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى حَمِدَنِي عَبْدِي وَيَقُولُ
الْعَبْدُ {الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ} يَقُولُ اللَّهُ أَثْنَى عَلَىَّ عَبْدِي
وَيَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ {مَالِكِ يَوْمِ الدِّينِ} يَقُولُ اللَّهُ مَجَّدَنِي
عَبْدِي يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ {إِيَّاكَ نَعْبُدُ وَإِيَّاكَ نَسْتَعِينُ} فَهَذِهِ
الآيَةُ بَيْنِي وَبَيْنَ عَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي مَا سَأَلَ يَقُولُ الْعَبْدُ {اهْدِنَا
الصِّرَاطَ الْمُسْتَقِيمَ صِرَاطَ الَّذِينَ أَنْعَمْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ غَيْرِ
الْمَغْضُوبِ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلاَ الضَّالِّينَ } فَهَؤُلاَءِ لِعَبْدِي وَلِعَبْدِي
مَا سَأَلَ " .