In the Name
of Allah, the Most Gracious, the
Most Merciful
A
man came to the Prophet, embraced Islam then returned to his people. On his
way there were a group of men who had with them a mad man in iron manacles. The
group said, that they heard that the travelers friend (i.e. Prophet Muhammad)
had something good with him and so he exorcised the mad man with Surah al
Fatiha, and he was cured.
As reward they gave the traveler 100 sheep. He then returned to the Prophet and narrated the story. The Prophet asked if he did anything other than recite al-Fatiha, he said no. So the Prophet said that while these people make their livelihoods out of false incantations (i.e. worshipping false idols) the traveler earned the 100 sheep through something lawful; so he could keep the sheep.
[Abu Dawud 3398/a]
Once the Prophet was traveling when he disembarked and began walking alongside a companion. He asked him, 'Shouldn't I tell you the best part of the Qur'an?' then he recited 'Alhamdu lilahi rabil alameen' (Praise be to Allah, Lord of the Worlds).
[Hakim 1/560; Dhahabi & Al-Albaani in 'The authentic series' 3/485]
The Prophet said, 'Whoever mastered the first seven (chapters or verses) from the Qur'an is a pontiff'.
[Hakim 1/564; Dhahabi]
The Prophet said, 'The mother of the Qur'an are the seven oft repeated verses'
[Bukhari 4704]
The Prophet said, 'In the Fatiha of the Qur'an, there is a cure for all maladies(illnesses)'
[Darimi 3236]
"..Were it not for my contentment in
you, I wouldn't, O my Lord, have seen any comfort at all.." [Imaam
Ash-Shaafi`ee]
