Virtue of Reading Surah al-Dukhan the Night Before Friday

There are
marfoo‘ hadeeths (reports attributed to the prophet) about the virtue of
reading Surah al-Dukhan, but none of them are saheeh (authentic). 

With
regard to the first hadeeth: 

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

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

It was
narrated by al-Tirmidhi (2889) via Hisham Abu’l-Miqdam, from al-Hasan, from
Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him). 

Then
al-Tirmidhi said: We only know this hadeeth through this isnad, and Hisham
Abu’l-Miqdam is da‘eef. And al-Hasan did not hear from Abu Hurayrah (may
Allah be pleased with him). This was the view of Ayyoob, Yoonus ibn ‘Ubayd
and ‘Ali ibn Zayd.  

Thus the
hadeeth has two faults: 

1.    
Abu’l-Miqdam Hisham ibn Ziyad: the muhadditheen (scholars of hadeeth) are
unanimously agreed that he is to be regarded as da‘eef. Ibn Hibban 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 isnad between al-Hasan and Abu Hurayrah (may Allah
be pleased with him). 

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

The second
hadeeth:  

In his
Tafseer (exegesis) (4/46), al-Wahidi narrated a hadeeth from Ubayy ibn Ka‘b
(may Allah be pleased with him) that is similar to the hadeeth quoted above,
except that its isnad includes Sallam ibn Saleem who is accused of lying.
Hence, al-Shaykh al-Albani, 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 (may Allah be pleased with him)
in his Musnad, as it says in al-Busayri’s Ithaf al-Khiyarah al-Maharah
(6/89). Then he said: This isnad is weak because Haroon ibn Katheer is not
known.  

The third
hadeeth: 

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

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

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

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

(It is)
da‘eef jiddan (very weak). It was narrated by al-Asfahani in al-Targheeb
wa’l-Tarheeb (p. 244) from Hafs ibn ‘Umar al-Mazini: Fidal ibn Jubayr told
us, from Abu Umamah (may Allah be pleased with him) in a marfoo‘ (attributed
directly to the Prophet) report… 

I
[al-Shaykh al-Albani (may Allah have mercy on him)] say: This isnad (chain
of transmission) is da‘eef jiddan. With regard to Fidal ibn Jubayr, Ibn
Hibban 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-Tabarani in al-Kabeer and its isnad includes Fidal ibn
Jubayr, who is da‘eef jiddan, and Hafs ibn ‘Umar al-Mazini, who is not
known, as it says in al-Lisan. End quote. 

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

This
hadeeth is also classed as da‘eef in Fatawa al-Lajnah al-Daimah, 3/141 

And Allah
knows best.