Is it true that Ayatul Kursi has servants (khuddam), and that reciting it a certain number of times during the day and night protects a person from devils, cures them of illnesses, and aids them in acts of obedience, and is the one who does so sinful?
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The belief held by some regarding the existence of a servant (khadim) for a verse or from the Quran is a false belief. It has been established that Ayat al-Kursi protects a person from jinn and devils during sleep, as narrated in the of Abu Hurairah that Satan informed him that whoever recites Ayat al-Kursi before sleeping, no devil will approach him until morning, and the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, affirmed this.
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