It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "In Surah al-Baqarah there is a verse which is the chief of all the verses of the Qur'an; it is not recited in a house in which there is a devil except that he leaves it; and that is Ayat al-Kursi." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it. The two Shaykhs did not abandon narrating from Hakim bin Jubayr because of weakness in his narrations; rather, they abandoned him because of his extremism in Shi'ism.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Indeed, everything has a peak, and the peak of the Qur'an is Surah al-Baqarah; and indeed, when the devil hears Surah al-Baqarah being recited, he leaves the house in which Surah al-Baqarah is being recited. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, and it has also been narrated as marfu' (attributed to the Prophet) with a similar chain.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: (the same as has passed in hadith 2083).