The Virtues of Surah Al-Infitar

An-Nasa'i recorded from Jabir that Mu`adh stood and lead the people in the Night prayer, and he made the recitation of his prayer long. So the Prophet said, أَفَتَّانٌ أَنْتَ يَا مُعَاذُ؟ أَيْنَ كُنْتَ عَنْ (Are you putting the people to trial O Mu`adh Why don't you recite

- سَبِّحِ اسْمَ رَبِّكَ الاّعْلَى (Glorify the Name of your Lord the Most High) (Surah 87),

- وَالضُّحَى (By the forenoon) (Surah 93), and

- إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انفَطَرَتْ (When the heaven is cleft asunder) (Surah 82)''

and The basis of this Hadith is found in the Two Sahihs, however the mentioning of إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انفَطَرَتْ (When the heaven is cleft asunder.) has only been mentioned by An-Nasa'i.

It has been previously mentioned in a narration from `Abdullah bin `Umar that the Prophet said,

مَنْ سَرَّهُ أَنْ يَنْظُرَ إِلَى الْقِيَامَةِ رَأْيَ عَيْنٍ فَلْيَقْرَأْ:

Whoever would be pleased to look at the Day of Resurrection with his own eyes, then let him recite,

- إِذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ (When the sun is Kuwwirat.) (Surah 81)

- إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انفَطَرَتْ (When the heaven is cleft asunder) (Surah 82) and

- إِذَا السَّمَآءُ انشَقَّتْ (When the heaven is split asunder) (Surah 84)."