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Bukhari Collection :: Book Number 6

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Narrated Sufyan:Ibn Shubruma said, "I wanted to see how much of the Qur'an can be enough (to recite in prayer) and I could not find a Surah containing less than three Verses, therefore I said to myself), "One ought not to recite less than three (Qur'anic) Verses (in prayer).Narrated Abu Mas`ud: The Prophet said, "If somebody recites the last two Verses of Surat al-Baqara at night, it will be sufficient for him.