An innovated way of reciting the first verses of the soorahs that begin with Haa’-Meem

Question: 247052

I have a question regarding the surahs that start with Ha-Mim… I have seen some Sufi people recite the first two ayat of each of these surahs and then move on to next Ha-Mim and then recite the first two ayat again and then moves on to next Ha-Mim and then first two ayat again etc. They say its some kind of protection from hellfire and they recite it every morning before fajr. Is there any proof? I don’t find any evidences for this.

Praise be to Allah, and peace and blessings be upon the Messenger of Allah and his family.

The soorahs that begin with Haa’-Meem are seven soorahs of
the Qur’an. They are: Ghaafir (40), Fussilat (41), ash-Shoora (42),
az-Zukhruf( 43), ad-Dukhaan (44), al-Jaathiyah (45) and al-Ahqaaf (46)

“Haa’-Meem” is an example of the letters with which some of
the soorahs of the Holy Qur’an begin. In the answer to question no.
21811 we stated that these letters appear at the
beginning of some soorahs – and Allah knows best – to highlight the
miraculous inimitability of the Quran, and that people are unable to produce
the like thereof, even though it consists of letters such as they use in
their daily speech.

We do not know of any saheeh hadith that speaks of the
virtues of the Haa’-Meem soorahs in particular. There are some hadiths which
speak of their virtue, but none of them has been proven to be sound.

See: Silsilat al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da‘eefah by al-Albaani
(no. 3537, 3538, 6183 and 7081.

What these people do of reciting the first two verses of each
soorah that begins with Haa’-Meem one after another is something for which
we know of no basis. Therefore it is an innovation that has been introduced
into the religion and is to be rejected.

There is also no basis for their view that it is a way of
protecting oneself from the fire of Hell.

The most that has been narrated concerning that is the report
narrated by al-Bayhaqi in ash-Shu‘ab (4/105) and ath-Tha‘labi in
at-Tafseer (8/261), from al-Khaleel ibn Murrah, that the Messenger of
Allah (blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) said: “The Haa’-Meem
soorahs are seven, and the gates of Hell are seven. Each Haa’-Meem will come
and stand at one of these gates and will say: ‘O Allah, do not admit through
this gate anyone who believed in me and recited me.’”

Immediately after that, al-Bayhaqi said: This is how it
reached us, with this interrupted isnaad.

This is a flimsy (waahin) isnaad. Al-Khaleel ibn Murrah was
one of the successors to the Taabi‘een; between him and the Prophet
(blessings and peace of Allah be upon him) there are at least two narrators.
Moreover he is weak (da‘eef) in and of himself. Al-Bukhaari said: He is
munkar al-hadith (i.e., his hadith is to be rejected). He was classed as
da‘eef by Ibn Ma‘een and Abu Haatim.

See: Mizaan al-I‘tidaal (1/667)

It was also classed as da‘eef by al-Albaani in Silsilat
al-Ahaadeeth ad-Da‘eefah (6183)

Even if we assume that it is sound, what would be meant is
reciting each of these soorahs in its entirety; as for reciting only two
verses of each soorah, there is nothing in the hadith to support that.

And Allah knows best.

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