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).

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ma'qil bin Yasar (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was given Surah al-Baqarah from the First Reminder (the Preserved Tablet)." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Recite Surah al-Baqarah in your houses, for the devil does not enter a house in which Surah al-Baqarah is recited. This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite Surah al-Baqarah in your houses, for the devil does not enter a house in which Surah al-Baqarah is recited."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him) that he had a drying-yard of dates from which dates kept going missing. One night he kept watch, and there he saw a figure the size of a young boy approaching puberty. He greeted it, and it returned the greeting. He asked: "Are you a jinn or a human?" It said: "I am a jinn." He said: "Show me your hand." It showed him, and it was like the hand of a dog, with a dog's hair. He said: "This is how the jinn are created." Then it said: "All the jinn know that there is no one among them stronger than me." He asked: "What brought you here?" It said: "We were told that you love charity, so we came to take some of your food." He asked: "What will protect us from you?" It said: "Do you recite Ayat al-Kursi from Surah al-Baqarah, 'Allah, there is no god but Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of all' [Surah al-Baqarah: 255] ?" He said: "Yes." It said: "If you recite it in the morning, you will be protected from us until evening, and if you recite it in the evening, you will be protected until morning." Ubayy (may Allah be pleased with him) said: In the morning I went to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and told him of this, and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The wicked one has spoken the truth." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Recite the last two verses of Surah al-Baqarah, for I was given them both from beneath the Throne." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna al-Nu'man bin Bashir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah, the Mighty and Majestic, wrote a Book two thousand years before creating the heavens and the earth, and from it He revealed two verses with which He concluded Surah al-Baqarah. If they are recited in a house for three nights, the devil does not come near it." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain of narration, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah Almighty concluded Surah al-Baqarah with two verses which He gave me from His treasure that is beneath the Throne. So learn them yourselves and teach them to your women and children, for (their recitation) is prayer, it is Qur'an, and it is supplication." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it, and Abdullah bin Wahb narrated it from Mu'awiyah bin Salih in mursal form.

It is narrated in mursal form from Sayyiduna Jubayr bin Nufayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said the same. Imam Muslim recorded a narration from Sayyiduna Hudhayfah (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "I was given the closing verses of Surah al-Baqarah from a treasure beneath the Throne."