Surahs to recite on Friday

1. Surah Al-Kahf (18)

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   What the Sunnah reports

   Good (hasan) Mishkat al-Masabih 2175

   Abū Sa'id reported the Prophet as saying, “If anyone recites sūra al-Kahf (Qur’ān, 18) on Friday, light will shine brightly for him till the next Friday.” Baihaqī transmitted it in [Kitāb] al-Da‘awāt al-kabir.

   وَعَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ: «من قَرَأَ سُورَة الْكَهْف فِي يَوْم الْجُمُعَة أَضَاء لَهُ النُّور مَا بَيْنَ الْجُمْعَتَيْنِ» . رَوَاهُ…

   Narrated by Abu Sa‘īd al-Khudri

2. Surah As-Sajdah (32) · Surah Al-Insan (76)

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   What the Sunnah reports

   Authentic Sahih Muslim 879a

   The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite two Sūrahs to read in the Fajr prayer on Friday: Sūrat As-Sajdah and Sūrat al-Insān.

   Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) used to recite two Sūrahs to read in the Fajr prayer on Friday: Sūrat As-Sajdah and Sūrat al-Insān.

   يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ‏‏{‏ الم * تَنْزِيلُ‏}‏ السَّجْدَةُ وَ ‏‏{‏ هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ حِينٌ مِنَ الدَّهْرِ‏}‏ وَأَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَقْرَأُ فِي صَلاَةِ…

   Narrated by Ibn ‘Abbās + 14 other versions Explained

   Authentic Muttafaq ‘alayh (Bukhari and Muslim) Sahih al-Bukhari 891

   The Prophet (ﷺ) used to recite the following in the Fajr prayer of Friday, "Alif, Lam, Mim, Tanzil" (Suratas- Sajda #32) and "Hal-ata-ala-l-Insani" (i.e. Surah-Ad-Dahr #76).

   يَقْرَأُ فِي الْجُمُعَةِ فِي صَلاَةِ الْفَجْرِ ‏‏{‏الم * تَنْزِيلُ‏}‏ السَّجْدَةَ وَ‏‏{‏هَلْ أَتَى عَلَى الإِنْسَانِ‏}‏

   Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 10 other versions

3. Surah Al-Jumu’ah (62) · Surah Al-Munafiqun (63)

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   What the Sunnah reports

   Authentic Sahih Muslim 877a

   Marwan appointed Abu Huraira as his deputy in Medina and he himself left for Mecca. Abu Huraira led us in the Jumu'a prayer and recited after Surah Jumu'a in the second rak'ah:" When the hypocrites came to thee" (Surah 63). I then met Abu Huraira as he came back and said to him: You have recited…

   يَقْرَأُ بِهِمَا يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ ‏

   Narrated by Abu Hurayrah + 6 other versions

4. Surah Al-A’la (87) · Surah Al-Ghashiyah (88)

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   What the Sunnah reports

   Authentic Sahih Muslim 878a

   " Glorify The name of Thy Lord, the Most High" (Surah lxxxvii.), and:" Has there come to thee the news of the overwhelming event" (lxxxviii.). And when the 'Id and Jumu'a combined on a day he recited these two (surah) in both the prayers.

   يَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِيدَيْنِ وَفِي الْجُمُعَةِ بِـ ‏‏{‏ سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الأَعْلَى‏}‏ وَ ‏‏{‏ هَلْ أَتَاكَ حَدِيثُ الْغَاشِيَةِ‏}‏ قَالَ وَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَ الْعِيدُ وَالْجُمُعَةُ فِي يَوْمٍ وَاحِدٍ يَقْرَأُ بِهِمَا…

   Narrated by An-Nu‘mān ibn Bashīr + 16 other versions

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