The virtue of reciting Surat al-Kahf on Friday
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The questioner:
The questioner says: Are the following hadiths authentic or not? They are: that whoever recites Surat al-Kahf will have light, that whoever recites Surat al-Mulk will have the punishment lightened for him, and that whoever recites al-Waqi'ah, Allah will protect him from poverty?
The Shaykh:
Mishkat al-Masabih 2175 A weak hadith was reported regarding it, stating that it will be for him a light between the heavens and the earth, and that this is on the day of Friday. A hadith was reported regarding it, but it is weak.
The questioner:
And whoever recites Surat al-Mulk, the punishment will be lightened for him.
The Shaykh:
This was reported, yes. That Surat al-Mulk, which has twenty verses, interceded for its owner, or for the one who recited it, to lighten the punishment of the grave. Yes.
The questioner:
And whoever recites al-Waqi'ah, Allah will protect him from poverty.
The Shaykh:
It was reported in this athar that reciting al-Waqi'ah contains protection from poverty. Yes.
The questioner says: Are the following hadiths authentic or not? They are: that whoever recites Surat al-Kahf will have light, that whoever recites Surat al-Mulk will have the punishment lightened for him, and that whoever recites al-Waqi'ah, Allah will protect him from poverty?
The Shaykh:
If anyone recites sūra al-Kahf
من قرأ سورة الكهفThe questioner:
And whoever recites Surat al-Mulk, the punishment will be lightened for him.
The Shaykh:
This was reported, yes. That Surat al-Mulk, which has twenty verses, interceded for its owner, or for the one who recited it, to lighten the punishment of the grave. Yes.
The questioner:
And whoever recites al-Waqi'ah, Allah will protect him from poverty.
The Shaykh:
It was reported in this athar that reciting al-Waqi'ah contains protection from poverty. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 5791- فضل قراءة سورة الكهف يوم الجمعة - الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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