🖊️ There is a Hadith upon which very few act upon today. In fact, I believe this to be an abandoned Sunnah.
Asma bint Abi Bakr (رضي الله عنها) said:
مَنْ قَرَأَ بَعْدَ الْجُمُعَةِ فَاتِحَةَ الْكِتَابِ، وقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ، وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ، وَقُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ النَّاسِ حَفِظَ مَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْجُمُعَةِ.
Whoever recited Surah Al-Fatihah, Surah Al-Ikhlas, Surah Al-Falaq and Surah An-Nas after the Friday prayer, he will be protected from that Friday to the next Friday.
📚 Narrated by Ibn Abi Shaybah in “Al-Musannaf” (29602), and declared to be Hasan (Acceptable) by our Shaykh Zubair Marjalvi in his work “Surah Al-Fatihah: It’s Virtues, Peculiarites, Academic Benefits and Practical Benefits” (p. 5)
📝 Note: The Hadith is elevated to being Marfu, as Asma couldn’t speak about this affair unless if she learned it from the Prophet ﷺ, as her statement can’t be from Qiyas or Ijtihad.
I asked our Shaykh Zubair Marjalvi حفظه الله regarding this Hadith:
Many women do not attend the Friday prayer, so if they read these four Surahs after the Friday prayer ends, will they be included in the virtue mentioned in this Hadith?
The Shaykh said:
“Yes إن شاء الله, and it’ll be upon their intention. If a woman is menstruating for example; can we say she can’t remember Allah? No! So it is hoped that she will be included among those mentioned in the Hadith.”
(Translated by Ibn Badar As-Salafi, and taken from his Telegram Channel:
https://t.me/ibnbadar99books)
Update: I learnt that Shaikh Sa’ad Ash-Shitri Hafidhahullah has declared the Hadith below to be Sahih. (Thanks to Brother Ibn Badar As-Salafi.)
Saheehus-Seerah 