1. Pls. must this be recited before going to bed or it can be done while praying Nafil in the night. Last part of the night.
Mu' meneen Brothers and Sisters,
As Salaam Aleikum wa Rahmatullahi wa
Barakatuh. (May Allah's Peace, Mercy and Blessings be upon all of you)
One of our brothers/sisters has asked
this question:
Salamu
alaykum,
He who
is Recitating Suratul Mulk in the night will be free from the troment of grave.
– Hadith
My
question is;
1.
Pls. must this be recited before going to bed or it can be done while praying
Nafil in the night. Last part of the night.
2. Is
it enough to recite the surah while praying Nafil or it has to be recited out
of Salat.
Need
more explanation as to the hadith and specifically the right time to do that.
Muassalam.
Usaini.
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Answer:
Recitation of surah mulk at night
In the name of Allah, We praise Him, seek His help and ask
for His forgiveness. Whoever Allah guides none can misguide, and whoever
He allows to fall astray, none can guide them aright. We bear witness that
there is none worthy of worship but Allah Alone, and we bear witness that
Muhammad (saws) is His slave-servant and the seal of His Messengers.
Al-Muwatta Hadith 15.19
Yahya related from Malik from Ibn Shihab that
Humayd ibn Abd ar-Rahman ibn Awf had told him that the Messenger of Allah
(saws) said that
Dear and beloved brother in Islam, to the best of our
knowledge we have not come across any narration in the authentic and
established Sunnah where the Messenger of Allah (saws) guided the believers to
recite the blessed Surah Al-Mulk only at nights! One may recite this blessed Surah anytime one
wills and pleases and avail of its merits and rewards, Insha Allah.
Sahih Al-Bukhari Hadith 6.536A Narrated by Aisha
Whenever the Prophet (saws) went to bed every
night, he used to cup his hands together and blow over it after reciting Surah
112 Al-Ikhlas, Surah 113 Al-Falaq and Surah 114 An-Naas, and then rub his hands
over whatever parts of his body he was able to reach, starting with his head,
face and the front of his body. He (saws) used to do that three times.
The Prophet (saws) once advised his beloved
daughter Fatimah (r.a.): "Say ‘Subhan-Allah’ thirty three times, ‘Al-hamdu-lillah’
thirty three times, and ‘Allahu Akbar’ thirty four times." He (saws) also commended the recitation of ‘Ayatal-Kursi’,
the verse of the Throne, Quran 2.255 along with the above glorifications,
and said that he who does so will be under the protection of Allah, Who will
assign a protector to protect him.
Amongst the general practice of the Messenger of Allah
(saws) when he (saws) retired to bed for the night would be to recite the last
three Surahs of the Quran thrice, praised, glorified and supplicated to the
Lord as much as Allah Willed, and recited the Verse of the Throne (Quran
2:255).
Your Statement: He
who is Recitating Suratul Mulk in the night will be free from the troment of
grave. – Hadith
Beloved Brother in Islam, in spite of our best efforts, we
were unable to locate this narration in any of the authentic and established
Books of Sunnah, nor did we find mention of this statement in any of the four
major schools of thought or ‘madhabs’.
If you could kindly give us the exact reference number or location of
the above statement, we would try to the best of our ability to verify its
authenticity, Insha Allah.
Whatever written of Truth and benefit is only due to
Allah’s Assistance and Guidance, and whatever of error is of me alone. Allah Alone Knows Best and He is the Only
Source of Strength.
Your brother and
well wisher in Islam,
Burhan