Shahih Muslim - 1359

Telah menceritakan kepada kami [Syaiban bin Farrukh] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Mahdi bin Maimun] telah menceritakan kepada kami [Washil Al Ahdab] dari [Abu Wa`il] ia berkata; Pada suatu hari setelah menunaikan shalat Shubuh, kami pergi menemui [Abdullah bin Mas'ud]. Kami mengucapkan salam di depan pintu, lalu ia pun mengizinkan kami, namun kami tetap berada di dekat pintu sejenak lalu keluarlah seorang budak wanita dan berkata, "Tidakkah kalian masuk?” Maka kami segera masuk, dan ternyata kami dapati Ibnu Mas'ud sedang duduk bertasbih. Ibnu Mas'ud bertanya, "Apa yang menghalangi kalian untuk masuk, padahal kalian telah diizinkan?” Kami menjawab, "Tidak ada, melainkan kami hanya menyangka bahwa sebagian penghuni rumah masih tidur." Ibnu Mas'ud berkata, "Kalian menyangka bahwa keluarga Ibnu Ummi Abdu adalah para pemalas?” Dia kemudian meneruskan bacaan tasbihnya hingga kami mengira bahwa matahari telah terbit. Lalu ia bertanya, "Wahai Jariyah (budak wanita), lihatlah apakah matahari telah terbit?” budak wanita itu pun melihat, ternyata matahari belum terbit. Maka Ibnu Mas'ud kembali bertasbih hingga ia merasa bahwa matahari telah terbit, lalu ia pun bertanya lagi, "Wahai Jariyah, apakah matahari telah terbit?” budak wanita itu pun melihatnya, dan ternyata matahari telah terbit. Maka Ibnu Mas'ud berkata, "Segala puji bagi Allah Yang telah membangkitkan kami di hari ini." Mahdi berkata; Aku menduga bahwa ia berkata, "Dan Dia tidak membinasakan kami lantaran dosa-dosa kami." Lalu berkatalah seorang laki-laki dari kaum itu, "Semalam, saya telah membaca Al Mufashshal seluruhnya." Maka Abdullah bin Mas'ud pun berkata, "Cepatnya beliau membaca adalah seperti cepatnya membaca sya'ir. Saya telah mengetahui An Nazha`ir (surat-surat yang hampir sama baik panjangnya atau pun maknanya), yang mana Rasulullah shallallahu 'alaihi wasallam membacanya yaitu delapan belas surat dari Al Mufashshal dan dua surat dari Alif Lamm Hammim." (HR. Muslim: 1359)

Abu Wa'il reported: One day we went to 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud after we had observed the dawn prayer and we paid salutation at the door. He permitted us to enter, but we stayed for a while at the door, when the slave-girl came out and said: Why don't you come in? So we went in and (we found 'Abdullah b. Mas'ud) sitting and glorifying Allah (i. e. he was busy in dhikr) and he said: What obstructed you from coming in though you had been granted permission for it? We said: There was nothing (behind it) but we entertained the idea that some inmate of the house might be sleeping. He said: Do you presume any idleness on the part of the family of Ibn Umm 'Abd (the mother of Abdullah b. Mas'ud)? He was again busy with the glorification of Allah till he thought that the sun had risen. He said: Girl, see whether (the sun) has arisen. She glanced but it had not risen (by that time). He was again busy with the glorification (of Allah) and he (again) thought that the sun had arisen. She glanced (and confirmed) that, it had risen. Upon this he ('Abdullah b. Mas'ud) said: Praise be to Allah Who did not call us to account for our sins today. Mahdi said: I think that he said, He did not destroy us for our sins. One among the people said: I recited all the mufassal surahs during the night. 'Abdullah said: (You must have recited them) like the (recitation) of poetry. I heard (the Holy Prophet) combining (the sarahs) and I remember the combinations which the Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon him) made In the recitation (of surahs). These were constituted of eighteen mufassal surahs and two surahs (commencing with) Ha-Mim. (Muslim: 1359)