Aoozu Billahi as-Samee al-Aleemi minash Shaitanir Rajeem
Bismillah,…, Alhamdulillahi wahdah was salaatu was salaamu ala man la nabiya ba’adah
Rabbish sharah li sadri wa yassirli amri wahlul uqdatam min lisaani yafqahu qauli
As Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuhu
In our last session we completed the Introduction to the Quran Part 5 by explaining Quran and Science.
Today, 12-August-2026 corresponding to 29-Safar-1448 Hijri, we will talk about the Last Part of the Introduction to the Quran, Part 6 – Day to Day Issues and the Quran.
Part 6 – Day to Day Issues and the Quran
We have divided this topic into 5 main sections;
1. Summary of the Quran
We have named this section, Summary of the Quran, because there is no summary of the Quran. The Quran itself is a summary, what are you going to summarize? And we see on the internet that there are many summaries of different Surahs given. The Holy Quran needs to be expanded, only.
Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) informs us in, Surah al-Furqaan Verse 30 that:
وَقَالَ الرَّسُولُ يَا رَبِّ إِنَّ قَوْمِي اتَّخَذُوا هَٰذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَهْجُورًا
And Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) says, “O my Fosterer! my people have certainly taken this Quran as a forsaken thing.”[1] They have permanently left the Quran.
We only knew that Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was going to make Shifa’at, he was going to intercede on our behalf on the day of resurrection, but according to this ayah of the Holy Quran, it seems that Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is going to complain about this ummah to Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى). We have gathered some points which might save us from this complaint of ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم):
- In the Indian subcontinent, we have left the Quran and started giving importance to other books other than the Quran. There are books called Panj Surah, which have morning and evening azkaar and around 5 Surahs, which are regularly recited, such as, Surah al-Fatiha, Tabarak, Waqiya, ar-Rahman and Yaa Seen.
- There are different types of these books, depending on what the publisher preferred, one or more Surahs in these could be different.
- If we read these books morning and evening, then where is the time to read the Quran from cover to cover, as we are daily focusing on 4-5 surahs.
- The reason for mentioning this is due to the fact that these types of books are a kind of a summary of the Quran, if you can’t read the entire Quran, just read these five surahs they are sufficient for you. This way we are only focused on getting hasanaat and not focusing on the purpose of the revelation of the Quran, which is to understand and act upon its verses.
- When the five surahs were not enough, they started adding more surahs to these books, making the total quantity of the surahs reach 16.
- The books that we have invented instead of the Quran, contain certain surahs of the Quran, but their sequence is as per the wish of the publisher, and is not the sequence of Surahs as per the Quran. So, imagine the harm we are doing, the sequence which Allah gave for the Surahs in the Quran, I am using my mind to change the sequence given by Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى). Isn’t this an injustice towards the Quran.
- Whatever virtues of the Surahs that have been mentioned in Ahadith, those virtues are fine, we accept them, for example:
- Surah al-Fatiha has shifa in it,[2] it is the preface to the Quran, it is the source or the substance of the Quran, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) called it Ummul Quran, whose verses are oft-repeated.[3]
- It is the most superior Surah.[4]
- There is no Surah like al-Fatiha in any of the divinely revealed books, neither in the Torah nor in the Bible nor in the Quran itself.[5]
- Regarding Surah al-Baqarah and Surah aal-Imran, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, recite them, for on the day of resurrection they will come as two clouds or two shades, or two flocks of birds in ranks, pleading for those who recite them. Recite Sūrah al-Baqarah, for to take recourse to it is a blessing and to give it up is a cause of grief, and the magicians cannot confront it.[6]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Do not turn your households into graveyards. Indeed, the devils flee from a household that has Sūrah al-Baqarah recited in it.[7]
- There is a verse in Surah al-Baqarah, which is the greatest ayah in the Quran.[8]
- Which ayah is it?
- Ayat al-Kursi
- And, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Whoever recites Āyatul Kursī at the end of (or after) each farz salah, nothing prevents him from entering paradise except death.[9]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) Whoever reads the last two verses from Sūrah al-Baqarah at night, they will be sufficient for him.[10]
- These two verses were given to Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) when he visited Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) in Meraj.[11]
- And he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Certainly, Allah wrote in a book two thousand years before He created teh heavens and the earth, and He sent down two Ayat from it to end Surah al-Baqarah with. If they are recited for three nights in a home, no Shaitan shall come near it.[12]
- Ali (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ) said, I did not think that any reasonable person could sleep without reciting the last verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah, and they are indeed treasures from beneath the Throne, the Arsh of Allah.[13]
- One day Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) stood in Qiyamul Layl and started to cry, until his cheeks became wet, and (ummul momineen Aisha (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُا) said) he cried after that until his beard was wet, and (she said) he continued crying until the tears started to fall to the ground. At that moment, Bilāl (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ) came to Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to announce the Fajr prayer and he saw him crying. He said, “O Messenger of Allah, why are you crying? Indeed, Allah has forgiven your previous and future sins.” Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) replied, “Shall I not be a grateful servant? A verse has been revealed to me on this night, woe to the one who reads it and does not reflect upon it. He then read:[14]
إِنَّ فِى خَلْقِ ٱلسَّمَـٰوَٰتِ وَٱلْأَرْضِ وَٱخْتِلَـٰفِ ٱلَّيْلِ وَٱلنَّهَارِ لَـَٔايَـٰتٍۢ لِّأُو۟لِى ٱلْأَلْبَـٰبِ
- In the creation of the skies (heavenly bodies) and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day, certainly there are signs for men of understanding,[15]
- This ayah is in Surah aal-Imran.
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) glorified Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) when Surah al-An’am was revealed, and said, ‘So many Angels accompanied its revelation that the horizon was covered with them.[16]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) did not sleep until he recited Surah az-Zumar and al-Isra.[17]
- People complain about sleeplessness, insomnia, etc. try this formula of the Sunnah. One of my friends suffering from insomnia says that he only reads the first few verses of the Surah and then he is gone, i.e. falls asleep.
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, whoever memorizes the first ten verses of Surah al-Kahf will be protected from the Dajjal.[18]
- In another hadith in Sunan ad-Darimi, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Those of you who live up to this time should recite over him the opening verses of Sūrah al-Kahf, for they are your protection from his trial.[19]
- Whoever reads Sūrah al-Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, a light will shine for him between the two Fridays.[20]
- …Whoever recites the last ten verses of Surah al-Kahf and then encounters ad-Dajjal will not be harmed (by him).[21]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) would recite in the fajr prayer in the morning of Jumuah, Surah as-Sajdah in the first Rakah and Surah al-Insan in the second rakah.[22]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) would not sleep until he had recited Surah as-Sajdah and Surah al-Mulk.[23]
- If Surah Yaa Seen is recited before a dying person, he finds relief.[24]
- It is reported in the book, Special Virtues of the Qur’an’s Chapters and Verses that when Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) came out of his house, in the night when he left Makkah and made his hijrah, Abu Jahl and his companions had surrounded Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم)’s house, he took a handful of dirt from the ground and started pouring on top of their heads, while reciting Surah Yaa Seen. Allah veiled their sight and they were unable to see him.[25]
- It is reported in Sahih al-Bukhari that Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was reciting Surah al-Fath on the Day of the conquest of Makkah.[26]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, he loved Surah al-Fath,[27] but regarding reciting it everyday, there are no authentic ahadith on it.[28]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) recited Surah Qaaf and Surah Qamar in the Eid Prayers.[29] He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to recite Surah Qaaf in the Fajr prayer frequently,[30] and during Jumuah Khutbah.[31]
- In Silsilah al-Ahadith as-Saheeha, Sheikh al-Albani reports a hadith, where Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Surah al-Mulk prevents the punishment of the grave.[32]
- In Sahih al-Jami, Tabarani and others, it is reported that Surah al-Mulk argues on behalf of its companion until it enters him into paradise.[33]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) recited in the first rakah of Witr, Surah al-A’la, in the second rakah, Surah al-Kafiroon, and in the third rakah, Surah al-Ikhlas.[34]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to recite Surah al-A’la and Surah al-Ghashiyah during the Friday prayers.[35] and sometimes in Eid prayers.[36]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to pray 2 rakah while sitting after witr prayer, in which he would recite Surah al-Zilzal and Surah al-Kafiroon.[37]
- Is Surah al-Zilzal equivalent to one-fourth of the Quran?
- Hadith scholars say that the narrations regarding this have some weakness in them, although they are strengthened by joining all the mursal ahadith together with individual weaknesses. Ibn Khuzaymah graded one hadith from Anas ibn Malik (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُ) as Sahih and at-Tirmidhi graded one narration as Hasan.
- So, the short answer is Yes, it is equal to one fourth of the Quran.
- When two companions met with each other, they would not separate from each other until they recited Surah al-Asr and then they would give salam and leave.[38]
- In one hadith it is reported that Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) told a sahabi to recite Surah al-Kafiroon before sleeping, as it is a declaration of freedom from Shirk.[39]
- Regarding Surah al-Ikhlas, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, it is equal to one-third of the Quran.[40]
- He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to his Companions, “Is anyone of you incapable of reciting one-third of the Qur’an in one night?” They considered it burdensome and said: “O Messenger of Allah, which of us can afford to do that?” He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Surat Al-Ikhlas [Say: He is Allah (the) One] is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’an.”[41]
- A man said: “O Messenger of Allah! (صلى الله عليه وسلم) I love Surat-Al-Ikhlas” He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Your love for it will admit you to Jannah.”[42]
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to recite Surah al-Ikhlas in the second rakah of the sunnah prayers before fajr, and in the last rakah of the witr prayer.[43]
- It is proven from Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) to recite al-Muawwazaat, meaning the last three surahs of the Quran, al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and an-Nas after every prayer.[44]
- Whenever Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) went to bed every night, he used to cup his hands together and blow over it after reciting Surahs al-Ikhlas, al-Falaq and an-Nas, and then rub his hands over whatever parts of his body he was able to rub, starting with his head, face and front of his body. He used to do that three times.[45]
- And in the morning and evening azkar, ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم), recited these three surahs three times and said, it will suffice you in all respects.[46]
- There are other Surahs about which some virtues are mentioned but those narrations are too weak.
- If we consider all of the above benefits, which are mentioned in the authentic ahadith of Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) still it does not mean that we will publish each Surah or some collection of Surahs as a book. If we do this then we have the risk of becoming part of the complaint of Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) on the day of resurrection.
- Nowadays we see on many websites, some Muslims are publishing articles and circulating on Whatsapp,
- 9 Lessons from Surah Hujurat,[47]
- 5 Lessons from Surah Yusuf,[48]
- 4 Lessons from Surah Kahf,[49]
- This also we cannot do and it is because, Quran itself is a Summary:
- The first proof of what I am saying is the fact that – the Arabic of the Quran or the words used in its ayaat are very concise, and we cannot express the ayaat in less words than what the Quran has used, and I will give some examples:
- In Surah al-Muddathir, Allah Ta’ala says:
- The first proof of what I am saying is the fact that – the Arabic of the Quran or the words used in its ayaat are very concise, and we cannot express the ayaat in less words than what the Quran has used, and I will give some examples:
(عَلَيْهَا تِسْعَةَ عَشَرَ)
- Over it are nineteen.[50]
- If you read the verses above and below this verse, we come to know that this statement refers to 19 angels being appointed over hell as protectors.
- How many words did the Quran use to express this?
- Three
- The translation uses?,…, Four words, and if we have to say it in a way people understand, more words are required.
- No other language can express in less words than what the Quran uses, its a challenge, you cannot do it.
- Another example is the description of a fetus inside the womb of the mother, every few days the shape of the fetus changes and the Quran describes these in Surah al-Hajj.
- For each stage, Quran uses X number of words to describe the stage,
- Can you guess how many words the Quran uses for describing the entire stage? One word.
- Nutfa – Sperm, which then combines with the egg in the mother’s womb and sticks to the wall of the uterus.
- This stage is called Alaqa – this word describes the entire process of this stage, Alaqa creates Talloq, connectivity with the womb to get nutrients, and it is Muallaq, hanging from the roof or wall of the uterus, just one word.
- Then comes Mudhgha – again it defines the entire stage of Human development, and I can go on…
- I challenge anyone to describe in words less than the Quran, and what can be less than a word, you cannot do it.
- I hope you got the point, the summary we are claiming to make, is not the summary of the Quran, you are skipping ayaat.
- The second proof is that – if there was a Summary of the Quran, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) would have told us, and we would have found it in ahadith collections.
- Every Ayah of the Quran is binding on us, we cannot leave ayaat based on our thinking that some are important and some are non-important ayaat, what are we trying to do?
- Tafseer of the Quran and its Rules
The Quran needs to be expanded, it needs to be explained, which we call Tafseer. There are rules of Tafseer, or Usool at-Tafseer. Dr. Bilal Philips is a scholar and whose Usool at-Tafseer provides the following rules for Tafseer, as follows:
- The Holy Quran explains itself, meaning that some verses explain other verses, so the first usool is to explain the Quran with itself,
- Ahadith an-Nabi (صلى الله عليه وسلم) explain some verses, or they give context or background of how, or when a certain verse was revealed, so the second usool is to use Ahadith to explain the Quran,
- Third rule of Tafseer or third usool is to use the athar of the companions of ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم), which are the opinion of the Sahaba (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُمْ) they would use their own reasoning based on their knowledge of the contexts of the verses and the intricacies of the Arabic language in which the Qur’an was revealed.
- The fourth usool came to be due to the deterioration of the currently used Arabic language, and it is Tafseer of the Quran by Arabic Language, with the passage of time, words took on new meanings and old meanings became lost, foreign words entered into the language, and vast sections of vocabulary fell into disuse.[51]
- This natural process necessitated the explanation of some of the Qur’anic words according to their literal and grammatical meanings.
- This is also the biggest challenge faced by Arab youth today, they think they understand the Quran, but they get stuck because of the words and the vocabulary of the Quran.
- The solution to this is very easy, read the Quran, the things you do not understand, ask.
- Then the Seerat ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم) plays an important role in the explanation or understanding of the Quran, the more we understand the Quran, the better we can understand the Seerah, and vice versa,
- And in this day and age, we have to explain the Quran using current knowledge, and modern science, Scientific explanations are required to explain certain verses.
- All of this we have to do to make sure we learn how to implement the Quran in our lives.
3. Reading Quran without understanding it
There are a group of people who are simply reading the Quran without understanding it, they do it regularly, everyday. Their goal is to get the reward of reading the Quran.
- However, the purpose of the revelation of the Quran, is to receive the guidance it contains, as mentioned in Surah al-Baqarah verse 185. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) has told us, Quran was revealed for the guidance of Human Beings, not just Muslims, (Hudal li-Nas) but for the entire Humanity, for all Human Beings.[52]
- In a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: There will appear some people among you whose prayer will make you look down upon yours, and
- Whose fasting will make you look down upon yours,
- But they will recite the Qur’an which will not exceed their throats (they will not act on it) and
- They will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon the archer would examine the arrowhead but see nothing, and
- Look at the unfeathered arrow but see nothing, and
- Look at the arrow feathers but see nothing, and finally he suspects to find something in the lower part of the arrow.[53]
- The Quran recitation of Sahaba (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُمْ) will look like nothing.
- Their Quran recitation according to the rules of Tajweed are perfect, but no amaal.
- So what does this mean?
- Quran was sent down so that we read it, understand it, make our judgements according to it, so that we act upon its verses.
- And these ahadith we have heard before in previous sections, Abdullah ibn Amr ibn A’as (رضي الله عنهما) narrated: Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to me, “Recite the whole Qur’an in one month’s time.”
- I said, “But I have power (to do more than that).”
- Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Then finish the recitation of the Qur’an in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period.”.[54]
- In another Hadith, also narrated by Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-A’as (رضي الله عنهما) Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, He who recites the Qur’an in less than three (days), he does not understand it.[55]
- So, what do we learn from these ahadith: the purpose of reading the Quran should be to understand it.
- The second category of people are those who, repeatedly read only one-two Surahs because they like those Surahs, Surah ar-Rahman and Surah al-Waqiyah, or they like some verses from certain Surahs and they keep reciting those only.
- You open tiktok or instagram, every qari is reciting only certain verses
- Who will read the whole Surah, and what about the whole Quran?
- We heard the benefits of certain Surahs, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) mentioned those benefits, so on an individual level some people are listening to or reading certain Surahs only, it is their choice.
- Someone found out that Surah al-Baqarah has a lot of benefits, he wants to keep reading that Surah only, but you cannot push others to do the same because you benefitted from some part of the Quran.
- The entire Quran has healing in it, the entire Quran has guidance in it, the entire Quran has barakah in it. We have to read the entire Quran.
- Third category are those who read and understand the Quran, but they do not act upon it;
- Abdullah Ibn Umar (رضي الله عنهما) took 8 years to learn Surah al-Baqarah,[56] isn’t it strange in this day and age?
- I have seen many people, who listen to the Quran at 1.25x or 1.5x the regular speed, they think they don’t have time. I tried it once, you cannot understand what is being recited.
- So, imagine what Abdullah ibn Umar (رضي الله عنهما) was doing, whatever he reads, he would memorize it, he would understand it, reflect on it, and try to implement it and until he did not implement it or act upon it, he would not proceed to the next ayah.
- I believe this is the solution to our problems, read the Quran, understand it, reflect on it, and act upon it.
- And if we do this for one ayah, it is much better than finishing the Quran without understanding it.
- Good deeds or Hasanat will come either way,
- We have heard this hadith over and over, that on reading one letter of the Quran, we get 10 hasanat,
- There is no limit to the number of good deeds we will get.
- The main purpose is to understand the Quran and act upon it.
4. Believing in one part of the Quran and rejecting the other
- We have to act upon the entire Quran, otherwise as the Quran says in Surah al-Baqarah Verse 85 where Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) says:
…أَفَتُؤْمِنُونَ بِبَعْضِ الْكِتَابِ وَتَكْفُرُونَ بِبَعْضٍ ۚ…
- …Do you then believe in one part of the book and reject the other part?…[57]
- Someone may object that this verse of Surah al-Baqarah was revealed in connection with Bani Israil, and it does not apply to Muslims.
- So, the answer to this objection is that if this verse was revealed in connection with Bani Israil, and whatever they did, why then this ayah is there in the Quran? Why are we being told about the actions of Bani Israil?
- Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) answers these questions in the same ayah, as He further states:
…فَمَا جَزَاءُ مَنْ يَفْعَلُ ذَٰلِكَ مِنْكُمْ إِلَّا خِزْيٌ فِي الْحَيَاةِ الدُّنْيَا ۖ
وَيَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يُرَدُّونَ إِلَىٰ أَشَدِّ الْعَذَابِ ۗ…
- …Then what is the reward of one who does like that among you, except disgrace in the life of this world? And on the day of resurrection they will be sent towards a severe punishment,…
- In fact, we have been instructed in, Surah al-Baqarah +Verse 208, where Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) says:
يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا ادْخُلُوا فِي السِّلْمِ كَافَّةً وَلَا تَتَّبِعُوا خُطُوَاتِ الشَّيْطَانِ ۚ إِنَّهُ لَكُمْ عَدُوٌّ مُبِينٌ
- O you who believe! enter into Islam completely (with total submission) and do not follow the footsteps of the devil, he is certainly an open enemy for you.[58]
- Guidance in the form of the Quran is with us, no one can claim that he did not receive guidance, Quran is available in our houses, it is our duty to understand it, and how to act upon it is recorded in ahadith, if we do not understand some verses, ask the person who knows, there is no excuse for us not to act upon the Quran and no excuse will be accepted from us on the day of resurrection.
- Quran and ahadith are the only two sources of guidance and other than these two there is nothing else which can guide us.
- On social media we see today, people are posting emotional stories, mostly non-Muslims are doing these type of posts and since we are away from the Quran and the ahadith of ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم), we also like such emotional stories and we forward them.
- We feel happy that we did something good. Forwarded an emotional story, there was moral in it, etc.
- These emotional stories are fictional stories there is no reality in them, we as Muslims do not need these things:
- Quran and Hadith are already telling us to be good to parents, to respect them, to love them, to take care of them,
- Quran and Hadith are already telling us to respect Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and to love him, to follow his example,
- Quran and Hadith already instructs us concerning Allah (رَبُّ الْعِزَّة).
- If we think that by circulating these false, fictional and emotional stories we are going to get hasanat, then may Allah Ta’ala save us from such thoughts.
- We don’t need these stories as we have instructions for them in Quran and Hadith.
5. Amaal and Niyyah – Contract with Allah (Between the heart of the Slave and the Master)
- This is the last section in terms of the Introduction to the Holy Quran,
- Now, after listening to these lectures, if someone starts reading the Quran, understanding it and starts doing good deeds then he has three options and it is important to correct these things before proceeding further, as the reward will be based on it.
- First is the Niyyah:
- In the first hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said
إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ
- The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions…,[59]
- So, we have to choose, what is my niyyah? If it is wrong then correct it then act upon the Quran and Hadith,
- This is because he has a contract with Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى), so his contract is according to the correct intentions. This contract is not written down anywhere, but it is a matter between the qalb or heart of the slave and Allah (رَبُّ الْعِزَّة).
- The first option we have is that someone has a niyyah, that the reward of his good deeds be given to him in this world itself.
- What is the proof of all of this?
- In Surah al-Baqarah Ayah # 200, Allah Ta’ala says:
…فَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا …
- …So among human beings are those who say, “Our Fosterer! give us in this world,”…
- What will become of these people? In the same ayah Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) answers, and he says,
…وَمَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ مِنْ خَلَاقٍ
- and they have no portion in the hereafter.[60]
- May Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) not make us among these people (aameen).
- Second option is that the person makes the niyyah, that the reward is distributed in this duniya and the hereafter;
- Again, what is the proof?
- The next ayah provides the proof, in Surah al-Baqarah verse 201 Allah Ta’ala says:
وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يَقُولُ رَبَّنَا آتِنَا فِي الدُّنْيَا حَسَنَةً وَفِي الْآخِرَةِ حَسَنَةً وَقِنَا عَذَابَ النَّارِ
- And of them are those who say, “Our Fosterer! give us good in this world and good in the hereafter and save us from the punishment of fire.”[61]
- So how are these people dealt with?
- The next ayah of Surah al-Baqarah provides the answer, in verse #202 Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) says,
أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا ۚ وَاللَّهُ سَرِيعُ الْحِسَابِ
- Those are the persons for whom there is (their) portion of what they earned, and Allah is Quick at (settling) the account.[62]
- The third option is that the person makes the niyyah, this is a difficult one, that the reward be given to him only in akhirah.
- The proof of this is again in Surah al-Baqarah ayah #207, Allah Ta’ala says:
وَمِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يَشْرِي نَفْسَهُ ابْتِغَاءَ مَرْضَاتِ اللَّهِ…
- And among human beings is he who sells himself seeking the pleasure of Allah,
وَاللَّهُ رَءُوفٌ بِالْعِبَادِ
- And Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) is full of pity for (His) servants.[63]
- In the most beautiful names and attributes of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى), there is the attribute ar-Raoof.
- Who is ar-Raoof? Our Ustaz Dr. Anees writes in his book, The Attributes of Allah – Know your Creator, that ar-Raoof is the one who is full of pity for his creation, who is sympathetic, considerate, merciful, who has the desire to do good, the one who grants benefits, helps and guides to the straight path and saves the slaves from harm.[64]
- So, the people who sold themselves to Allah, how do you think Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) is going to respond? Allah Ta’ala makes their duniya bright and in the hereafter, they will have a great reward.
- Following are some proofs from ahadith?
- Now see the coordination between the Quran and Hadith.
- In a hadith in Musnad Ahmed, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: There is no Muslim who calls upon Allah, without sin or cutting family ties, but that Allah will give him one of three answers:
- The first method is that, He will quickly fulfill his supplication, now if we compare the first option based on the niyyah, between Allah and His slave, there he gets all the reward in duniya and there is no reward in the akhirah, and here the supplication is immediately accepted.
- Second Method is that, based on the supplication Allah Ta’ala will divert evil from him in duniya, and what was the second option based on niyyah:
أُولَٰئِكَ لَهُمْ نَصِيبٌ مِمَّا كَسَبُوا
- Their reward is equivalent to the portion of what they earned, is this a coincidence? Doesn’t seem so.
- The third method is that, Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) stores the supplication and will reward him in the hereafter.[65]
- So those who sold themselves to Allah, to receive His pleasure, their dua will be stored for the hereafter to rewarded in the akhirah.
- All of this is also based on what we think of Allah and what our intentions are, because Allah Ta’ala says in a Hadith Qudsi:
- “I am as My slave thinks of Me, and I am with him when He calls upon Me.”[66]
Wallahu Alam, these were the remaining topics in the last part of the Introduction to the Holy Quran…
Here we will end our today’s session, and In the next session all the attendees are required to prepare what they understand or don’t understand about Surah al-Fatiha starting with Auzoo Billah, then Bismillah and the seven verses of Surah al-Fatiha, each person will be given 5-8 minutes to present their points; In Sha Allah.
Wa aakhirud dawaana anil hamdulillahi Rabbil Alameen,
Allahumma Salli, wa Sallim, wa Barik Ala Nabiyyina Muhammad, wa ala aalihi, wa sahbihi wa barik wa sallim.
Raabana aatina fid duniya hasanatan, wa fil aakhirati hasanatan wa qina azaaban naar…
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[2] Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: We landed at a place where a woman came to us and said: A scorpion has bitten the chief of the tribe. Is there any incantator amongst you? A person amongst us stood up (and went with her). We had no idea that he had been a good incantator but he practiced incantation with the help of Sura al-Fatiha and the (the chief) was all right. They gave him a flock of sheep and served us milk. We said (to him): Are you a good incantator. Thereupon he said: I did not do it but by the help of Sura al-Fatiha. He said: Do not drive (these goats) until we go to Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and find out (whether it is permissible to accept (this reward of incantation). So we came to Allah’s Apostle (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and made a mention of that to him, whereupon he said: How did you come to know that this (Sura al-Fatiha) could be used as an incantation? So distribute them (amongst those who had been present there with him) and allocate a share of mine also.
وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَخْبَرَنَا هِشَامُ بْنُ حَسَّانَ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَخِيهِ، مَعْبَدِ بْنِ سِيرِينَ عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ نَزَلْنَا مَنْزِلاً فَأَتَتْنَا امْرَأَةٌ فَقَالَتْ إِنَّ سَيِّدَ الْحَىِّ سَلِيمٌ لُدِغَ فَهَلْ فِيكُمْ مِنْ رَاقٍ فَقَامَ مَعَهَا رَجُلٌ مِنَّا مَا كُنَّا نَظُنُّهُ يُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً فَرَقَاهُ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ فَبَرَأَ فَأَعْطَوْهُ غَنَمًا وَسَقَوْنَا لَبَنًا فَقُلْنَا أَكُنْتَ تُحْسِنُ رُقْيَةً فَقَالَ مَا رَقَيْتُهُ إِلاَّ بِفَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ . قَالَ فَقُلْتُ لاَ تُحَرِّكُوهَا حَتَّى نَأْتِيَ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم . فَأَتَيْنَا النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرْنَا ذَلِكَ لَهُ . فَقَالَ “ مَا كَانَ يُدْرِيهِ أَنَّهَا رُقْيَةٌ اقْسِمُوا وَاضْرِبُوا لِي بِسَهْمٍ مَعَكُمْ ” .
Reference: Sahih Muslim 2201c
[3] Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “The Um (substance) of the Qur’an is the seven oft-repeated verses (Al- Mathaini) and is the Great Qur’an (i.e. Surat-al-Fatiha).
حَدَّثَنَا آدَمُ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ أَبِي ذِئْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم “ أُمُّ الْقُرْآنِ هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ ”.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 4704
[4] Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Mu’alla: While I was praying, the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) called me but I did not respond to his call. Later I said, “O Allah’s Apostle! I was praying.” He said, “Didn’t Allah say: ‘O you who believe! Give your response to Allah (by obeying Him) and to His Apostle when he calls you’?” (8.24) He then said, “Shall I not teach you the most superior Surah in the Qur’an?” He said, ‘(It is), ‘Praise be to Allah, the Lord of the worlds. ‘ (i.e., Surat Al-Fatiha) which consists of seven repeatedly recited Verses and the Magnificent Qur’an which was given to me.”
حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي خُبَيْبُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ حَفْصِ بْنِ عَاصِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدِ بْنِ الْمُعَلَّى، قَالَ كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي فَدَعَانِي النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمْ أُجِبْهُ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنِّي كُنْتُ أُصَلِّي. قَالَ ” أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ {اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ} ثُمَّ قَالَ أَلاَ أُعَلِّمُكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ تَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ ”. فَأَخَذَ بِيَدِي فَلَمَّا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَخْرُجَ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّكَ قُلْتَ لأُعَلِّمَنَّكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ. قَالَ ”{الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُهُ ”.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5006
[5] Yahya related to me from Malik from al-Ala ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Yaqub that Abu Saidؓ, the mawla of Amir ibn Kuraz told him that the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, called to Ubayy ibn Kab while he was praying. When Ubayy had finished his prayer he joined the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, and the Messenger of Allah put his hand upon his hand, and he was intending to leave by the door of the mosque, so the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, “I hope that you will not leave the mosque until you know a sura whose like Allah has not sent down in the Tawrah nor in the Injil nor in the Qur’an.” Ubayy said, “I began to slow down my pace in the hope of that. Then I said, ‘Messenger of Allah, the sura you promised me!’ He said, ‘What do you recite when you begin the prayer?’ I recited the Fatiha (Sura 1) until I came to the end of it, and the Messenger of Allah, may Allah bless him and grant him peace, said, ‘It is this sura, and it is the “seven oft-repeated” and the Great Qur’an which I was given.’ “
حَدَّثَنِي يَحْيَى، عَنْ مَالِكٍ، عَنِ الْعَلاَءِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ يَعْقُوبَ، أَنَّ أَبَا سَعِيدٍ، مَوْلَى عَامِرِ بْنِ كُرَيْزٍ أَخْبَرَهُ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَادَى أُبَىَّ بْنَ كَعْبٍ وَهُوَ يُصَلِّي فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ مِنْ صَلاَتِهِ لَحِقَهُ فَوَضَعَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَدَهُ عَلَى يَدِهِ وَهُوَ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ مِنْ بَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ فَقَالَ ” إِنِّي لأَرْجُو أَنْ لاَ تَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ حَتَّى تَعْلَمَ سُورَةً مَا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلاَ فِي الإِنْجِيلِ وَلاَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مِثْلَهَا ” . قَالَ أُبَىٌّ فَجَعَلْتُ أُبْطِئُ فِي الْمَشْىِ رَجَاءَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ السُّورَةَ الَّتِي وَعَدْتَنِي . قَالَ ” كَيْفَ تَقْرَأُ إِذَا افْتَتَحْتَ الصَّلاَةَ ” . قَالَ فَقَرَأْتُ {الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ} حَتَّى أَتَيْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا . فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” هِيَ هَذِهِ السُّورَةُ وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُعْطِيتُ ” .
Reference: Muwatta Malik Book 3, Hadith 39
[6] Abu Umāmah said he heard Allah’s Messenger ﷺ say, “Recite the Qur’an, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for those who recite it. Recite the two bright ones, al-Baqarah and Sūrah ale-Imran, for on the Day of Resurrection they will come as two clouds or two shades, or two flocks of birds in ranks, pleading for those who recite them. Recite Sūrah al-Baqarah, for to take recourse to it is a blessing and to give it up is a cause of grief, and the magicians cannot confront it.”
عَنْ زَيْدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلاَّمٍ، يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ، الْبَاهِلِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ “ اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شَفِيعًا لأَصْحَابِهِ اقْرَءُوا الزَّهْرَاوَيْنِ الْبَقَرَةَ وَسُورَةَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ فَإِنَّهُمَا تَأْتِيَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَمَامَتَانِ أَوْ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَيَايَتَانِ أَوْ كَأَنَّهُمَا فِرْقَانِ مِنْ طَيْرٍ صَوَافَّ تُحَاجَّانِ عَنْ أَصْحَابِهِمَا اقْرَءُوا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَإِنَّ أَخْذَهَا بَرَكَةٌ وَتَرْكَهَا حَسْرَةٌ وَلاَ تَسْتَطِيعُهَا الْبَطَلَةُ ”.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 804a
[7] Abu Hurayrah reported that the Prophet ﷺ said, “Do not turn your households into graveyards. Indeed, the devils flee from a household that has Sūrah al-Baqarah recited in it.”
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ لاَ تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ مَقَابِرَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنْفِرُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي تُقْرَأُ فِيهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ “.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 780
[8] Ubayy b. Ka’b said: Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said: O Abu’ al-Mundhir, do you know the verse from the Book of Allah which, according to you, is the greatest? I said: Allah and His Messenger (ﷺ) know best. He again said: Abu’l-Mundhir, do you know the verse from the Book of Allah which, according to you, is the greatest? I said: Allah, there is no god but He, the Living, the Eternal. Thereupon he touched me on my chest and said: May knowledge be pleasant for you, O Abu’l-Mundhir!”
عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَتَدْرِي أَىُّ آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مَعَكَ أَعْظَمُ ” . قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ وَرَسُولُهُ أَعْلَمُ . قَالَ ” يَا أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ أَتَدْرِي أَىُّ آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ مَعَكَ أَعْظَمُ ” . قَالَ قُلْتُ اللَّهُ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ الْحَىُّ الْقَيُّومُ . قَالَ فَضَرَبَ فِي صَدْرِي وَقَالَ ” وَاللَّهِ لِيَهْنِكَ الْعِلْمُ أَبَا الْمُنْذِرِ”.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 810
[9] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever reads Āyatul Kursī at the end of (after) each mandatory prayer, nothing prevents him from entering paradise except death.”
وَعَنْ أَبِي أُمَامَةَ - رضى الله عنه - قَالَ : قَالَ رَسُولُ اَللَّهِ - صلى الله عليه وسلم - مَنْ قَرَأَ آيَةَ اَلْكُرْسِيِّ دُبُرَ كُلِّ صَلَاةٍ مَكْتُوبَةٍ لَمْ يَمْنَعْهُ مِنْ دُخُولِ اَلْجَنَّةِ إِلَّا اَلْمَوْتُ.
Reference: Sunan an-Nasāʾī al-Kubrā, no. 9848, and al-Ṭabarānī, no. 7532
[10] Abdullah b. Masʿūd (RA) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Whoever reads the last two verses from Sūrat al-Baqarah at night, they will be sufficient for him.”
عَنْ أَبِي مَسْعُودٍ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم “ مَنْ قَرَأَ بِالآيَتَيْنِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ “.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5009
Regarding the word ‘sufficient’ in the hadith, Imam al-Nawawi (RA) says: It was said (by scholars) that it means it will suffice him from the night prayer, and others said it means as a protection against the devils, and yet others said it means protection against harmful animals, and it is likely encompassing of all these things (and more).”
Ibn Ḥajar states: “[It] was explicitly reported by ʿĀsim from ʿAlqamah from Ibn Masʿūd, “Whoever recites (the two verses at) the end of Sūrat al-Baqarah, it will be sufficient for him instead of standing in prayer for one night.”
Source: Virtues of the Qur’an’s Chapters and Verses 14
[11] It is narrated on the authority of Abdullaah (b. Umar) that when the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was taken for the Night (mi’rāj) journey, he was taken to Sidrat al-Muntaha, which is situated on the sixth heaven, where terminates everything that ascends from the earth and is held there, and where terminates everything that descends from above it and is held there. (It is with reference to this that) Allah said (in the meaning of), “while the Lote Tree was overwhelmed with ˹heavenly˺ splendours” (53:16). The narrator said: (It was) gold moths. He also said: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) was given three things: “He was given the five daily prayers, he was given the concluding verses of Sūrah al-Baqarah (i.e., 285-286), and forgiveness of serious sins for those among his Ummah who do not associate partners with Allah.”
عَنْ طَلْحَةَ، عَنْ مُرَّةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ لَمَّا أُسْرِيَ بِرَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم انْتُهِيَ بِهِ إِلَى سِدْرَةِ الْمُنْتَهَى وَهِيَ فِي السَّمَاءِ السَّادِسَةِ إِلَيْهَا يَنْتَهِي مَا يُعْرَجُ بِهِ مِنَ الأَرْضِ فَيُقْبَضُ مِنْهَا وَإِلَيْهَا يَنْتَهِي مَا يُهْبَطُ بِهِ مِنْ فَوْقِهَا فَيُقْبَضُ مِنْهَا قَالَ { إِذْ يَغْشَى السِّدْرَةَ مَا يَغْشَى} قَالَ فَرَاشٌ مِنْ ذَهَبٍ . قَالَ فَأُعْطِيَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ثَلاَثًا أُعْطِيَ الصَّلَوَاتِ الْخَمْسَ وَأُعْطِيَ خَوَاتِيمَ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَغُفِرَ لِمَنْ لَمْ يُشْرِكْ بِاللَّهِ مِنْ أُمَّتِهِ شَيْئًا الْمُقْحِمَاتُ .
Reference: Sahih Muslim 173
[12] Narrated An-Nu’man bin Bashir: that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: “Indeed Allah wrote in a book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, and He sent down two Ayat from it to end Surat Al-Baqarah with. If they are recited for three nights in a home, no Shaitan shall come near it.”
حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حَمَّادُ بْنُ سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَشْعَثَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْجَرْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي قِلاَبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي الأَشْعَثِ الْجَرْمِيِّ، عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَىْ عَامٍ أَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلاَ يُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلاَثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ ” . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ .
Grade: Hasan (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2882
[13] It was narrated that ʿAlī said, “I did not think that any reasonable person could sleep without reciting the last verses of Sūrat al-Baqarah, and they are indeed treasures from beneath the Throne.”
عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاق ، عَمَّنْ سَمِعَ عَلِيًّا ، يَقُولُ :” مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ أَحَدًا يَعْقِلُ يَنَامُ، حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ ، وَإِنَّهُنَّ لَمِنْ كَنْزٍ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ.
Reference: Sunan al-Dārimī 3289
[14] “…Ibn Umayr said (to Aishah): Tell us about the most interesting (or “amazing”) thing you have seen from the Messenger of Allah ﷺ. He said, she remained silent and then said: “On one night, the Messenger (ﷺ) said to me: “O Aishah, excuse me to worship my Lord on this night. I (Aishah) said: “By Allah, I love your companionship and I love what makes you happy. She said, he (the messenger ﷺ) stood and purified himself, then stood in prayer. She said, he began crying until his cheeks became wet, and (she said) he cried after that until his beard was wet, and (she said) he continued crying until the tears started to fall to the ground. At that moment, Bilāl (RA) came to the Messenger of Allah ﷺ to announce the Fajr prayer and he saw him crying. He said, “O Messenger of Allah, why are you crying? Indeed, Allah has forgiven your previous and future sins.” The Messenger replied, “Shall I not be a grateful servant? A verse has been revealed to me on this night, woe to the one who reads it and does not reflect upon it. He then read: “Verily! In the creation of the heavens and the earth, and in the alternation of night and day, there are indeed signs for men of understanding” [3:190].”
عن إبراهيم بن سويد النخعي حدثنا عبد الملك بن أبي سليمان عن عطاء، قال: دخَلْتُ أنا وعُبيدُ بنُ عُميرٍ على عائشةَ فقالت لِعُبيدِ بنِ عُميرٍ : قد آن لك أنْ تزورَنا فقال : أقولُ يا أمَّهْ كما قال الأوَّلُ : زُرْ غِبًّا تزدَدْ حُبًّا قال : فقالت : دعُونا مِن رَطانتِكم هذه قال ابنُ عُميرٍ : أخبِرينا بأعجَبِ شيءٍ رأَيْتِه مِن رسولِ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّم قال : فسكَتَتْ ثمَّ قالت : لَمَّا كان ليلةٌ مِن اللَّيالي قال : ( يا عائشةُ ذَرِيني أتعبَّدِ اللَّيلةَ لربِّي ) قُلْتُ : واللهِ إنِّي لَأُحِبُّ قُرْبَك وأُحِبُّ ما سرَّك قالت : فقام فتطهَّر ثمَّ قام يُصَلِّي قالت : فلم يزَلْ يبكي حتَّى بَلَّ حجرَه قالت : ثمَّ بكى فلم يزَلْ يبكي حتَّى بَلَّ لِحيتَه قالت : ثمَّ بكى فلم يزَلْ يبكي حتَّى بَلَّ الأرضَ فجاء بلالٌ يُؤذِنُه بالصَّلاةِ فلمَّا رآه يبكي قال : يا رسولَ اللهِ لِمَ تَبكي وقد غفَر اللهُ لك ما تقدَّم وما تأخَّر ؟ قال : ( أفلا أكونُ عبدًا شكورًا لقد نزَلَتْ علَيَّ اللَّيلةَ آيةٌ، ويلٌ لِمَن قرَأها ولم يتفكَّرْ فيها {إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ) [آل عمران: 190] ) الآيةَ كلَّها.
Reference: Sahih Ibn Hibban 620
[16] Jābir reported that the Prophet ﷺ glorified Allah when Sūrat al-An’ām was revealed, and said, ‘So many Angels accompanied its revelation that the horizon was covered with them.’”
لَمَّا نزلَتْ سورةُ الأنعامِ سبَّحَ رسولُ اللَّهِ صلَّى اللَّهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ وقالَ : لقَد شيَّعَ هذِه السُّورةَ منَ الملائِكةِ ما سدَّ الأُفُقَ.
Grade: Hasan (Tarhooni) | Reference: al-Hākim 2/314 and Bayhaqī 1/365
[17] Aishah (RA) reported, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ did not sleep until he recited (Sūrat) az-Zumar and Banī Isrā-īl (i.e., Al-Isrā).”
عَنْ أَبِي لُبَابَةَ، قَالَ قَالَتْ عَائِشَةُ رضى الله عنها كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم لاَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ الزُّمَرَ وَبَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ.
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3405
Grade: Sahih (al-Albani), Hasan (Ibn Hajar)
1 – كانَ النَّبيُّ صلَّى اللَّهُ عليهِ وسلَّمَ لا ينامُ حتَّى يقرأ الزُّمرَ وبني إسرائيلَ
الراوي : عائشة أم المؤمنين | المحدث : الألباني | المصدر : صحيح الترمذي
الصفحة أو الرقم : 3405 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : صحيح
Reference: Sahih at-Tirmidhi 3405
3 – كان النَّبيُّ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ لا يَنامُ حتى يقرَأَ بني إسرائيلَ والزُّمَرَ.
الراوي : عائشة أم المؤمنين | المحدث : ابن حجر العسقلاني | المصدر : الفتوحات الربانية
الصفحة أو الرقم : 3/157 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : حسن
Reference: al-Futuhaat al-Rabbaniyya 3/157
[18] Abu al-Dardā’ reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever memorizes the first ten verses from Sūrat al-Kahf (The Cave) will be protected from the Dajjāl.”
عَنْ أَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ مَنْ حَفِظَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ عُصِمَ مِنَ الدَّجَّالِ ”.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 809a
[19] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ mentioned the Dajjal (Antichrist) saying, “If he comes forth while I am among you I shall be the one who will dispute with him on your behalf, but if he comes forth when I am not among you, a man must dispute on his own behalf, and Allah will take my place in looking after every Muslim. Those of you who live up to his time should recite over him the opening verses of Sūrah al-Kahf, for they are your protection from his trial.” We asked, “How long will he remain on the earth?” He replied, “Forty days, one like a year, one like a month, one like a week, and rest of his days like yours.” We asked, “Messenger of Allah ﷺ, will one day’s prayer suffice us in this day which will be like a year?” He replied, “No, you must make an estimate of its extent. Then Jesus son of Mary will descend at the white minaret to the east of Damascus. He will then catch him up at the gate of Ludd and kill him.”
عَنِ النَّوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ الْكِلاَبِيِّ، قَالَ ذَكَرَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم الدَّجَّالَ فَقَالَ ” إِنْ يَخْرُجْ وَأَنَا فِيكُمْ فَأَنَا حَجِيجُهُ دُونَكُمْ وَإِنْ يَخْرُجْ وَلَسْتُ فِيكُمْ فَامْرُؤٌ حَجِيجُ نَفْسِهِ وَاللَّهُ خَلِيفَتِي عَلَى كُلِّ مُسْلِمٍ فَمَنْ أَدْرَكَهُ مِنْكُمْ فَلْيَقْرَأْ عَلَيْهِ فَوَاتِحَ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ فَإِنَّهَا جِوَارُكُمْ مِنْ فِتْنَتِهِ ” . قُلْنَا وَمَا لُبْثُهُ فِي الأَرْضِ قَالَ ” أَرْبَعُونَ يَوْمًا يَوْمٌ كَسَنَةٍ وَيَوْمٌ كَشَهْرٍ وَيَوْمٌ كَجُمُعَةٍ وَسَائِرُ أَيَّامِهِ كَأَيَّامِكُمْ ” . فَقُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذَا الْيَوْمُ الَّذِي كَسَنَةٍ أَتَكْفِينَا فِيهِ صَلاَةُ يَوْمٍ وَلَيْلَةٍ قَالَ ” لاَ اقْدُرُوا لَهُ قَدْرَهُ ثُمَّ يَنْزِلُ عِيسَى ابْنُ مَرْيَمَ عِنْدَ الْمَنَارَةِ الْبَيْضَاءِ شَرْقِيَّ دِمَشْقَ فَيُدْرِكُهُ عِنْدَ بَابِ لُدٍّ فَيَقْتُلُهُ.
Reference: Sunan ad-Darimi 4321; A more detailed narration is found in Sahih Muslim 2937a
[20] It was reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Whoever reads Sūrat al-Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, a light will shine for him between the two Fridays.”
وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: من قَرَأَ سُورَة الْكَهْف فِي يَوْم الْجُمُعَة أَضَاء لَهُ النُّور مَا بَيْنَ الْجُمعَتَيْنِ.
Reference: Mustadrak al-Hakim; Sahih at-Targhib wa at-Tarhib 736
[21] Abu Sa’īd al-Khudrī reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Whoever recites Sūrat al-Kahf as it was revealed will have a light on the Day of Resurrection, from his position to Makkah, and whoever recites the final ten verses of it (Al-Kahf) and then encounters Al-Dajjal, will not be harmed (by him). And whoever makes wudu’ and then says: “SubhānakAllahumma wa behamdika lā ilāha illā anta, astaghfiruka wa atoobu elayk” (Glory and praise be to You, O Allah, there is no deity worthy of worship except for You, I seek Your forgiveness and I repent to You),1 it will be written a scroll (of deeds), and then placed in a seal which will not be broken until the Day of Resurrection.”
وقال صلى الله عليه وسلم : مَنْ قرَأ سورةَ الكهفِ كما أُنزلتْ كانتْ له نُورًا يومَ القيامةِ مِنْ مَقامِه إلى مكَّةَ ، ومَنْ قرَأ عشْرَ آياتٍ مِنْ آخِرِها ثم خرج الدجالُ لم يُسلَّطْ عليه ، ومَنْ توضَّأ ثم قال : سبحانَك اللهم وبحمدِك لا إلهَ إلا أنتَ أستغفرُك وأتوبُ إليك كُتِبَ بِرَقٍّ ثم طُبع بطابَع فلم يُكسرْ إلى يومِ القيامةِ.
Reference: As-Silsilah as-Sahihah 2651
[22] Abu Hurayrah reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would recite, in the morning prayer of Jumu’ah (Friday), Sūrat as-Sajdah (32) in the first rakʿah, and Sūrat al-Insān (76) in the second rakʿah.
عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، . أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي الصُّبْحِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ بِـ ( الم * تَنْزِيلُ) فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ ( هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ لَمْ يَكُنْ شَيْئًا مَذْكُورًا).
Reference: Sahih Muslim 880
[23] Jābir ibn Abdullāh reports that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ would not sleep until He had recited Sūrah as-Sajdah (32) and Sūrah al-Mulk (67).
عَنْ جَابِرٍ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ لاَ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ : (الم * تَنْزِيلُ ) وَ ( تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ ).
Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2892; ; Al-Adab al-Mufrad 1209; Sunan ad-Dārimī 3316
[24] Aḥmad said: “Abū Al-Mughīrah narrated to us, that Ṣafwān narrated to us, that the seniors (possibly referring to the senior tābi‘īn) told me that they were present with Ghuḍayf bin Al-Ḥārith Al-Thumāliyy (a companion) when his death throes became intense. He said: ‘Is there anyone amongst you who can recite Yāsīn?’ He said: So Ṣāliḥ bin Shurayḥ Al-Sakūniyy recited it, and when he reached the fortieth verse, he passed away. He said: The seniors used to say: ‘If it is recited in the presence of the dying person, he finds relief thereby.’ Ṣafwān said: ‘‘And ‘Īsā bin Al-Mu‘tamir recited it in the presence of Ibn Ma‘bad.”
قَالَ أَحْمَدُ: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْمُغِيرَةِ حَدَّثَنَا صَفْوَانُ حَدَّثَنِي الْمَشْيَخَةُ أَنَّهُمْ حَضَرُوا غُضَيْفَ بْنَ الْحَارِثِ الثُّمَالِيَّ حِينَ اشْتَدَّ سَوْقُهُ قَالَ: هَلْ مِنْكُمْ أَحَدٌ يَقْرَأُ يس؟ قَالَ: فَقَرَأَهَا صَالِحُ بْنُ شُرَيْحٍ السَّكُونِيُّ فَلَمَّا بَلَغَ أَرْبَعِينَ مِنْهَا قُبِضَ, قَالَ: فَكَانَ الْمَشْيَخَةُ يَقُولُونَ: إِذَا قُرِئَتْ عِنْدَ الْمَيِّتِ خُفِّفَ عَنْهُ بِهَا (قَالَ صَفْوَانُ): وَقَرَأَهَا عِيسَى بْنُ الْمُعْتَمِرِ عِنْدَ ابْنِ مَعْبَدٍ.
Grade: Hasan (Ibn Hajar) | Reference: Ahmad 4/105; Ibn Sa`d 7/443
2 – عن المشيخةِ أنهم حضروا غضيفَ بنَ الحرثِ حين اشتدَّ سوقُه فقال : هل أحدٌ منكم يقرأُ يس قال : فقرأها صالحُ بنُ شريحٍ السكونيُّ فلما بلغ أربعين آيةً منها قُبِضَ، قال : فكان المشيخةُ يقولون إذا قُرِئَتْ عند الميتِ خُفِّفَ عنه بها
الراوي : المشيخة | المحدث : ابن حجر العسقلاني | المصدر : الإصابة في تمييز الصحابة
الصفحة أو الرقم : 3/187 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : إسناده حسن | أحاديث مشابهة
التخريج : أخرجه أحمد (16969)، وابن عساكر في ((تاريخ دمشق)) (48/ 82) واللفظ لهما.
Grade: Hasan | Reference: al-Isabatu fi Tameezi al-Sahabati 3/187
3 – [ عن ] المشيخةِ أنَّهم حضروا غضيفَ بنَ الحارثِ الثِّماليَّ حين اشتدَّ سوقُهُ فقال هل منكم من أَحَدٍ يقرأُ يس قال فقرأها صالحُ بنُ شُرَيحٍ السُّكونيُّ فلمَّا بلغَ أربعينَ منها قُبِضَ قال فكان المشيخةُ يقولونَ إذا قرأتَ عند الميتِ خُفِّفَ عنهُ بها قال صفوانُ وقرأها عيسَى بنُ المعتمرِ عندَ ابنِ مَعْبَدٍ
الراوي : المشيخة | المحدث : الألباني | المصدر : إرواء الغليل
الصفحة أو الرقم : 3/151 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : إسناده صحيح إلى غضيف بن الحارث رضي الله عنه ورجاله ثقات غير المشيخة فإنهم لم يسموا فهم مجهولون لكن جهالتهم تنجبر بكثرتهم لا سيما وهم من التابعين | أحاديث مشابهة
التخريج : أخرجه أحمد (16969)، وابن عساكر في ((تاريخ دمشق)) (48/ 82) واللفظ لهما.
Grade: Sahih (al-Albani) | Reference: Irwa al-Ghalil 3/151
[25] Muḥammad bin Isḥāq said: “Yazīd bin Ziyād narrated to me, from Muḥammad bin Ka‘b Al-Quraẓiyy who said: ‘When they gathered together (at his house to lay siege to it and murder him), and amongst them was Abū Jahl bin Hishām, he said when they were at his door: ‘Muḥammad claims that if you follow him regarding his matter that you will be the kings of the Arabs and the non-Arabs, and then you all will be resurrected after your deaths and you will be granted gardens like the gardens of Jordan. And if you don’t, amongst you will be those who are slaughtered (referring to those who insisted on attacking Islam and the Muslims), and then you all will be resurrected after your deaths, and a fire will be placed for you in which you will be burnt.’ He (the narrator) said: ‘And the Messenger came out to them and took a handful of dirt and then said, ‘I do say that, and you are one of them (those who would be killed and enter the fire).’ Allah veiled their sight so they were unable to see him, and he began to sprinkle that dirt on their heads while reciting the verses from Yāsīn: “(1) Yā Sīn (2) By the wise Quran, (3) you [Muḥammad] are truly one of the messengers sent (4) on a straight path” until (he reached) “blocking their vision: they cannot see.” By the time he finished reciting those verses there was no one except that he had put dirt on his head. Then he left in the direction he wanted to go…”
قَالَ مُحَمَّدُ بنُ إسْحَاقَ : حَدَّثَنِي يَزِيدُ بْنُ زِيَادٍ ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيِّ قَالَ : لَمَّا اجْتَمَعُوا لَهُ ، وَفِيهِمْ أَبُو جَهْلِ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، فَقَالَ وَهُمْ عَلَى بَابِهِ : إنَّ مُحَمَّدًا يَزْعُمُ أَنَّكُمْ إنْ تَابَعْتُمُوهُ عَلَى أَمْرِهِ ، كُنْتُمْ مُلُوكَ الْعَرَبِ وَالْعَجَمِ ، ثُمَّ بُعِثْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ ، فَجُعِلَتْ لَكُمْ جِنَانٌ كَجِنَانِ الْأُرْدُنِّ ، وَإِنْ لَمْ تَفْعَلُوا كَانَ لَهُ فِيكُمْ ذَبْحٌ ، ثُمَّ بُعِثْتُمْ مِنْ بَعْدِ مَوْتِكُمْ ، ثُمَّ جُعِلَتْ لَكُمْ نَارٌ تُحْرَقُونَ فِيهَا . قَالَ : وَخَرَجَ عَلَيْهِمْ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، فَأَخَذَ حَفْنَةً مِنْ تُرَابٍ فِي يَدِهِ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ أَنَا أَقُولُ ذَلِكَ ، أَنْتَ أَحَدُهُمْ . وَأَخَذَ اللَّهُ تَعَالَى عَلَى أَبْصَارِهِمْ عَنْهُ ، فَلَا يَرَوْنَهُ ، فَجَعَلَ يَنْثُرُ ذَلِكَ التُّرَابَ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمْ وَهُوَ يَتْلُو هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ مِنْ يس: “يسٓ(١) وَٱلْقُرْءَانِ ٱلْحَكِيمِ (٢) إِنَّكَ لَمِنَ ٱلْمُرْسَلِينَ (٣) عَلَىٰ صِرَٰطٍۢ مُّسْتَقِيمٍۢ (٤)” إلَى قَوْلِهِ : “فَأَغْشَيْنَـٰهُمْ فَهُمْ لَا يُبْصِرُونَ” حَتَّى فَرَغَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ مِنْ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ وَلَمْ يَبْقَ مِنْهُمْ رَجُلٌ إلَّا وَقَدْ وَضَعَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ تُرَابًا ، ثُمَّ انْصَرَفَ إلَى حَيْثُ أَرَادَ أَنْ يَذْهَبَ. …
Reference: Ibn Mundhir and Ibn Abi Hatim in Ad-Durr 5/258; al-Bayhaqi in Ad-Dala’il 2/470
[26] Narrated `Abdullah bin Mughaffal: I saw Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) reciting Surat-al-Fath on his she-camel on the day of the Conquest of Mecca.
حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي أَبُو إِيَاسٍ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مُغَفَّلٍ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ فَتْحِ مَكَّةَ وَهْوَ يَقْرَأُ عَلَى رَاحِلَتِهِ سُورَةَ الْفَتْحِ.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5034
[27] Umar ibn al-Khattab reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “A chapter has been revealed to me tonight that is more beloved to me than everything over which the sun rises.” Then, the Prophet recited the verse, “Verily, We have granted you a clear victory.” (48:1)
عَنْ عُمَر بْن الْخَطَّابِ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَتْ عَلَيَّ اللَّيْلَةَ سُورَةٌ لَهِيَ أَحَبُّ إِلَيَّ مِمَّا طَلَعَتْ عَلَيْهِ الشَّمْسُ ثُمَّ قَرَأَ إِنَّا فَتَحْنَا لَكَ فَتْحًا مُبِينًا
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 4833
[28] Source: Clarification Regarding the Virtue of Surah Fath – Hadith Answers
[29] It was reported from ‘Ubaydullāh ibn ‘Abdullāh that ‘Umar ibn al-Khaṭṭāb asked Abu Waqid al-Laythi what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to recite in the (Eid) prayers of al-Adhā and al-Fitr. He said, “He used to recite Qāf wal-qur’ānil majeed (Sūrah Qāf) and Iqtarabat al-sā’atul wanshaqqal qamar (Sūrah al-Qamar).”
عَنْ عُبَيْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ، سَأَلَ أَبَا وَاقِدٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ مَا كَانَ يَقْرَأُ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فِي الأَضْحَى وَالْفِطْرِ فَقَالَ كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِيهِمَا بِـ (ق وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ) وَ (اقْتَرَبَتِ السَّاعَةُ وَانْشَقَّ الْقَمَرُ).
Reference: Sahih Muslim 891a
[30] Umm Hishām bint Ḥārithah reported: “I only learned Qāf. By the Glorious Quran from praying behind the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ); he used to recite it in the morning prayer.”
عَنْ أُمِّ هِشَامٍ بِنْتِ حَارِثَةَ بْنِ النُّعْمَانِ، قَالَتْ مَا أَخَذْتُ { ق وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ } إِلاَّ مِنْ وَرَاءِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يُصَلِّي بِهَا فِي الصُّبْحِ.
Grade: Hasan | Reference: Sunan an-Nasa’i 949
[31] ‘Amra daughter of ‘Abd al-Raḥmān reported on the authority of the sister of ‘Amra: “I memorized (surah) “Qāf, by the glorious Qur’an” from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) on Friday as he recited it on the pulpit on every Jumu’ah (Friday).”
عَنْ عَمْرَةَ بِنْتِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أُخْتٍ، لِعَمْرَةَ قَالَتْ أَخَذْتُ { ق وَالْقُرْآنِ الْمَجِيدِ} مِنْ فِي رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ وَهُوَ يَقْرَأُ بِهَا عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ فِي كُلِّ جُمُعَةٍ.
Reference: Sahih Muslim 872a
[32] ʿAbdullāh Ibn Masʿūd (RA) reports that the Prophet ﷺ said: “Sūrat Tabārak (Sūrat al-Mulk) prevents the punishment of the grave.”
عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنهُ عَنِ النَّبيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ أَنَّهُ قَال: سُورَةُ تَبَارَكَ هِيَ المَانِعَةُ مِن عَذَابِ القَبر.
Grade: Hasan (al-Suyooti), Sahih (al-Albani) | Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ no. 1140, Ibn Mardawayh 8/231, Sahih al-Jame 3643, as-Silsila as-Saheeha 1140
[33] Anas (RA) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said: “There is a sūrah in the Qur’ān not more than thirty verses, it argues on behalf of its companion until it enters him into paradise; and it is (Sūrah) Tabārak.”
عَن أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنهُ أَنَّ النَّبيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَال: ” سُورَةٌ مِنَ القُرْآنِ مَا هِيَ إِلاَّ ثَلاَثُونَ آيَةً؛ خَاصَمَتْ عَنْ صَاحِبِهَا حَتىَّ أَدْخَلَتْهُ الجَنَّة وَهِيَ {تَبَارَك). “
Reference: Al-Ṭabarānī in al-Ṣaghīr 1/176, al-Awsat 1/211, and Ibn Mardawayh 6/246, and it is ḥasan li-ghayrihi. Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ 3644
[34] It was narrated that Ubayy bin Ka’b said: “In the first rak’ah of witr, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite: “GLorify the Name of your Lord, the Most High;” in the second; “Say: O you disbelievers!” and in the third; “Say: He is Allah, (the) One.”
أَخْبَرَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، قَالَ أَنْبَأَنَا عِيسَى بْنُ يُونُسَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ أَبِي عَرُوبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبْزَى، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أُبَىِّ بْنِ كَعْبٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَةِ الأُولَى مِنَ الْوَتْرِ بِـ { سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَفِي الثَّانِيَةِ بِـ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَفِي الثَّالِثَةِ بِـ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ }
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) | Reference: Sunan an-Nasa’i 1700
[35] Samurah bin Jundub reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite in the Friday prayer: Sabbiḥ isma rabbikal-aʿlā (Sūrat al-Aʿlā), and Hal attaka hadeethul ghāshiyah (Sūrat al-Ghāshiyah).
عَنْ سَمُرَةَ بْنِ جُنْدُبٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلاَةِ الْجُمُعَةِ ( سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى ) وَ( هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ ) .
Grade: Sahih | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1125, Sunan Ibn Majah 1120
[36] It was narrated that An-Nu’mān bin Bashir said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) used to recite ‘Glorify the name of your Lord, the Most High’ (Al-A’lā) and ‘Has there come to you the narration of the overwhelming (i.e. the Day of Resurrection)?’ (Al-Ghāshiyah) in the Jumu’ah prayer, and sometimes ‘Eid and Jumu’ah would fall on the same day, and he would recite them in both ‘Eid and Jumu’ah prayer.”
عَنِ النُّعْمَانِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ، قَالَ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ بِـ ( سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى ) وَ( هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ ) وَرُبَّمَا اجْتَمَعَ الْعِيدُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ فَيَقْرَأُ بِهِمَا فِيهِمَا جَمِيعًا.
Reference: Sunan an-Nasa’i 1424
[37] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ would pray two rakʿahs after witr while sitting, reciting in the two rakʿahs “Idhā zulzilat al-ardhu…” (Sūrah al-Zalzalah) and “Qul Ya Ayyuhal-Kafirun” (Sūrat al-Kāfirūn).
كان رسولُ اللهِ صلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلم يصلِّي ركعتينِ بعد الوِترِ وهو جالسٌ يقرأُ فيهما ب { إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ . . . ) و{ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ).
Grade: Sahih li-ghayri (Shoaib al-Arnaut) | Reference: Zad al-Ma`ad 1/322
4 – أنَّ النَّبيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عليه وسلَّمَ كان يُصلِّيهما بعدَ الوِترِ وهو جالسٌ، يَقرَأُ فيهما: {إِذَا زُلْزِلَتِ الْأَرْضُ}، و{قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ}.
الراوي : أبو أمامة الباهلي | المحدث : شعيب الأرناؤوط | المصدر : تخريج المسند لشعيب
الصفحة أو الرقم : 22246 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : صحيح لغيره دون تعيين قراءة النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم فيهما فهي محتملة للتحسين
Grade: Sahih li-ghayri (Shoaib al-Arnaut) | Reference: al-Musnad li-Soaib 22246
[38] Abu Madīnah al-Dārimī said: “When two Companions of the Prophet ﷺ would meet, they would not part until they had read Sūrah al-‘Aṣr (103), and then they would give salām (and leave).”
عَنْ أَبِي مَدِينَةَ الدَّارِمِيِّ قَالَ: (كَانَ الرَّجُلانِ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ إِذَا الْتَقَيَا لَمْ يَفْتَرِقَا حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى الآخَرِ: ” وَالْعَصْرِ إِنَّ الإِنْسَانَ لَفِي خُسْرٍ “، ثُمَّ يُسَلِّمَ أَحَدُهُمَا عَلَى الآخَرِ).
Reference: Abū Dāwūd in Al-Zuhd, no. 417; Al-Ṭabarānī ’s al-Mu’jam al-Awsat, 5/215; Sunan al-Bayhaqī, 6/501
[39] Farwah bin Nawfal (ra) narrated that: He came to the Prophet (ﷺ) and said: “O Messenger of Allah, teach me something that I may say when I go to my bed.” So he said: “Recite: Say: ‘O you disbelievers’ for verily it is a disavowal of Shirk.”…
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ رَجُلٍ، عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، رضى الله عنه أَنَّهُ أَتَى النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ عَلِّمْنِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ إِذَا أَوَيْتُ إِلَى فِرَاشِي قَالَ ” اقْرَأْْ : ( قلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ) فَإِنَّهَا بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ ”...
Grade: Hasan (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3403
Farwah b. Nawfal quoted his father as saying that the Prophet (ﷺ) said to Nawfal (his father): Recite (the Surah) ‘Say, O you disbelievers!’ and then go to sleep at its end, for it is a declaration of freedom from polytheism.
حَدَّثَنَا النُّفَيْلِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا زُهَيْرٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ فَرْوَةَ بْنِ نَوْفَلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لِنَوْفَلٍ ” اقْرَأْ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } ثُمَّ نَمْ عَلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ ” . حكم:صحيح (الألباني)
Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 5055
[40] Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri: A man heard another man reciting (Surat-Al-Ikhlas) ‘Say He is Allah, (the) One.’ (112. 1) repeatedly. The next morning he came to Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and informed him about it as if he thought that it was not enough to recite. On that Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, this Surah is equal to one-third of the Qur’an!”
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ أَبِي صَعْصَعَةَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَمِعَ رَجُلاً، يَقْرَأُ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} يُرَدِّدُهَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَكَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَالُّهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ ”.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5013
It is reported on the authority of Abu Hurairaؓ that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: Get together. for I am going to recite one-third of the Qur’an before you. And those who could get together gathered there. Then the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) came out and recited:” Say: He, Allah, is One.” He then entered (his house). Some of us said to the others: Perhaps there has been some news from the heaven on account of which he has gone Inside (the house). The Apostle of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) again came out and said: I told you that I was going to recite one-third of the Qur’in; keep in mind, this (Surah Ikhlas) is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’an.
وَحَدَّثَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ حَاتِمٍ، وَيَعْقُوبُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، جَمِيعًا عَنْ يَحْيَى، – قَالَ ابْنُ حَاتِمٍ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، – حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ كَيْسَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو حَازِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” احْشِدُوا فَإِنِّي سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ ” . فَحَشَدَ مَنْ حَشَدَ ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَرَأَ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} ثُمَّ دَخَلَ فَقَالَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ إِنِّي أُرَى هَذَا خَبَرٌ جَاءَهُ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ فَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَدْخَلَهُ . ثُمَّ خَرَجَ نَبِيُّ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَقَالَ ” إِنِّي قُلْتُ لَكُمْ سَأَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكُمْ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ أَلاَ إِنَّهَا تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ ” .
Reference: Sahih Muslim 812a
[41] Abu Sa’id Al-Khudriؓ reported about Surat Al-Ikhlas (Chapter 112): The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, it is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’an.” According to another version, he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to his Companions, “Is anyone of you incapable of reciting one-third of the Qur’an in one night?” They considered it burdensome and said: “O Messenger of Allah, which of us can afford to do that?” He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Surat Al-Ikhlas [Say: He is Allah (the) One] is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’an.” [Al- Bukhari].
وعن أبي سعيد الخدري رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال في:{ قل هو الله أحد}:” والذي نفسي بيده، إنها لتعدل ثلث القرآن”.
وفي رواية: أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال لأصحابه:” أيعجز أحدكم أن يقرأ بثلث القرآن في ليلة” فشق ذلك عليهم، وقالوا: أينا يطيق ذلك يارسول الله: فقال :” {قل هو الله أحد} ثلث القرآن.”. (( رواه البخاري)).
Reference: Riyad as-Salihin 1010
[42] Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man said: “O Messenger of Allah! I love Surat-Al-Ikhlas [Say: He is Allah, (the) One].” He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Your love for it will admit you to Jannah.” [At-Tirmidhi].
وعن أنس رضي الله عنه أن رجلا قال: يارسول الله إني أحب هذه السورة ”قل هو الله أحد”:”إن حبها أدخلك الجنة” ((رواه الترمذي وقال: حديث حسن- رواه البخاري في صحيحه تعليقًا)).
Reference: Riyad as-Salihin 1013
[43] It was narrated from Ibn ‘Abbas that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to perform Witr and recite: “Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High,” [Al-A’la (87)] “Say: O you disbelievers!” [Al-Kafirun (109)] and ‘Say: Allah is One.”. [Al-Ikhlas (112)] Another chain with similar wording.
حَدَّثَنَا نَصْرُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجَهْضَمِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أَحْمَدَ، حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ كَانَ يُوتِرُ بِـ {سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى } وَ {قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَ {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } .
حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شَبَابَةُ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يُونُسُ بْنُ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ نَحْوَهُ .
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) | Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 1172
It was narrated that Ibn Umar said: “I watched the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)- twenty times- reciting in the two rak’ahs after maghrib ‘Say: O you disbelievers’ and ‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One.'”
أَخْبَرَنَا الْفَضْلُ بْنُ سَهْلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو الْجَوَّابِ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ رُزَيْقٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيِمَ بْنِ مُهَاجِرٍ، عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ رَمَقْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً يَقْرَأُ فِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ بَعْدَ الْمَغْرِبِ وَفِي الرَّكْعَتَيْنِ قَبْلَ الْفَجْرِ { قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ } وَ { قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ } .
Grade: Hasan (al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan an-Nasa’i 992
[44] Uqbah Bin Aamir that The Prophet (Sallallahu Alaihi wa Sallam) ordered him to recite the three last Surah of the Qur’an after every prayer.
Grade: Sahih (al-Albani and al-Arnaut) | Reference: Musnad Ahmad | Sources: Hadith about reading the last three Surahs 112-114, Reciting the Last Three Surahs After Salah – Hadith Answers
[45] Narrated ‘Aisha: Whenever the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) went to bed every night, he used to cup his hands together and blow over it after reciting Surat Al-Ikhlas, Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas, and then rub his hands over whatever parts of his body he was able to rub, starting with his head, face and front of his body. He used to do that three times.
حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا الْمُفَضَّلُ، عَنْ عُقَيْلٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عُرْوَةَ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ إِذَا أَوَى إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ كُلَّ لَيْلَةٍ جَمَعَ كَفَّيْهِ ثُمَّ نَفَثَ فِيهِمَا فَقَرَأَ فِيهِمَا {قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ} وَ{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ} وَ{قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ} ثُمَّ يَمْسَحُ بِهِمَا مَا اسْتَطَاعَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَبْدَأُ بِهِمَا عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَوَجْهِهِ وَمَا أَقْبَلَ مِنْ جَسَدِهِ يَفْعَلُ ذَلِكَ ثَلاَثَ مَرَّاتٍ.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5017
[46] ‘Abdullah bin Khubaibؓ reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to me, “Recite Surat Al-Ikhlas and Al- Mu’awwidhatain (Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas) three times at dawn and dusk. It will suffice you in all respects.” [Abu Dawud and At-Tirmidhi].
وعن عبد الله بن خُبيب -بضم الخاء المعجمة- رضي الله عنه قال: قال لي رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: “اقرأ: قل هو الله أحد، والمعوذتين حين تمسي وحين تصبح، ثلاث مرات، تكفيك من كل شيء”. رواه أبو داود والترمذي وقال حديث حسن صحيح .
Reference: Riyad as-Salihin 1456
[47] Umm Talib, 9 Lessons from Surah Hujurat, Source: 9 Lessons from Surah Hujurat – Qur’an – IslamicTeachings.org
[48] Umm Amin, 5 Lessons from Surah Yusuf, Source: 5 Lessons from Surah Yusuf – IslamOnline
[49] Raiiq Ridwan, 4 Lessons from 4 Stories in Chapter Al-Kahf, Source: 4 Lessons from 4 Stories in Chapter Al-Kahf | About Islam
[51] Philips, Dr. Bilal. Usool at-Tafseer The Methodology Of Qur’anic Interpretation. Darussalam, 1997. Pages: 17-25
[53] Narrated Abu Sa`id Al-Khudri: I heard Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) saying, “There will appear some people among you whose prayer will make you look down upon yours, and whose fasting will make you look down upon yours, but they will recite the Qur’an which will not exceed their throats (they will not act on it) and they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon the archer would examine the arrowhead but see nothing, and look at the unfeathered arrow but see nothing, and look at the arrow feathers but see nothing, and finally he suspects to find something in the lower part of the arrow.”
حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ، عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ إِبْرَاهِيمَ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ التَّيْمِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ أَنَّهُ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ “ يَخْرُجُ فِيكُمْ قَوْمٌ تَحْقِرُونَ صَلاَتَكُمْ مَعَ صَلاَتِهِمْ، وَصِيَامَكُمْ مَعَ صِيَامِهِمْ، وَعَمَلَكُمْ مَعَ عَمَلِهِمْ، وَيَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لاَ يُجَاوِزُ حَنَاجِرَهُمْ، يَمْرُقُونَ مِنَ الدِّينَ كَمَا يَمْرُقُ السَّهْمُ مِنَ الرَّمِيَّةِ، يَنْظُرُ فِي النَّصْلِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا، وَيَنْظُرُ فِي الْقِدْحِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا، وَيَنْظُرُ فِي الرِّيشِ فَلاَ يَرَى شَيْئًا، وَيَتَمَارَى فِي الْفُوقِ ”.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5058
[54] Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to me, “Recite the whole Qur’an in one month’s time.” I said, “But I have power (to do more than that).” Allah’s Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Then finish the recitation of the Qur’an in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period.”
حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ـ قَالَ وَأَحْسِبُنِي قَالَ ـ سَمِعْتُ أَنَا مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ” اقْرَإِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍ ”. قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَجِدُ قُوَّةً حَتَّى قَالَ ” فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ وَلاَ تَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ”.
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5054
[55] Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Amr: that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “He who recites the Qur’an in less than three (days), he does not understand it.”
حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ “ لَمْ يَفْقَهْ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ ” . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ . حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ .
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2949
[56] Yahya related to me from Malik that he had heard that it took Abdullah ibn Umar eight years to learn Surat al-Baqara. (Sura 2)
وَحَدَّثَنِي عَنْ مَالِكٍ، أَنَّهُ بَلَغَهُ أَنَّ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ عُمَرَ، مَكَثَ عَلَى سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ ثَمَانِيَ سِنِينَ يَتَعَلَّمُهَا .
Reference: Muwatta MAlik Book 15, Hadith 12
[59] Narrated ‘Umar bin Al-Khattab: I heard Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) saying, “The reward of deeds depends upon the intentions and every person will get the reward according to what he has intended. So whoever emigrated for worldly benefits or for a woman to marry, his emigration was for what he emigrated for.”
حَدَّثَنَا الْحُمَيْدِيُّ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ الزُّبَيْرِ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ ، قَالَ : حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ الْأَنْصَارِيُّ ، قَالَ : أَخْبَرَنِي مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ التَّيْمِيُّ ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ عَلْقَمَةَ بْنَ وَقَّاصٍ اللَّيْثِيَّ ، يَقُولُ : سَمِعْتُ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ عَلَى الْمِنْبَرِ، قَالَ : سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، يَقُولُ : ” إِنَّمَا الْأَعْمَالُ بِالنِّيَّاتِ، وَإِنَّمَا لِكُلِّ امْرِئٍ مَا نَوَى، فَمَنْ كَانَتْ هِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى دُنْيَا يُصِيبُهَا أَوْ إِلَى امْرَأَةٍ يَنْكِحُهَا، فَهِجْرَتُهُ إِلَى مَا هَاجَرَ إِلَيْهِ “
Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1
[64] Source: Source: Dr. Mir, Aneesuddin. Attributes of Allah Know Your Creator. Hyderabad, Islamic Academy of Sciences, 1995. Pages: 154-155
[65] Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There is no Muslim who calls upon Allah, without sin or cutting family ties, but that Allah will give him one of three answers: He will quickly fulfill his supplication, He will store it for him in the Hereafter, or He will divert an evil from him similar to it.” They said, “In that case we will ask for more.” The Prophet said, “Allah has even more.”[Ahmad Musnad, 3:18; al-Hakim, Mustadrak, 1:463, where he declared the chain to be authentic. Grade: Sahih]
عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ مَا مِنْ مُسْلِمٍ يَدْعُو بِدَعْوَةٍ لَيْسَ فِيهَا إِثْمٌ وَلَا قَطِيعَةُ رَحِمٍ إِلَّا أَعْطَاهُ اللَّهُ بِهَا إِحْدَى ثَلَاثٍ إِمَّا أَنْ تُعَجَّلَ لَهُ دَعْوَتُهُ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَدَّخِرَهَا لَهُ فِي الْآخِرَةِ وَإِمَّا أَنْ يَصْرِفَ عَنْهُ مِنْ السُّوءِ مِثْلَهَا قَالُوا إِذًا نُكْثِرُ قَالَ اللَّهُ أَكْثَرُ – مسند أحمد 11133
المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح في تخريج مشكاة المصابيح 2199
Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to al-Albani | Reference: Musnad Aḥmad 11133 and Mishkat al-Masabih 2199
[66] Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: “Indeed Allah Most High says: ‘I am as My slave thinks of Me, and I am with him when He calls upon Me.'”
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ بُرْقَانَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ الأَصَمِّ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم “ إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَقُولُ أَنَا عِنْدَ ظَنِّ عَبْدِي فِيَّ وَأَنَا مَعَهُ إِذَا دَعَانِي ” . قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ .
Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2388