Revive a Sunnah

In the name of Allah

Revive a Sunnah: Reciting Surah Al-Mulk

The Virtues of Reciting Surah al-Mulk

The Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) said: “There is a soorah of the Qur’an, thirty verses long, which will intercede for a man until he is forgiven. It is the soorah [which begins with the words] ‘Tabaarak alladhi bi yadihi’l-mulk… (Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion…).’” ~~ Classed as hasan by Shaykh al-Albaani (rahimahullah) in Saheeh Sunan at-Tirmidhi.

Jaabir (radi Allahu anhu) narrated that the Prophet (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam) would not go to sleep until he had recited “Alif, Laam, Meem. [This is] the revelation of the Book” [Soorat as-Sajdah] and “Tabaarak alladhi bi yadihi’l-mulk… (Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion…)” [Soorat al-Mulk]. ~~ Classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani rahimahullah) in At-Tirmidhi.

An-Nasaa’i narrated that Ibn Mas‘ood (radi Allahu anhu) said: “Whoever recites ‘Tabaarak alladhi bi yadihi’l-mulk… (Blessed is He in whose hand is dominion…)’ [Soorat al-Mulk] every night, Allah will protect him [mana‘ahu] thereby from the punishment of the grave. At the time of the Messenger of Allah (sallaAllahu ‘alayhi wasallam), we used to call it al-maani‘ah (the protector). It is a soorah in the Book of Allah which, whoever recites it every night, he will have done a great deal and done well.” ~~ Classed as hasan by Shaykh al-Albaani (rahimahullah) in Saheeh at-Targheeb wa’t-Tarheeb.