Merits of Sūrat al-Munāfiqūn

  1.  The Holy Prophet has said: ‘Whoever recites Sūrat al-Munāfiqūn shall become free of hypocrisy.’[1]
  2. Imam al-Ṣādiq (a) is reported to have said: ‘It is obligatory upon every believer who follows us to recite Sūrat al-Jumuʿah and al-Aʿlā on every Thursday night, and to recite Sūrat al-Jumuʿah and al-Munāfiqūn in his noon (ẓuhr) prayer on the day of Friday. If he does that then he has performed the like of the action of the Holy Prophet (s), and his reward with God shall be paradise.’[2]

Note: Obligatory here does not mean obligatory in a legal sense, but rather it means strong recommendation, as inferred from other traditions. Also, the recitation of Sūrat al-Jumuʿah and al-Munāfiqūn in the Friday prayer is recommended, and the reference to the noon prayer here is where the Friday prayer is not possible, or the legally obliged cannot participate in it.

[1] Tabrisi, 10/437.
[2] Nur, 5/331.