Why Recite Ayatul Kursi after salaah & before sleeping?

Question: A listener asks (this was on the radio), with regards to reciting Ayatul-Kursi: Is it reported that the Messenger of Allaah (صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم) used to recite it in the morning and evenings?

Answer: Yes, the Messenger صلّى اللَّهُ عليه وسلّم encouraged us to recite it when going to sleep and after every obligatory prayer. When we recite it when going to sleep, it is a means of protection from the Shaitaan. Likewise, from the means of entering Paradise is that one recites it after every obligatory prayer, after he makes the tasleem (saying Asalaamualaykum wa rahmatullaah to the right and then the left). After one recites the other prescribed remembrances (after salaah), he recites the Ayatul-Kursi.

Fataawa Noor ‘Alaa-Darb.
Sheikh Abdul Aziz Ibn Baaz (رحمه الله)  
Kitaabus-Salaah. Pg.168