QUESTION:
There are lots of Du’as and Surah’s in the Qur’an but I want to make it a habit of reciting daily, what should be read everyday?
ANSWER:
السلام عليكم ورحمة الله وبركاته
These are some of the chapters of the Qur’an which you can read:
Āyat al-Kursī
The beloved Prophet of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) has said, “Whoever recites Āyat al-Kursī immediately after each prescribed Prayer, there will be nothing standing between him and his entering Paradise except death.”
[al-Nasā’i]
Sūrah Yāsīn (36)
Sayyidunā Anas (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) said ‘Everything has a heart and the heart of the Qur’an is Yāsīn. Anyone who reads it, Allāh will write down for him ten readings of the Qur’an.”
[al-Tirmīdhī]
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) has said, “Whoever recited Sūrah Yāsīn in the night seeking Allāh’s pleasure, Allāh would forgive him.”
[Ibn Hibbān and al-Bayĥaqī]
Sūrah al-Dukhān (44)
Sayyidunā Abū Hurayrah (رضي الله عنه) narrated that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) said, “Whosoever recites Sūrah al-Dūkhān every night, seventy thousand angels will ask forgiveness for him.”
[al-Tirmīdhī]
Sūrah al-Wāqi’ah (56)
Sayyidunā Abdullāh ibn Mas’ūd (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) said, “Whoever recites al-Wāqi’ah at night would never encounter poverty.”
[al-Bayĥaqī]
Surah al Mulk (67)
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) said, “Sūrah al-Mulk is the protector from the torment of the grave.”
[al-Bukhārī and al-Ḣākim]
Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Abbās (رضي الله عنه) reported that the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) said, “It is my desire/love that Sūrah al-Mulk should be in the heart of every Muslim.”
[al-Ḣākim]
Sūrah al-Kāfirūn (109)
The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) has said, “Recite Sūrah al-Kāfirūn and then go to sleep after coming to its end, for it is a clearance from shirk (in other words, the person will die in the stat of Imān).”
[Abū Dā’ūd]
Sayyidunā ‘Abdullāh Ibn ‘Abbās and Sayyidunā Anas Ibn Mālik (rađiyAllāhu ánhumā) reported that the Beloved of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) said, “It (al-Kāfirūn) is equivalent to a quarter of the Qur’ān.”
[al-Tirmidhī]
Surah al Ikhlas (112)
The Prophet of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) has said, “Qul HuwAllāhu Aḣad” is equal to a third of the Qur’an and “Qul Yā Ayyuhal Kāfirūn” is equal to a fourth of the Qur’ān.”
[al-Tabarānī]
The beloved Messenger of Allāh (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) said, “Whoever recites (Qul HuwAllāhu Aḣad) ten times, Allāh will build for him a house in Paradise.”
[Musnad Ahmad]
Sūrah al-Falaq (113) and Sūrah al-Nās (114)
Sayyidah ‘Ā’isha (rađiyAllāhu ánhā) reported that whenever the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وآله وصحبه وسلم) became ill, he would recite Mu’awwādhat (Sūrah al-Falaq and Sūrah al-Nās) and then blow his breath over his (hands and would rub them over his) body. When he became seriously ill, I used to recite (these two Surahs) and rub his hands over his body hoping for its blessings.
[al-Bukhārī]
I will draw up a simple timetable for you (as a starter) to help you with Qur’anic Sūrats and Ad’iyyah (supplications) and Wadhāif (Litanies) to pray:
Before Fajr:
- Read the three Quls three times (Ikhlāṡ, Falaq and Nās)
- Read SubhanAllāhi Wa Bi Ḣamdihi 100 times
- Yā Wahhābu 7 times
After Fajr
- Āyat al-Kursi
- Tasbiḣ-e-Fātimah (33 SubhanAllāh, 33 Alhamdulillah and 34 Allahu Akbar)
- Yā ‘Azīzu Yā Allāh 100 times
- Sūrah Yāsīn
After Dhuhr
- Āyat al-Kursi
- Tasbiḣ-e-Fātimah (33 SubhanAllāh, 33 Alhamdulillah and 34 Allahu Akbar)
- Yā Karīmu Yā Allāh 100 times
After Asar
- Āyat al-Kursi
- Tasbiḣ-e-Fātimah (33 SubhanAllāh, 33 Alhamdulillah and 34 Allahu Akbar)
- Yā Jabbāru Yā Allāh 100 times
- Read the three Quls three times (Ikhlāṡ, Falaq and Nās)
After Maghrib
- Āyat al-Kursi
- Tasbiḣ-e-Fātimah (33 SubhanAllāh, 33 Alhamdulillah and 34 Allahu Akbar)
- Yā Sattāru Yā Allāh 100 times
After Isha
- Āyat al-Kursi
- Tasbiḣ-e-Fātimah (33 SubhanAllāh, 33 Alhamdulillah and 34 Allahu Akbar)
- Yā Ghaffaru Yā Allāh 100 times
- Sūrah al-Mulk
Before sleeping
- Surah Fātiha (4 times)
- Āyat al-Kursī
- 4 Quls (Blow on your hands and rub all over the body)
- 4th Kalima 4 times
- Astaghfirullah 10 times
- Durud Sharif 10 times
Anytime during the day
- Durūd Sharif at least 100 times
- Astaghfirullāh 100 times
- Lā Ilāha illAllāh 100 times
- Lā Hawla Wa Lā Quwwata illā Billāhil ‘Aliyyil Adhīm 100 times
Thursday Nights
- SallAllahu Alan Nabiyyil Ummiyyi Wa Ālihi (1000 times)
- Sūraah al-Dukhān
Fridays
- Sūrah al-Kahaf
- Durūd Sharif at least 500 times
This is a general schedule for very beginners. I hope this will suffice for now.
For more daily Wadhāif and Supplications read “Al-Wadhīfah Al-Karīmah” compiled and authored by Imām Ahmad Ridā Khān (رحمة الله عليه) and also if you have more time then start reading “Dalāil Al-Khayrāt” daily by Imām Al-Juzūli (رحمة الله عليه).
Allāh knows best.
Answered by Mawlana Mohamed Husein Qadri
