Is Soorah Ikhlaas The Same (In Reward) As Reciting The Whole Quraan?

[TheAuthenticBase]

Regarding Soorah Ikhlaas, Ibn ‘Uthaymeen says:

“If he recites it three times, it is as if he has recited the whole Quraan, but he is not rewarded with the same reward as if he did actually read the entire Quraan.

It is not strange that something could be equivalent to something else yet not be rewarded with the same reward, nor takes its place.

Another example is the statement of the Prophet (saw) when he said that whoever says:

“Laa ilaaha illAllaahu wahdahu laa shareeka lahu, lahul0mulku wa lahul-hamdu, wa huwa ‘alaa kulli shayin qadeer.“

[Translated as: "None has te right to be worshipped except Allaah alone with no partner. To Him belongs the kingdom, and all praise is His, and He is capable of anything."]

“…then it is as if he has freed four slaves from the lineage of Ismaa’eel or the sons of Ismaa’eel.” [Saheeh Muslim]​

Even with this, if a person had a legal obligation to free a slave as an expiation for some sin he had committed and then he were to say this, this would not take the place of and fulfill his obligation of actually freeing a slave.

So just because something may be equal to another in some way, that does not necessarily mean it completely takes its place and its same reward.”​

[Taken from "Usool At-Tafseer" of Ibn 'Uthaymeen, Pp. 186-187]

http://ibnuthaymeen.wordpress.com/2...-same-in-reward-as-reciting-the-whole-quraan/

 

[Aisya al-Humaira]

Assalamu'alaykum wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh,

Narrated by Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri radiyyallaahu anhu:

A man heard another man reciting: "Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allaah, (the) One." (112:1) And he recited it repeatedly. When it was morning, he went to the Prophet :saw2: and informed him about that as if he considered that the recitation of that Sura by itself was not enough. Allah's Messenger :saw2: said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, it is equal to one-third of the Quran."

[Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol 9, Hadith No 471]

Narrated by A'isha radiyyallaahu anha: The Prophet :saw2: sent (an army unit) under the command of a man who used to lead his companions in the prayers and would finish his recitation with (the Surah 112): "Say (O Muhammad): "He is Allah, (the) One." (112:1).

When they returned (from the battle), they mentioned that to the Prophet :saw2:. He said (to them), "Ask him why he does so." They asked him and he said, "I do so because it mentions the qualities of The Most Beneficent and I love to recite it (in my prayer)." The Prophet :saw2: said (to them).
"Tell him that Allah loves him."

[Sahih Al-Bukhari, Vol 9, Hadith No 472]

 

[Seeking Allah's Mercy]

Asalamo'Alaykum Wa Rahmatullahi Wa Barakaatuh,

JazaakAllaahu khayraa for the explaination.

One of the Ansaar used to lead them in the mosque of Qubaa', and everytime he recited a soorah [1] for them, he would begin with "Say: He is Allaah, the One and Only. . .[soorah Al Ikhlas 112] until the end, and then recite another soorah with it, and he would do this in every rak'ah. Because of this, his people spoke to him, saying: "You begin with this soorah, and then you do not regard it as enough until you recite another one,you should either recite it (only) or leave it and recite another one. He said: " I will not leave it: if you do not mind me leading you with it, I shall carry on, but if you do not like it, I shall leave you." They knew he was one of their best, and they didn't like to be led by anyone else, so when the Prophet of Allaah came to them, they told him the story. He said: "O so-and-so what stops you from doing what your people ask you to? What makes you recite this soorah in every rak'ah? He said: " I love this soorah". He said: " Your love for it will enter you into the Garden."

Bukhaari as ta'leeq & Tirmidhi as mawsool, and he declared it saheeh

 

[strive-may-i]

Recite Sura-Ikhlaas with Ikhlaas

:salam2:

Yes!

"Recite Sura-Ikhlaas with Ikhlaas" is a popular saying [translated]. The hadees source for that popular saying, is in post 3 above.


There are many hadees narrations, and sermons about how some Surat, when recited the right way, have great benefits... Thats what Imaan is all about. It does not come easy, needs a rock solid Imaan.

May Almighty grant us just enough to make it to Jannah.... Ameen!

 

[finding light]

:salam2:

JazakAllah Khayr for the useful post. But I dont fully understand. If not in reward than in which way it is equal?

 

[TheAuthenticBase]

:salam2:

JazakAllah Khayr for the useful post. But I dont fully understand. If not in reward than in which way it is equal?

the Prophet (saw) said that soorah ikhlaas is equal to one third of the quraan. reason being is that the Quraan consists of three broad subjects:

1) dealing with Allaah,
2) dealing with the ahkaam (rulings)
3) dealing with ...

so as for soorah ikhlaas, it is a summary of number 1. Hence why it is equal to one third of the quraan.