Recite Surah Rahman After Fajr Salat

Here is a Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic) ḥadīth that says it is mustaḥabb (desirable) to recite Sūrah al-Raḥmān after Fajr prayers on Fridays. Also, this ḥadīth says that when you recite the verse that repeats in Sūrah al-Rahman, we should say “I do not deny any of Your bounties of my Lord” (لَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ آلَائِكَ رَبِّ أُكَذِّبُ).

al-Majlisī has graded this ḥadīth in al-Kāfī as Da`īf (weak)[1], this grading by al-Majlisī is wrong and inconsistent by al-Majlisī’s own standards. He has graded a ḥadīth with the same sanad (chain of narrators) as this ḥadīth as Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)[2]. This ḥadīth has also been narrated by al-Ṭūsī in his Tahdhīb al-Aḥkam, and al-Majlisī has graded this ḥadīth as Ṣaḥīḥ (Authentic)[3]. al-Ḥillī has graded this ḥadīth as Ṣaḥīḥ[4] as well.

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ أَبَا عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع يَقُولُ يُسْتَحَبُّ أَنْ تَقْرَأَ فِي دُبُرِ الْغَدَاةِ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ الرَّحْمَنَ كُلَّهَا ثُمَّ تَقُولَ كُلَّمَا قُلْتَ

al-Ḥussayn b. Muḥammad[5] from `Abd Allāh b. `Āmir[6] from `Alī b. Mahziyār[7] from Muḥammad b. Yaḥya[8] from Ḥammād b. `Uthmān[9] said, I heard Abā `Abd Allāh say, “It is mustahabb (desirable) to recite all of Sūrah al-Raḥmān after the morning prayer on the day of Jumu`ah, and when you say

﴿فَبِأَيِّ آلاءِ رَبِّكُما تُكَذِّبانِ﴾

(And which of my the bounties of your Lord do you deny?), you should say,

«لَا بِشَيْ‏ءٍ مِنْ آلَائِكَ رَبِّ أُكَذِّبُ»

(I do not deny any of Your bounties of my Lord)[10]

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[1] al-Majlisī, Mir’āt al-`Uqūl, vol. 15, pg. 370

[2] al-Majlisī, Mir’āt al-`Uqūl, vol. 13, pg. 78, The ḥadīth he has graded is from al-Kulaynī’s al-Kāfī, vol. 3, pg. 27, ḥadīth # 8:

الْحُسَيْنُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَامِرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ مَهْزِيَارَ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ يَحْيَى عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ قَالَ كُنْتُ قَاعِداً عِنْدَ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ع فَدَعَا بِمَاءٍ فَمَلَأَ بِهِ كَفَّهُ فَعَمَّ بِهِ وَجْهَهُ ثُمَّ مَلَأَ كَفَّهُ فَعَمَّ بِهِ يَدَهُ الْيُمْنَى ثُمَّ مَلَأَ كَفَّهُ فَعَمَّ بِهِ يَدَهُ الْيُسْرَى ثُمَّ مَسَحَ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ وَ رِجْلَيْهِ وَ قَالَ هَذَا وُضُوءُ مَنْ لَمْ يُحْدِثْ حَدَثاً يَعْنِي بِهِ التَّعَدِّيَ فِي الْوُضُوءِ

[3] al-Majlisī, Milādh al-Akhyār, vol. 4, pg. 351

[4] al-Ḥillī, al-Muntaha al-Muṭṭalib, vol. 5, pg. 472

[5] al-Ḥussayn b. Muḥammad b. `Imrān al-`Asharī al-Qummī is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 66, person # 156) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 52, person #24).

[6] `Abd Allāh b. `Āmir b. `Imrān al-`Asharī al-Qummī is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 218, person # 570) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 111, person #42).

[7] `Alī b. Mahziyār al-Ahwāzī is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 253-254, person # 664), al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 265-266, person # 379 & al-Ṭūsī, al-Rijāl, pg. 360, person # 5336) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 92-93, person #6).

[8] Muḥammad b. Yaḥya al-Khazzāz is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 359, person # 964) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 158, person # 120).

[9] Ḥammād b. `Uthmān al-Nāb is thiqah (trustworthy) according to al-Najāshī (See: al-Najāshī, al-Rijāl, pg. 142, person # 371), al-Ṭūsī (See: al-Ṭūsī, al-Fihrist, pg. 156, person # 240) and al-Ḥillī (See: al-Ḥillī’s al-Khulāṣah, pg. 56, person #3).

[10] al-Kulaynī, al-Kāfī, vol. 3, pg. 429, ḥadīth # 6; al-Ṭūsī, Tahdhīb al-Aḥkām, vol. 3, ch. 1, pg. 8, ḥadīth # 25

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