Hadhrat 'Abdul Malik bin Umair(Radhiyallaho anho)

Hadhrat 'Abdul Malik bin Umair(Radhiyallaho anho) reports that Rasulullah(Sallallaho alaihe wasallam)
said,"In surah Fatihah there is a cure for all ailments."
     The virtues of surah Fatihah are found in many ahadith.It is reported in one hadith,"a sahabi was
offering nafl salaat;Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) called him,but since he was offaring salaat
he did non respond.After completing the salaat he went to Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam),who
asked him why he did not respond as soon as he was called.He submitted that he could not do so because
he was offering salaat.Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) asked if he did not read the following
verese in Qur'an:
     Respond to the call of Allah and His Massenger whenever They call you.
Then Rasulullah (Sallallaho alaihe wasallam) said,"I tell you of a surah which is the greatest,the most
virtuos in the Holy Qur'an.It is surah Al-Hamd(The first surah of the Qur'an,which has seven ayaat.These
are the 'Sab'ul Mathaani' and represent the Grand Qur'an."It is said by some Sufira that whatever there
was in the earlier Divine Books is condensed in the Glorious Qur'an, and the contents of Qur'an are
condensed into' surah Fatihah; and that which is in surah Fatihah is found in Bismillah and that which
is in Bismillah is to be found in its first letter (ba).It is explaned that (ba) is a co-ordinating conjunction
and stands for uniting. Surely the ultimate aim is to effect union of a devotee with Almighty.Some 'Sufia'
have gone still further and have said the whatever there is in (ba) is to be found in its dot,which signifies
the Unity of Allah-a thing which is indivisible as a dot.