الكافي- ط الاسلامية, volume 2, page 622

10. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn Hassan from Isma’il ibn Mehran from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn abu Hamza from Mansur ibn Hazim from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “If one does not read Chapter 112 in twenty-four hours in any of the five prayers it will be said to him, ‘O servant (of Allah) you are not one of those who perform prayer.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

11. Through the same chain of narrators it is narrated from al-Hassan ibn Sayf ibn ‘Umayrah from abu Bakr al-Hadrmi from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Whoever believes in Allah and in the life to come should not ignore reading Chapter 112 ( al-’Ikhlas ) of the Holy Quran after an obligatory prayer. Whoever does so (reads it), Allah will collect for him the good of this and the next life, forgive him, his parents and their children.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

12. It is narrated from him (narrator of the Hadith above) from al-Hassan ibn Ali ibn abu Hamza in a marfu’ manner from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s.) who has said the following: “Chapter six ( al-An ’am) was revealed all in one piece escorted by seventy thousand angels until it came down upon Muhammad (a.s.). You must maintain its greatness and respect it. The name of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, is mentioned therein at seventy places. Had people known what is in reading it, they would not have ignored it.”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.

13. Ali ibn Ibrahim has narrated from his father from al-Nawfali from al-Sakuni from abu ‘Abd Allah (a.s.) who has said the following: “The Holy Prophet performed prayer for Sa’d ibn Mu’adh and said, ‘A delegate of seventy thousand angels was there, among them Jibril (Gabriel) was also there. They all performed prayer for him (the dead body of Sa’d ibn Mu’adh) and I said, ‘O Jibril (Gabriel), what is it that made him deserve your prayers?’ He said, ‘It was his reading Chapter 112 ( al-‘Ikhlas ) standing, sitting, riding, walking, coming and going.’”

Translation: Muhammad Sarwar — attributed by Thaqalayn·The Arabic above is the original.