The Recitation of these Surahs in the Optional Prayers

It has been confirmed in Sahih Muslim from Jabir that the Messenger of Allah recited this Surah (Al-Kafirun) and

﴿ قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴾

(Say: "He is Allah One.'') (112:1) in the two Rak`ahs of Tawaf. It is also recorded in Sahih Muslim in a Hadith of Abu Hurayrah that the Messenger of Allah recited these two Surahs in the two Rak`ahs (optional prayer) of the Morning prayer. Imam Ahmad recorded from Ibn `Umar that the Messenger of Allah recited in the two Rak`ahs before the Morning prayer and the two Rak`ahs after the Sunset prayer on approximately ten or twenty different occasions,

﴿ قُلۡ يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلۡڪَـٰفِرُونَ ﴾

(Say: "O Al-Kafirun!'') and

﴿ قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴾

(Say: "He is Allah One.'') (112:1) Ahmad also recorded that Ibn `Umar said, "I watched the Prophet twenty-four or twenty-five times reciting in the two Rak`ahs before the Morning prayer and the two Rak`ahs after the Sunset prayer,

﴿ قُلۡ يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلۡڪَـٰفِرُونَ ﴾

(Say: "O Al-Kafirun!'') and

﴿ قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴾

(Say: "He is Allah One.'') (112:1)'' Ahmad recorded that Ibn `Umar said, "I watched the Prophet for a month and he would recite in the two Rak`ahs before the Morning prayer,

﴿ قُلۡ يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلۡڪَـٰفِرُونَ ﴾

(Say: "O Al-Kafirun.'') and

﴿ قُلۡ هُوَ ٱللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ﴾

(Say: "He is Allah One.'') (112:1)'' This was also recorded by At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and An-Nasa'i. At-Tirmidhi said, "Hasan.'' It has already been mentioned previously in a Hadith that it (Surat Al-Kafirun) is equivalent to a fourth of the Qur'an and Az-Zalzalah is equivalent to a fourth of the Qur'an.

﴿ بِسۡمِ ٱللَّهِ ٱلرَّحۡمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ ﴾

In the Name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

﴿ قُلۡ يَـٰٓأَيُّہَا ٱلۡڪَـٰفِرُونَ • لَآ أَعۡبُدُ مَا تَعۡبُدُونَ • وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ • وَلَآ أَنَا۟ عَابِدٌ۬ مَّا عَبَدتُّمۡ • وَلَآ أَنتُمۡ عَـٰبِدُونَ مَآ أَعۡبُدُ • لَكُمۡ دِينُكُمۡ وَلِىَ دِينِ ﴾

(1. Say: "O disbelievers!'') (2. "I worship not that which you worship.'') (3. "Nor will you worship whom I worship.'') (4. "And I shall not worship that which you are worshipping.'') (5. "Nor will you worship that which I worship.'') (6. "To you be your religion, and to me my religion.'')