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The Benefits of Reciting Surah Yasin

JANUARY 19, 2012 BY EDITOR

Answered by Ustadh Salman Younas

Question: Would you kindly let us know the benefits and rewards of reciting and learning Surah

Yasin.

Answer: assalamu `alaykum

Thank you for your question.

There are many benefits and rewards related to the recitation of Surah Yasin.

Benefits of Reciting the Quran

Firstly, the mere fact that the recitation of Surah Yasin is recitation of the Quran makes applicable all the

texts that relate to the benefits and rewards of the Quran to the recitation of Surah Yasin. Among these

benefits are:

a. The saying of Allah Most High, Truly, it is through the remembrance of Allah that hearts find rest.

(13:28) It is through the recitation of the Quran that hearts come to rest and find intimiacy with theirCreator.

b. The saying of Allah Most High, He is the one who revealed unto his servant plain and clear verses in

order to remove you from folds of darknesses into light. (57:9) It is through the recitation of the Quran that

one is able to gain divinely-granted success by having oneself pulled from a state of heedlesness to a state

of realization and awareness.

c. The saying of Allah Most High, Do they not reflect upon the Quran, or are their locks on their hearts?(47:24) The Quran has the benefit of forcing one to reflect regarding all that is around him or her, gaining

thereby a greater appreciation of Allah and his creation.

d. Ibn Mas`ud narrated that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said,

Whosoever recites a single letter of the Quran has a reward, each reward being ten-fold the like thereof.

[Tirmidhi]

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e. Abu Umama narrated that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, Recite the Quran

for it will come on the Day of Resurrection as an intercessor for its companions. [Muslim]

f. Abu Sa`id al-Khudri narrates that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, Allah Most

High says, Whoever is busied by the recitation of the Quran from asking Me, I grant him the best of what

what granted to those who asked. [Tirmidhi]

The above are a small number of countless verses and narrations relating to the benefits and rewards of

the Quran, of which Surah Yasin is a part.

Narrations Regarding the Benefits of Reciting Surah Yasin

As for narrations pertaining specifically to Surah Yasin, we have the following:

a. Anas ibn Malik narrates that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, Everything has aheart and the heart of the Quran is Yasin. So, whoever recites Yasin, Allah will inscribe for him the reward

of reciting the Quran ten times. [Tirmidhi]

b. Abu Hurayra narrates that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, Whoever recites

Yasin at night, he will be forgiven. [Musnad, Abu Ya`ala] Some versions state, Whoever recites Yasin in

the morning and night [Tabarani, Mu`ajam al-Saghir]

c. Ibn Yasar narrates that the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace) said, Recite it on your dead.

[Abu Dawud]

d. It is also narrated from some of the scholars that reciting Yasin eases ones hardships, as mentioned by

Ibn Kathir in his Tafsir. There are also statements of the Prophet (Allah bless him and grant him peace)

indicating so.

Though many of the narrations regarding the merits of Surah Yasin specifically are weak, some of them

have a basis and may be used for promoting virtuous actions.

The general merits of the Quran alone, which includes Surah Yasin, are tremendous and beyond what we

can imagine and so we should recite this noble chapter of the Quran knowing full well that we are uttering

the words of Allah, that these words are nourishment for our hearts and souls, a means of guidance,

reward, attaining Allahs pleasure, a means of reflection, happiness and ease, and other benefits that only

Allah alone knows.

Wassalam

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Checked & Approved by Faraz Rabbani