Tag Archives: Surahs

September, 2017

• 15 September

  Reciting Surah Falaq and Nas during inclement weather

  Question Is there any reference for reading Surah Falaq and Surah Nas when windy or during inclement weather?
• 14 September

  Reciting Surah Yasin ten times

  Question What is the status of this Hadith? Sayyiduna Anas (radiyallahu ‘anhu) reports that Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said, “Indeed for everything there is a heart, and the Quran’s heart is [Surah] Yasin. Whoever recites Yasin, then for its recitation, Allah writes for him that he recited the Quran ten times.” (Tirmidhi)

July, 2017

• 28 July

  Placing the hand on the head when reciting the last four verses of Surah Hashr

  Question How authentic is the following Hadith? أخبرنا أبو نعيم الحافظ، قال: حدثنا أبو الطيب محمد بن أحمد بن يوسف بن جعفر المقرئ البغدادي، قدم علينا قال: حدثنا إدريس بن عبد الكريم الحداد، قال: قرأت على خلف فلما بلغت هذه الآية، {لو أنزلنا هذا القرآن على جبل}، قال: ضع يدك على ر أسك، فإني قرأت على سليم فلما بلغت هذه …
• 25 July

  Is the practice of reciting Surah Al Qadr upon the soil of the grave authentic?

  Question There is a practice mentioned by the scholars which says recite Surah Al Qadr seven times on the grave soil. The soil is then buried with the janazah and the janazah will be released from the punishment of the grave . There are three narrations of this practice, is this suitable to practice? What is the authenticity of these …
• 13 July

  Clarification regarding the virtue of Surah Fath

  Question Are there any virtues for reciting Surah Fath every day? I did have a look at Shaykh Muhammad ‘Awwamah’s (may Allah protect him) footnotes on Tadribur Rawi (vol. 3 pg. 492) and other books, but I could not understand.

June, 2017

• 8 June

  An unreliable narration regarding reciting Surah Ikhlas on a Friday in Ramadan

  Question Is the following virtue authentic? Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whomsoever recites Surah Ikhlas one hundred (100) times on a Friday in Ramadan, it will be a guiding light for him into Jannah”

April, 2017

• 30 April

  Surah Baqarah is a blessing and protects one from those involved in witchcraft

  Question Is this authentic? “Recite Surah Al Baqarah, for [reciting it and practicing on it] is a blessing and abandoning it will be a cause of grief and regret, and [those involved in witchcraft] cannot confront it”
• 21 April

  Reciting Surahs Yasin and Saffat on Friday eve

  Question Could you verify the following Hadith? من قرأ يس والصافات ليلة الجمعة ثم سأل الله أعطاه سؤله Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “Whoever recites Surah Yasin and Saffat on the night of Jumu’ah, and then asks Allah, Allah will grant him his request”

March, 2017

• 21 March

  Surah Mulk protects from the punishment of the grave

  Question Can you provide the reference for this narration? One of the companions of Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) pitched a tent on a grave without knowing that it was a grave. Suddenly he heard a person from the grave reciting Surah Mulk till he completed it. The Companion went to Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) and said: ‘O Rasulullah! I …
• 4 March

  Reciting Surah Qadr thrice on Friday

  Question I want to know how authentic is the following statement? “Whoever recites Surah Qadr three times on Friday [before Jumu’ah] and three times after Jumu’ah, will receive as many good deeds for him as the number of people offering Jumu’ah Salah that day throughout the world.”

February, 2017

• 16 February

  An unauthentic virtue of reciting three verses of Surah An’am after Fajr

  Question Is the following narration authentic? من قرأ إذا صلى الغداة ثلاث آيات من أول سورة الأنعام إلى {ويعلم ما تكسبون} نزل إليه أربعون ألف ملك يكتب له مثل أعمالهم ونزل إليه ملك من فوق سبع سماوات ومعه مرزبة من حديد فإن أوحى الشيطان في قلبه شيئا من الشر ضربه ضربة حتى يكون بينه وبينه سبعون حجابا فإذا كان يوم …

January, 2017

• 20 January

  Translation of one part of a narration regarding the sequence of the Surahs of the Quran

  Question What is the meaning of ‘مما’ in the following Hadith? فقال عثمان: كان رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم مما يأتي عليه الزمان وهو ينزل عليه السور ذوات العدد

December, 2016

• 23 December

  A virtue of reciting Surah ikhlas one hundred times with wudu

  Question Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said: “The person who reads Surah Ikhlas 100 times with wudu, beginning with Surah Fatihah, will receive the following virtues: 1. Allah Ta’ala will record ten good deeds for every letter 2. Erase ten sins 3. Elevate ten stages 4. Build one hundred palaces in Jannah 5. On that particular day Allah Ta’ala will grant him …