Difference of Ayat-Ul-Kursi between Shia & Sunni.

[kaali_daal]

Asalam Alaikum.

I have noticed that when we recite Ayat-Ul-Kursi we recite 3:255-257 and I don't thing our Sunni Brothers do that.

Can anyone explain to me.

I may be confused or something like that.

Thank You.

Take care.

Allah Hafiz.

[89jghur32]

How are verses 256 and 257 part of Ayatul-Qursi?

[Abu Tufayl]

How are verses 256 and 257 part of Ayatul-Qursi?

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(salam)

They are not. They are just mustahab to say after you recite ayatul Kursi.

[Zahra Ruhullah]

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(salam)

They are not. They are just mustahab to say after you recite ayatul Kursi.

I thought its compulsory to recite all 3 verses that makeup Ayatul Kursi...

[lotfilms]

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(salam)

I thought its compulsory to recite all 3 verses that makeup Ayatul Kursi...

This is incorrect. This is another thing the Shia laypeople invented to separate themselves from the Sunnis.

1) It's called "آية" al-Kursi (singular), not "آيات" al-Kursi (plural)

2) There are ahadith from Ahlul Bayt that specify that Ayat al-Kursi is only 2:255

3) 2:255 stands alone. 2:256 and 2:257 are talking about completely different things from 2:255.

'Allamah Tabataba'i (ra) quotes this tradition in his al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran:

at-Tusi has narrated in his al-Amali, through his chains from Abu Amamah al-Bahili that he heard 'Ali ibn Abi Talib (a.s.) say: "I do not think that a man who enters into Islam on attaining wisdom, or was born in Islam (i.e., in a Muslim family) should pass a night's darkness ... " (At this juncture Abu Amamah interrupted by asking, "and what is the meaning of a night's darkness?" 'Ali [a.s.] said: "the whole night") "until he recites this verse: Allah is He besides Whom there is no god... ";and he recited the complete verse up to the end: and the preservation of them both tires Him not; and He is the Most High, the Great. Then he said: "If you but knew what it is (or, as another version says, "what is in it") you would not leave it on any condition. Surely, the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w.) said, 'I have been given the verse of the Chair from the treasure (that is) below al-'Arsh (the Throne); and no prophet before me was given it."' Then 'Ali (a.s.) continued: "I have not spent a single night, since I heard it from the Messenger of Allah, without reciting it ..."

And you can read the whole tafsir HERE

wa salam

Edited December 1, 2009 by lotfilms

[Nimra]

As far as I know, the first ayath is compulsary the other two are mustahab. The first ayath is Ayathul Kursi.

Though I dont know how the other two followed and why shias differ in this with sunnis.

Thanks for your post lotfilms...was helpful. :)

Edited December 1, 2009 by Sunrise

[Zahra Ruhullah]

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(salam)

This is incorrect. This is another thing the Shia laypeople invented to separate themselves from the Sunnis.

1) It's called "ÂíÉ" al-Kursi (singular), not "ÂíÇÊ" al-Kursi (plural)

2) There are ahadith from Ahlul Bayt that specify that Ayat al-Kursi is only 2:255

3) 2:255 stands alone. 2:256 and 2:257 are talking about completely different things from 2:255.

'Allamah Tabataba'i (ra) quotes this tradition in his al-Mizan fi Tafsir al-Quran:

And you can read the whole tafsir HERE

wa salam

Thanks for the enlightenment, brother.

[kaali_daal]

Asalam Alaikum.

Thanks a lot for the contributions everyone and especially Lotfilms.

Thank You.

Take care.

Allah Hafiz.