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Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas daily

The practice
Recite Surah Al-Ikhlas.
When
Daily, e.g. in night prayer
In daily life
It's short enough to fit anywhere: in your night prayer, in a sunnah prayer, or quietly on the walk to the car. Pick one daily moment and keep it there.

The sources

أَنَّ رَجُلاً، سَمِعَ رَجُلاً، يَقْرَأُ ‏{‏قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ‏}‏ يُرَدِّدُهَا فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحَ جَاءَ إِلَى رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَذَكَرَ ذَلِكَ لَهُ وَكَأَنَّ الرَّجُلَ يَتَقَالُّهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ وَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ إِنَّهَا لَتَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ ‏"‏‏.

“A man heard another man reciting (Surat-Al-Ikhlas) 'Say He is Allah, (the) One.' (112. 1) repeatedly. The next morning he came to Allah's Messenger ﷺ and informed him about it as if he thought that it was not enough to recite. On that Allah's Messenger ﷺ said, "By Him in Whose Hand my life is, this Surah is equal to one-third of the Qur'an”
Narrated by Abu Said Al-KhudriSahih al-Bukhari 5013
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →

Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.

أَنَّ رَجُلاً، قَامَ فِي زَمَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقْرَأُ مِنَ السَّحَرِ ‏{‏قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ‏}‏ لاَ يَزِيدُ عَلَيْهَا، فَلَمَّا أَصْبَحْنَا أَتَى رَجُلٌ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَهُ‏.

“My brother, Qatada bin An-Nau'man said, "A man performed the night prayer late at night in the lifetime of the Prophet ﷺ and he read: 'Say: He is Allah, (the) One,' (112.1) and read nothing besides that. The next morning a man went to the Prophet ﷺ ,~ and told him about that . (The Prophet ﷺ replied the same as (in Hadith 532) above”
Narrated by Abu Said Al-KhudriSahih al-Bukhari 5014
The full hadith, with its chain and grading →

Arabic: ara-bukhari · Translation: Muhsin Khan (eng-bukhari), from the eng-bukhari edition of hadith-api (public domain), sunnah.com numbering.

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Sources: Sahih al-Bukhari, Sahih Muslim, and narrations of Jami at-Tirmidhi graded sahih or hasan sahih by al-Albani.