How authentic is the Hadith: "Whoever recites Surat Al-Kahf on Friday, a light will illuminate him between the two Fridays," and is dedicating the recitation of Surat Al-Kahf to Friday an innovation (bid'ah)?
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The regarding the virtue of reciting Surat Al-Kahf on Friday, "Whoever recites Surat Al-Kahf on Friday, a light will illuminate for him between the two Fridays," is authentic despite a slight weakness in one of its narrators, because he was deemed trustworthy and others corroborated him. Reciting the on Friday is a recommended , not an innovation. A weak hadith can be acted upon in matters of virtues of deeds, provided certain conditions are met, and these conditions are present here.
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