Friday, July 27, 2012

Recite Surah Rahman After Fajr Salat

Here is a Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) ḥadīth that says it is mustaḥabb (desirable) to recite Sūrah al-Raḥmān after Fajr prayers on Fridays. Also, this ḥadīth says that when you recite the verse that repeats in Sūrah al-Rahman, we should say “I do not deny any of Your bounties of my Lord” (لَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ آلَائِكَ رَبِّ أُكَذِّبُ).

al-Majlisī has graded this ḥadīth in al-Kāfī as Da`īf (weak)[1], this grading by al-Majlisī is wrong and inconsistent by al-Majlisī’s own standards. He has graded a ḥadīth with the same sanad (chain of narrators) as this ḥadīth as Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)[2]. This ḥadīth has also been narrated by al-Ṭūsī in his Tahdhīb al-Aḥkam, and al-Majlisī has graded this ḥadīth as Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)[3]. al-Ḥillī has graded this ḥadīth as Ṣaḥīḥ[4] as well.

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ فِي دُبُرِ الْغَدَاةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ الرَّحْمَنَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ تَقُولَ كُلَّمَا قُلْتَ
al-Ḥussayn b. Muḥammad[5] from `Abd Allāh b. `Āmir[6] from `Alī b. Mahziyār[7] from Muḥammad b. Yaḥya[8] from Ḥammād b. `Uthmān[9] said, I heard Abā `Abd Allāh say, “It is mustahabb (desirable) to recite all of Sūrah al-Raḥmān after the morning prayer on the day of Jumu`ah, and when you say

﴿فَبِأَيِّ آلاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ
(And which of my the bounties of your Lord do you deny?), you should say,

«لَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ آلَائِكَ رَبِّ أُكَذِّبُ»
(I do not deny any of Your bounties of my Lord)[10]



[1] al-Majlisī, Mir’āt al-`Uqūl, vol. 15, pg. 370
[2] al-Majlisī, Mir’āt al-`Uqūl, vol. 13, pg. 78, The ḥadīth he has graded is from al-Kulaynī’s al-Kāfī, vol. 3, pg. 27, ḥadīth # 8:
الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَاعِداً عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَمَلَأَ بِهِ كَفَّهُ فَعَمَّ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ ثُمَّ مَلَأَ كَفَّهُ فَعَمَّ بِهِ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ مَلَأَ كَفَّهُ فَعَمَّ بِهِ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ مَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ حَدَثاً يَعْنِي بِهِ التَّعَدِّيَ فِي الْوُضُوءِ
[3] al-Majlisī, Milādh al-Akhyār, vol. 4, pg. 351
[4] al-Ḥillī, al-Muntaha al-Muṭṭalib, vol. 5, pg. 472
[5] al-Ḥussayn b. Muḥammad b. `Imrān al-`Asharī al-Qummī is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 66, person # 156) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 52, person #24).
[6] `Abd Allāh b. `Āmir b. `Imrān al-`Asharī al-Qummī is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 218, person # 570) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 111, person #42).
[7] `Alī b. Mahziyār al-Ahwāzī is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 253-254, person # 664), al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 265-266, person # 379 & al-Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, pg. 360, person # 5336) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 92-93, person #6).
[8] Muḥammad b. Yaḥya al-Khazzāz is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 359, person # 964) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 158, person # 120).
[9] Ḥammād b. `Uthmān al-Nāb is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 142, person # 371), al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 156, person # 240) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 56, person #3).
[10] al-Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 3, pg. 429, ḥadīth # 6; al-Ṭūsī, Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām, vol. 3, ch. 1, pg. 8, ḥadīth # 25

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7 comments:

  1. Assalam:

    Alhamdulilah I have been doing this since reading the book fawaid e Quran.


    Now in that book it mentions the desirability of reading sura Rahman on Friday after fajr but it slao states that, in general, when one recites surah Rahman, they should recite surah hashr right after.

    Can u investigate this plz?


    Shukran

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  2. Assalam:

    Same brother as above.

    Since we are on this topic, can u also investigate the claim regarding for the other days of the week, it is desirable to read surah Yaseen after fajr?

    how bout the recitation of sura insaan/dahr after fajr on Thursdays?


    thanks.

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  3. Assalaamu `Alaykum,

    I will analyze these aHaadeeth. I will say this though, a lot of our hadeeth regarding the thawaab of reciting certain Surahs goes through a liar, `Alee b. Hassaaan.

    Wa `Alaykum Assalaam

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  4. Assalam:

    got one more question for u brother,

    in fawaid e quran, it also mentions that one should recite surah Nuh whenever one recites quran...what do u say about this? I beleieve its a hadeeth from our 6th Imam (as).

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  5. This hadīth that you are speaking of is from al-Sadūq's Thawāb al-`Amāl, Kitaab Thawāb al-Qirā'āt, Chapter on Surah Nūh. The Hadith says: "Anyone who believes in Allah and recites his book, should not leave from reciting Surah Nūh..."

    This Hadith is da`īf for there are many issues in the chain.

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    1. Thanks!

      Did u get a chance to look at the other stuff?

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