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Summary:
Ibn Qūdamah said: It is recommend to recite Sūrah al-Kahf on Friday. (al-Mughnī 2/313)
Al-Nawawī said: “It is recommended to recite Sūrah al-Kahf on the day (of Friday). Al-Shāfī’i said in the book al-Umm: I recommend reciting it on Friday night [i.e. Thursday night according to the Gregorian calendar]. ” (Kitāb al-Adhkār pg. 226)
Q) What is the ruling on reciting Sūrah Al-Kahf on Friday during the day and night?
A) The recitation of Sūrah Al-Kahf on Friday is a recommended act and there is reward in it and there is no difference between a person reciting it from the Book, or by heart. (Fatāwā Nūr ‘alā Darb 2/5, Ibn ‘Uthaymīn)
Evidence:
Hadīth 1. The prophet (ﷺ) said:
من قرأ سورةَ ( الكهفِ ) في يومِ الجمعةِ أضاء له من النورِ ما بين الجمُعَتَين
Whoever recites Sūrah Al-Kahf on the day of Friday will be illuminated with a light between the two Fridays (From one Friday to the next).
(Al-Hākim #3432 – who declared it Sahīh. Also declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī in Sahīh Targhīb wa Tarhīb #736 and Sahīh al-Jāmi’ #6470 and Irwā 3/93)
Hadīth 2. Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī narrated:
مَن قرأَ سورةَ الكَهْفِ [يوم] / ليلةَ الجمعةِ، أضاءَ لَهُ منَ النُّورِ فيما بينَهُ وبينَ البَيتِ العَتيقِ
Whoever recites Sūrah Al-Kahf on the night [other narrations mention the day] of Friday, he will be illuminated with a light between him and the Ancient House (Makkah).
(Al-Dārimī #3434 – declared Sahīh by Al-Arnāūt. Targhīb wa Tarhīb #736, Sahīh al-Jāmi’ #6471 of Al-Albānī)
Irwā 3/94 – declared Sahīh by Al-Albānī and said that this narration takes the ruling of Marfū’ ;raised to the prophet (ﷺ) as it is something that cannot be said by (ones own) opinion.
Al-San’ānī said: “Al-Hāfidh Ibn Hajr said: It comes in a narration: “Day of Friday”, and in other narrations: “Night of Friday”, and the gathering between them means: the day with its night and night with its day.” (Tanwīr Sharh Jāmi’ al-Saghīr 10/351)
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