Virtues of reciting Surah Al Kahf on Friday

اَلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُم (As-salāmu ʿalaykum, “May Allah's peace be upon you”).

  بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم Bismi-llāhi r-raḥmāni r-raḥīm

(In the name of Allah, Most Gracious,Most Merciful)

                                         
Al-ḥamdu lillāh ( الحَمْد لله‎) "All praise be to God"

Its been a weekly routine for us to recite  Surah Al-Kahf  on every friday, right? and we do it in most of the Fridays.

Now, have you ever wondered why Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) asked us to recite Surah Kahf every Friday??
                            and
 Is there any prefence for this surah over the rest 113 surahs???
                             and
Whats the benefit of reciting this weekly??

Let's check it out through this post In sha Allah

First of all,in this surah Allah Azz Wa Jal says to us 4 different and INTERESTING stories!

Let's explore each along the lessons, we get from each of them....

1."The people of the cave"

It’s the story of young men who lived in a disbelieving town, so they decided to migrate for the sake of Allah Azza wa jal and run away. Allah Azza wa jal rewards them with mercy in the cave and protection from the sun.

Lesson of this story : 'Trial of Faith'

2. "The owner of two gardens"

A story of a man whom Allah Azza wa jal blessed with two beautiful gardens, but the man forgot to thank the one who blessed him with everything and he even dared to doubt Allah regarding the afterlife. So his garden was destroyed – he regretted, but was too late and his regret did not benefit him.
Lesson of this story: 'Trial of wealth'

3. "Musa Alaihis salam and Khidr (Alaihis salam)"

When Musa (Alaihis salam) was asked “who’s the most knowledgeable of the people of Earth?” Musa (Alaihis salam) said that it was him as he assumed he was the only Prophet on Earth at the time. But Allah Azza wa jal revealed to him that there’s someone who knows more than him about certain things. Musa (Alaihis salam)traveled looking for him learned how divine wisdom can sometimes be hidden in matters which we perceive as bad.
And Lesson of this story:'Trial of knowledge'

and now the FINAL one,its somewhat  GLOBAL,

4. "Dhul-Qarnayn"

Allah Azza wa jal mentions the story of a great king who was given knowledge and power travelling the world helping people and spreading all that’s good. He was able to overcome the problem of Yajooj-Majooj by building a massive dam with the help of people whom he could not even understand.
Lesson of this story:'Trial of power'

ALLAH Azza wa jal says to us 4 kind of stories relating 4 kind of trials that we all passby in our day to day lives!

Now Lets have a look through HADITHS too what it says about this surah....

There are saheeh ahaadeeth from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) concerning the virtues of reciting Soorat al-Kahf during the day or night of Jumu’ah (Friday). These include: 

   (Narrated by al-Daarimi, 3407. This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami, 6471) 

(a)   From Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri, who said: “Whoever reads Soorat al-Kahf on the night of Jumu’ah, will have a light that will stretch between him and the Ancient House (the Ka’bah).” (Narrated by al-Daarimi, 3407. This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami, 6471)  (b)  “Whoever reads Soorat al-Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, will have a light that will shine from him from one Friday to the next.” (Narrated by al-Haakim, 2/399; al-Bayhaqi, 3/249. Ibn Hajar said in Takhreej al-Adhkaar that this is a hasan hadeeth, and he said, this is the strongest report that has been narrated concerning reading Soorat al-Kahf. See: Fayd al-Qadeer, 6/198. It was classed as saheeh by Shaykh al-Albaani in Saheeh al-Jaami’, 6470) (c) It was narrated that Ibn ‘Umar (may Allaah be pleased with him) said: “The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: ‘Whoever reads Soorat al-Kahf on the day of Jumu’ah, a light will shine for him from beneath his feet to the clouds of the sky, which will shine for him on the Day of Resurrection, and he will be forgiven (his sins) between the two Fridays.’” Al-Mundhiri said, this was narrated by Abu Bakr ibn Mardawayh in his Tafseer, with an isnaad with which there was nothing wrong. (al-Targheeb wa’l-Tarheeb, 1/298)  The soorah may be read during the night or the day of Jumu’ah. The night of Jumu’ah starts from sunset on Thursday, and the day of Jumu’ah ends at sunset. Therefore the time for reading this soorah extends from sunset on Thursday to sunset on Friday. 
Al-Mannaawi said: Al-Haafiz ibn Hajar said in his Amaali: “In some reports it says ‘the day of Jumu’ah’ and in some reports it says ‘the night of Jumu’ah’. They may be reconciled by saying that what is meant is the day which includes the night and vice versa.” (Fayd al-Qadeer, 6/199) Sheikh Muhammed Salih Al-Munajjid   


In many hadith, the Prophet Muhammad (Sallallahu Alaihi Wasallam) mentions that the one who reads and memorises verses of Surah Al Kahf will be protected from the trials of the Dajjal!

Now,why this surah??

Whats the relation with SURAH  AL KAHF and DAJJAL???
The Answer is simple!

Dajjal will appear before the day of judgement with 4 trials:

A) He will ask people to worship him and not Allah: Trial of Faith
B) He will be given powers to start/stop rain and tempt people with his wealth: Trial of with his Wealth
C) He will trial people with the “knowledge” and news he gives them: Trial of Knowledge.
D) He will control huge parts of the Earth: Trial of Power

NOW JUST TAKE A  MOMENT AND SAY 'SUBHANALLAH'!!!!!

Now,dont u feel it irony when Allah Azza wa jal just ends up this surah just speaking about the trials and all...dont u want a SOLUTION for those trials??? Ofcourse, we need and ALLAH Azza wa jal knows our need!!! so He tells us the solution too before ending up this surah.Let me just point out them with their AYAH NUMBERS so that you can look for those meanings of AYAHS....

❤1.Good companionship----(In 28th ayah)
❤2. Knowing the truth of this world----(In 45th ayah)
❤3. Humility---(In 69th ayah)
❤4. Sincerity----(In 110th ayah)
❤5. Calling to Allah---(In 27th ayah)
❤6. Remembering the Hereafter---(In 47-49th ayahs)