(15) باب فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ
Abu Hurairah reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying:
All praise be to Allah, the Lord of the Universe" (1) is the epitome or basis of the Qur'an, the epitome or basis of the Book, and the seven oft-repeated verses. (AR)
Reference (AR): Sunan Abi Dawud 1457 (AR)
In-book reference (AR): Book 8, Hadith 42 (AR)
English translation (AR): Book 8, Hadith 1452 (AR)