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SURAH AL-IKHLAS
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1/3rd of the Qur’an
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Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri رضي الله عنه:
A man heard another man reciting (Surat-Al-Ikhlas) ‘Say He is Allah, (the) One.’ (112:1) again and again. The next morning he came to Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) and informed him about it as if he thought that it was not enough to recite. On that Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) said, “By Him in Whose Hand my life is, this Surah is equal to one-third of the Qur’an!”
[Sahih al-Bukhari 5013]
Narrated Abu Said Al-Khudri رضي الله عنه: My brother, Qatada bin An-Nau’man said:
“A man performed the night prayer late at night in the lifetime of the Prophet (ﷺ) and he read: ‘Say: He is Allah, (the) One,’ (112:1) and read nothing besides that. The next morning the man went to the Prophet (ﷺ) and told him about that thinking that perhaps he was not doing enough.. (The Prophet ﷺ replied the same as in Hadith 5013 above.)
[Sahih al-Bukhari 5014]
Abu Saeed al-Khudri رضي الله عنه said: The Prophet (ﷺ) said to his Companions:
Could any one of you not recite one third of the Quraan in one night? They found the idea too difficult, and said, Who among us could do that, O Messenger of Allaah? He said, Qul Huwa Allaahul-ahad, Allahu samad [i.e., Soorat al-Ikhlaas] is one third of the Quraan.
[Reported by al-Bukhaari 5015]
Narrated from Abu’l-Dardaa’ رضي الله عنه that the Prophet (ﷺ) said:
“Is any one of you unable to recite one-third of the Qur’aan in one night?” They said, “How could anyone read one-third of the Qur’aan?” He said, “Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’aan.”
[Sahih Muslim 812]
Narrated that Abu Hurayrah said: The Messenger of Allaah (ﷺ) said:
“Gather together, for I will recite to you one-third of the Qur’aan.” So those who could gather together gathered there, then the Prophet of Allaah (ﷺ) came out and recited Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad, then he went in. They said to one another, Perhaps there has been some news from heaven on account of which he has gone inside (the house). Then the Prophet of Allaah (ﷺ) came out and said, “I told you that I was going to recite to you one-third of the Qur’aan. Verily it is equivalent to one-third of the Qur’aan.”
[Sahih Muslim 813]
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Shaykh Salih Al-Munajjid says: “The bounty of Allaah is immense, and Allaah has bestowed His bounty upon this ummah and has made up for its short life span by giving it more reward for simple deeds. It is strange that with some people, instead of this motivating them to do more good, this makes them apathetic and lazy in doing acts of worship, or they feel that this bounty and reward is strange and farfetched.
Reciting Qul Huwa Allaahu Ahad brings a reward equivalent to reciting one-third of the Qur’aan, but it does not take the place of reading one-third of the Qur’aan.”
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