حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو هَاشِمٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مِجْلَزٍ، عَنْ قَيْسِ بْنِ عُبَادٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ، قَالَ: مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ، أَضَاءَ لَهُ مِنَ النُّورِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْبَيْتِ الْعَتِيقِ

Book [23]: The book of virtues of the Qurān
Chapter [18]: The virtue of Sūrah al-Kahf

Ḥadīth [3407]: It is narrated on the authority of Abū Sa’īd al-Khudrī [d. 63H] (may Allāh be pleased with him) that he said: ‘Whoever reads Sūrah al-Kahf on the night of jumu’ah, will have a light that will stretch between him and the Ancient House (the Ka’bah).’

Reference: Sunan ad-Dārimī (3407 (2/335))

• Shu’ab al-Īmān (2220 (4/86))
• Shu’ab al-Īmān (2777 (4/437)) – Narrated (marfū’an) from the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allāh be upon him)
• Sunan Sa’īd bin Manṣūr [Tahqiq: Sa’d bin ‘Abdullāh] (1368 (6/207-209))
• Tārīkh Baghdād (2082 (5/221-222)))

Non-primary books:

• Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb (736 (1/455))
• Kanzul ‘Ummāl (2598 (1/575))

• Al-Jāmi’ aṣ-Ṣaghīr [Suyūṭī] (8932 (1/538))
• Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’ (6471 (2/1104))
• Irwā’ al-Ghalīl (626 (3/93-95))

Grade:

Ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh al-Albānī (Ṣaḥīḥ at-Targhīb, Ṣaḥīḥ al-Jāmi’  & Irwā’ al-Ghalīl)
Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by Shaykh Ḥusayn Asad (Musnad ad-Dārimī (3450 (4/2143-2144)))
Isnād ṣaḥīḥ by the muḥaqqiqīn at Mu’assasah ar-Risālah (Musnad ad-Dārimī (3434 (1/715-716)))
Sanad ṣaḥīḥ mawqūf by Shaykh Ḥikmat bin Bashīr bin Yāsīn (Tafsīr ibn Kathīr (5/134))
Sanad ṣaḥīḥ mawqūf by Shaykh Sa’d bin ‘Abdullāh bin ‘Abdul-‘Azīz āl-Ḥumayd (Sunan Sa’īd bin Manṣūr)
Ṣaḥīḥ mawqūf by Shaykh Dr. Bashār ‘Awwād Ma’rūf (Tārīkh Baghdād)

Ḥasan by Imām Suyūṭī (Al-Jāmi’ aṣ-Ṣaghīr)
Ḥasan by Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ‘Alī Za’ī (Islāmī Waẓā’if (1/69))

Ḥasan isnād by Mukhtār Aḥmad an-Nadwī (Shu’ab al-Īmān (2777 (4/437)))
• The narrators are thiqātby Shaykh Shu’ayb al-Arna’ūṭ (Zād al-Ma’ād (1/366))