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RIYADH AS-SALIHIN 189 phrases which would be of benefit to me before Allah. So I let him go. He asked: What are those phrases? I answered: He said to me: When you go to bed recite the verse of the Chair from its beginning to its end and told me that this would guard me on behalf of Allah and Satan would not be able to approach me till the morning. The Holy Prophet observed: This time he told you the truth and yet he is a liar. Abu Hurairah, do you realise who was speaking to you during these three nights? I answered: No. The Holy Prophet answered: It was Satan (Bokhari). 1025. Abu Darda' relates that the Holy Prophet said: He who commits to memory the first ten verses of sura Al-Kahf (Chapter 18) will be secure against. Anti-Christ. One version is: the last ten verses of sura Al-Kahf (Muslim). 1026. Ibn Abbas relates: While Gabriel was sitting with the Holy. Prophet a sound was heard from above and Gabriel raised his head and said:. A door has been opened from heaven which had not been opened up to this day. Then an angel descended from it and Gabriel said: This angel has descended to the earth and had not descended before till this day. He saluted the Holy Prophet and said: Be glad of the two lights that have been bestowed upon you which had not been bestowed upon any Prophet before you: The opening chapter of the Book and the last verses of sura Al-Baqarah (Chapter 2). Whenever you recite even a word of this it will be bestowed upon you (Muslim). 183. . On Gathering together for Recitation of the Quran 1027. Abu Hurairah relates that the Holy Prophet said: Whenever people gather together in one of the houses of Allah for recitation of the Quran and teaching it to one another, comfort descends upon them, mercy covers them, angels spread their wings over them and Allah makes mention of them to those around Him (Muslim). 184. . On the Excellence of Ablutions. Allah, the Exalted, has said: 280. O ye who believe, when you make ready for Prayer, wash your faces and your hands up to the elbows, and pass your wet hands over your heads, and wash your feet up to the ankles. Should you have consorted with your spouses, purify yourselves by bathing. Should you be ill or on a journey, or