Protecting the Home by Recitation of the Qur'aan
Aboo Hurayrah رضى الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Do not make your homes like graveyards, indeed shaytaan avoids the home in which Sooratul-Baqarah is read.” [1]
Ibn Mas’ood رضى الله عنه narrated that the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Verily everything has a high point, and the highest point of the Qur’aan is Sooratul-Baqarah, and verily shaytaan, if he hears Sooratul-Baqarah recited, he leaves the house in which Sooratul-Baqarah is recited.” [2]
And the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Recite Sooratul-Baqarah in your homes, for indeed shaytaan does not enter a house in which Sooratul-Baqarah is recited in.” [3]
Aboo Mas’ood narrated that the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Whoever recites the two verses from the end of Sooratul-Baqarah in a night, they will suffice him.” [4]
‘Uqbah bin ‘Aamir narrated that the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Recite these two aayaat that are at the end of Sooratul-Baqarah, for indeed my Lord gave them to me from under the ‘Arsh.” [5]
And the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “(( Qul Huwal-llaahu Ahad )) and the Mu’awwidhatayn [Sooratul-Falaq and Sooratun-Naas] when you reach evening and when you reach the morning 3 times suffice you from everything.” [6]
Hafs bin Ghayaath al-Hanafee narrated that Aboo Hurayrah رضى الله عنه said: “Indeed the home becomes spacious for its inhabitants, and the Angels visit it and the shayaateen abandon it, and its goodness is increased if the Qur’aan is recited in it. And indeed the home becomes narrow and restricted upon its inhabitants, and the Angels abandon it and the shayaateen visit it, and its goodness is decreased if the Qur’aan is not recited in it.” [7]
Aayatul-Kursee
And the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said: “Whoever reads Aayatul-Kursee at the end of every obligatory salaah, nothing prevents him from entering Jannah except that he dies.” [8]
Aboo Hurayrah رضى الله عنه said: “The Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم ordered me to guard the Zakaah of Ramadaan, then somebody came to me and started stealing from the foodstuff. So I caught him and said, ‘I will take you to the Messenger of Allaah صلى الله عليه وسلم!’” Then he described the whole narration and said: “He (that person) said (to me), ‘When you go to your bed, recite Aayatul-Kursee [9], for then there will be a guard from Allaah who will protect you all night long, and shaytaan will not be able to come near you until you reach the morning." The Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم said (to me), "He told the truth, and he is a liar. That was shaytaan." [10]
[1] Muslim, at-Tirmidhee (#2877), Ahkaamul-Janaa’iz (p.212) of Shaykh al-Albaanee
[3] Declared hasan by Shaykh al-Albaanee. As-Saheehah (# 1521) * Note: What is intended, and Allaah knows best, is the actual recitation of the Qur'aan by the occupants themselves, not playing audio files (or cds, cassettes) in the home. {A.S.}
[5] as-Saheehah (#1482)
[6] Saheeh. Refer to Saheehul-Jaami’ (#4406) and al-Mishkaat (#2163)
[7] Ad-Daarimee (4/3310) – mawqoof on Aboo Hurayrah .
[8] Declared saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaanee. Refer to as-Saheehah (#972), al-Mishkaat (#974)
