لاَ تَجْعَلُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ مَقَابِرَ إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَنْفِرُ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي تُقْرَأُ فِيهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ
Do not make your houses as graveyards. Satan runs away from the house in which Surah Baqara is recited.
Sahih Muslim 780 · Source checked
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Source
Sahih Muslim 780
Book 6, Hadith 252
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What It Means: Reading in Context
Abu Huraira reports this complete saying. The source places it in a chapter on voluntary prayer at home. The second sentence specifically names the recitation of Surah al-Baqarah; it does not specify a daily schedule, a repetition count or a substitute involving a recording. This entry comes from Sahih Muslim 780. The quoted wording is the English translation of the reported saying. Follow the source link to read the narrator, full wording and in-book reference together. A hadith number identifies the source used here; numbering systems can differ between editions. Being able to inspect a source is important when a short statement is shared outside its original setting. The accompanying reflection is an editorial prompt for everyday conduct. It is not part of the hadith and does not replace explanation from qualified scholarship. Avoid extending a short reminder into a religious ruling that the entry itself does not establish.
REFLECTION · EDITORIAL
Make room in household life for reading the Qur’an. Begin with a time you can sustain and return to the complete surah with attention.
This reflection is not Qur’an, hadith or an authoritative tafsir.