The ruling on reciting Surat al-Kahf on Friday and the weakness of its evidence
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people have come out in these days saying that reciting Surat al-Kahf is not among the recommended practices (sunnah) of Friday, and that the evidence for it is not authentic, but rather weak. He asks: What is your opinion of this statement?
Answer:
You know that a hadith, even if it is weak, is acted upon in encouraging good and warning against evil, but it is not acted upon in establishing rulings of what is lawful and what is forbidden; rather, it is acted upon only in encouraging good and warning against evil.
Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success. A questioner says: Some people have come out in these days saying that reciting Surat al-Kahf is not among the recommended practices (sunnah) of Friday, and that the evidence for it is not authentic, but rather weak. He asks: What is your opinion of this statement?
Answer:
You know that a hadith, even if it is weak, is acted upon in encouraging good and warning against evil, but it is not acted upon in establishing rulings of what is lawful and what is forbidden; rather, it is acted upon only in encouraging good and warning against evil.
Source
شرح إغاثة اللهفان من مصائد الشيطان لابن القيم، فصل وأما تسميته بالسمود — islamhouse.com (44:33)
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