The hadeeth about the virtue of reading Soorat al-Dukhaan on the night before Friday is not saheeh

 

Is it Sunnah to read Soorat al-Dukhaan on the night before Friday?.

Praise be to Allaah.

There are marfoo‘ hadeeths about the virtue of reading
Soorat al-Dukhaan, but none of them are saheeh. 

With regard to the first hadeeth: 

It was narrated from Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with
him) that the Messenger of Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him)
said:

“Whoever recites Ha-Meem (soorat) al-Dukhaan on the night
before Friday will be forgiven.” 

It was narrated by al-Tirmidhi (2889) via Hishaam
Abu’l-Miqdaam, from al-Hasan, from Abu Hurayrah. 

Then al-Tirmidhi said: We only know this hadeeth through this
isnaad, and Hishaam Abu’l-Miqdaam is da‘eef. And al-Hasan did not hear from
Abu Hurayrah. This was the view of Ayyoob, Yoonus ibn ‘Ubayd and ‘Ali ibn
Zayd.  

Thus the hadeeth has two faults: 

1.    
Abu’l-Miqdaam Hishaam ibn
Ziyaad: the muhadditheen are unanimously agreed that he is to be regarded as
da‘eef. Ibn Hibbaan said: He narrates fabricated reports from trustworthy
narrators, and it is not permissible to quote him as evidence. See:
Tahdheeb al-Tahdheeb, 11/39.

2.    
There is a break in the isnaad
between al-Hasan and Abu Hurayrah. 

Hence it was classed as da‘eef by Ibn al-Jawzi in
al-Mawdoo‘aat (1/247), Ibn al-‘Arabi in ‘Aaridah al-Ahwadhi, 6/35, and
al-Albaani in Da‘eef al-Tirmidhi. 

The second hadeeth:  

In his Tafseer (4/46), al-Waahidi narrated a hadeeth
from Ubayy ibn Ka‘b that is similar to the hadeeth quoted above, except that
its isnaad includes Sallaam ibn Saleem who is accused of lying. Hence Shaykh
al-Albaani, in al-Silsilah al-Da‘eefah (no. 4632), ruled that it is
da‘eef jiddan (very weak). 

Ahmad ibn Manee‘ also narrated it from Ubayy ibn Ka‘b in his
Musnad, as it says in al-Busayri’s Ithaaf al-Khiyarah al-Maharah
(6/89). Then he said: This isnaad is weak because Haroon ibn Katheer is not
known.  

The third hadeeth: 

It was narrated from Abu Umaamah (may Allah be pleased with
him) that the Prophet (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said:

“Whoever recites Ha-Meem al-Dukhaan on the night before
Friday or on Friday, Allah will build for him a house in Paradise.” 

This was narrated by al-Tabaraani in al-Mu‘jam al-Kabeer
(8/264). 

Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him) said: 

(It is) da‘eef jiddan. It was narrated by al-Asfahaani in
al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb (p. 244) from Hafs ibn ‘Umar al-Maazini: Fidaal
ibn Jubayr told us, from Abu Umaamah in a marfoo‘ report… 

I [Shaykh al-Albaani (may Allah have mercy on him)] say: This
isnaad is da‘eef jiddan. With regard to Fidaal ibn Jubayr, Ibn Hibbaan said:
It is not permissible to quote him as evidence under any circumstances; he
narrated hadeeths that have no basis. Because of him, al-Haythami regarded
it as a faulty hadeeth and said (2/168): It was narrated by al-Tabaraani in
al-Kabeer and its isnaad includes Fidaal ibn Jubayr, who is da‘eef
jiddan, and Hafs ibn ‘Umar al-Maazini, who is not known, as it says in
al-Lisaan. End quote. 

Silsilah al-Ahaadeeth al-Da‘eefah wa’l-Mawdoo‘ah,
11/191, no. 5112 

This hadeeth is also classed as da‘eef in Fataawa
al-Lajnah al-Daa’imah, 3/141 

And Allah knows best.