Question

Is this Hadith authentic?

Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:

“Whoever recites Surah Kahf on Friday, a light will shine from his feet to the clouds which will shine on the day of Qiyamah and he will be be forgiven for the [minor] sins committed between the two Fridays.”

 

Answer

This narration is recorded in Tafsir Abu Bakr ibn Marduyah on the authority of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma). ‘Allamah Mundhiri (rahimahullah) has graded the chain sound (bi isnadin la ba-sa bihi).

(Tafsir Ibn Marduyah; Refer: Targhib, vol. 1, pg. 513)

However, ‘Allamah Ibn Kathir (rahimahullah) has expressed reservation in this being a Hadith of Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam). He has graded the chain “gharib” and states that this is better quoted as the statement of Sayyiduna ‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radiyallahu ‘anhuma).

(Tafsir Ibn Kathir, beginning of Surah Kahf)

Also see here.

 

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Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

Checked by: Mawlana Haroon Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

الترغيب والترهيب: (١/ ٥١٣)
وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «من قرأ سورة الكهف في يوم الجمعة سطع له نور من تحت قدمه إلى عنان السماء يضئ له يوم القيامة وغفر له ما بين الجمعتين».
رواه أبو بكر بن مردويه في تفسيره بإسناد لا بأس به.
تفسير ابن كثير (بداية سورة الكهف): وروى الحافظ أبو بكر بن مردويه [في تفسيره] بإسناد له غريب، عن خالد بن سعيد بن أبي مريم، عن نافع، عن ابن عمر قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «من قرأ سورة الكهف في يوم الجمعة، سطع له نور من تحت قدمه إلى عنان السماء، يضيء له يوم القيامة، وغفر له ما بين الجمعتين».
وهذا الحديث في رفعه نظر، وأحسن أحواله الوقف.


Moulana Suhail Motala


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