Is this a hadith: “Shall I not direct you to a word that will save you from shirk (associating partners with Allah)? Recite: Say, O you disbelievers, when you go to sleep”? And what is its authenticity?

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The questioner : Is this a hadith:

Shall I not direct you to a word that will save you from shirk (associating partners with Allah)? Recite: Say, O you disbelievers, when you go to sleep

ألا أدلكم على كلمة تنجيكم من الشرك تقرؤون : قل يأيها الكافرون عند منامكم

What is the authenticity of this hadith?

The Shaykh : This hadith is not authentic. It is not established that it is recommended to recite:

Say: O you disbelievers!

قل يا أيها الكافرون

when going to sleep. However, the fact that this surah is a declaration of pure monotheism is correct, for it contains the negation of worshipping other than Allah and the negation of worshipping in any manner other than what Allah has prescribed. Allah the Exalted said:

⁽¹⁾ Say, "O disbelievers, ⁽²⁾ I do not worship what you worship. ⁽³⁾ Nor are you worshippers of what I worship. ⁽⁴⁾ Nor will I be a worshipper of what you worship. ⁽⁵⁾ Nor will you be worshippers of what I worship. ⁽⁶⁾ For you is your religion, and for me is my religion."

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ * لا أَعْبُدُ مَا تَعْبُدُونَ * وَلا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ * وَلا أَنَا عَابِدٌ مَا عَبَدتُّمْ * وَلا أَنْتُمْ عَابِدُونَ مَا أَعْبُدُ * لَكُمْ دِينُكُمْ وَلِيَ دِينِ

[Al-Kafirun 109:1-6]

In this verse is the disavowal of shirk (associating partners with Allah) and its people, and this is pure tawhid (the oneness of Allah). For this reason, this surah is called, along with the surah:

Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

[Al-Ikhlas 112:1]

, the two surahs of pure monotheism, because in this surah:

Say: O you disbelievers!

قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ

there is the purity of worship, and in:

Say, "He is Allah, [who is] One,

قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ

[Al-Ikhlas 112:1]

there is the purity of the One worshipped.

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