Question

What is the authenticity of the following narration?

He who recites Surah Takathur, Allah will not account the bounties he was given in the world and He will award him such a reward as if he had recited one thousand verses [of the Quran].

 

Answer

This narration is part of the lengthy fabricated Hadith which mentions the virtue of reciting the various Surahs of the Quran. The Muhaddithun have declared this narration a fabrication. The Hadith is not suitable to quote.

(Tafsir Zamakhshari, end of Surah Takathur, vol. 4, pg. 282, Al Kafish Shaf, pg. 324, Hadith: 1339)

However, in a suitable Hadith, Nabi (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) has equated the recitation of Surah Takathur to a thousand verses. See here

 

And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.

Answered by: Mawlana Suhail Motala

Approved by: Mawlana Muhammad Abasoomar

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التخريج من المصادر العربية

تفسير الزمخشري = الكشاف: (٤/ ٢٨٢)
عن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: «من قرأ ألهاكم التكاثر لم يحاسبه الله بالنعيم الذي أنعم به عليه في دار الدنيا، وأعطى من الأجر كأنما قرأ ألف آية».

الكافي الشاف في تخريج أحاديث الكشاف: (ص: ٣٢٤)
(١٣٣٩) – حديث: «من قرأ ألهاكم» المذكورون كما تقدم .