The Virtues of Surah Banī Isrā'īl and Surah al-Zumar in the Light of Authentic Aḥādīth❖ Adapted from the book “Sūrah aur Āyāt ke Faḍāʾil” by Shaykh Ghulām Muṣṭafā Ẓahīr Amnpūrī
✿ ➊ The Prophet ﷺ Would Not Sleep Without Reciting Them
Narrator: Sayyidah ʿĀʾishah رضي الله عنها
Arabic Text:
كَانَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَالزُّمَرَ
[Sunan al-Tirmidhī: 2920, ʿAmal al-Yawm wa al-Laylah by Ibn al-Sunnī: 678 – Chain is Ṣaḥīḥ]
Translation:
“The Prophet ﷺ would not sleep until he had recited Surah Banī Isrā'īl (al-Isrā’) and Surah al-Zumar.”
Imām al-Tirmidhī رحمه الله graded this ḥadīth as ḥasan gharīb.
Key Virtue
The continuous recitation of these two sūrahs before sleeping by the Prophet ﷺ is a clear indication of their special significance and spiritual value.
