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ahmad:15626 – Ḥasan > Ibn Lahīʿah > Zabbān > Sahl b. Muʿādh from his father

[Machine] "On the authority of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ , he said: Whoever recites the first verse and the last verse of Surah Al-Kahf, it will be a light for him from his feet to his head, and whoever recites the entire Surah, it will be a light for him from the sky to the earth."  

أحمد:١٥٦٢٦ – حَدَّثَنَا حَسَنٌ حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ حَدَّثَنَا زَبَّانُ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنْ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ أَنَّهُ قَالَ مَنْ قَرَأَ أَوَّلَ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ وَآخِرَهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا مِنْ قَدَمِهِ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ وَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا كُلَّهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَاءِ إِلَى الْأَرْضِ  

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tabarani:17641 – ʿAbdullāh b. Wuhayb al-Ghazzī > Muḥammad b. Abū al-Sarī > Rishdīn > Zabbān b. Fāyid > Sahl b. Muʿādh b. Anas from his father

[Machine] On the authority of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ , he said, "Whoever recites the first Surah Al-Kahf and its last will have a light from his feet to his head, and whoever recites the entire Surah, it will be a light from his feet to his head, from the earth to the sky."  

الطبراني:١٧٦٤١ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ وُهَيْبٍ الْغَزِّيُّ ثنا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَبِي السَّرِيِّ ثنا رِشْدِينُ عَنْ زَبَّانَ بْنِ فَايِدٍ عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذِ بْنِ أَنَسٍ عَنْ أَبِيهِ

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ قَرَأَ أَوَّلَ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ وَآخِرَهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا مِنْ قَدَمِهِ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ وَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا كُلَّهَا كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا مِنْ قَدَمِهِ إِلَى رَأْسِهِ مِنَ الْأَرْضِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ»  

suyuti:22786a –
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السيوطي:٢٢٧٨٦a –

"مَنْ قَرَأَ أَوَّلَ سُورَةِ الكَهْفِ وآخِرَهَا كَانَت لَهُ نُورًا مَا بَينَ الأَرْضِ إِلَى السَّمَاءِ".  

[حم] أحمد [طب] الطبرانى في الكبير وابن السني، وابن مردويه عن معاذ بن أَنس