Reading the Qur’an brings a great reward, Allah Almighty will multiply the reward for every letter of every verse in any Surah that is read, as the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is reported to have said: “Whoever reads one letter of the Book of Allah will have one Hasanah or (reward) for doing so, and every Hasanah will be multiplied by 10. I do not say that ‘Alif, Lam, Meem’ is one letter, but ‘Alif’ is a letter, ‘Lam’is a letter and ‘Meem’ is a letter.” (Reported by At-Tirmidhi)
He, peace and blessings be upon him, is also reported to have said: “Read the Qur’an, for it will come on the Day of Resurrection interceding for its companions (i.e., those who read it)…” (Reported by Muslim)
Dr.Muzammil Siddiqi, former president of the Islamic Soceity of North Amwerica, states: We would like to state that “Surat Yaseen” is called by the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, as ‘the Heart of the Qur’an’. It contains very important message about the resurrection and life after death. The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, recommended its reading in front of a dying person. Its reading at the time of distress is also helpful as mentioned in several Prophetic Hadiths. It is reported in one of Hadith that the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I wish if every person in my Ummah keeps this Surah (i.e. Surat Yaseen) in his/her heart.” Thus, we should memorize this Surah and should read it regularly.”
Moreover, Sheikh `Atiyyah Saqr, former head of Al-Azhar Fatwa Committee, concludes: “The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, is reported to have said: “Yaseen is the heart of the Qur’an. The one who recites it solely for Allah’s Sake, his sins will be forgiven. Read it on behalf of your dead.” (Reported by At-Tirmidhi) In his Tafseer, Imam Al-Qurtubi states that Ibn `Abbas, may Allah be pleased with him, quoted the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him as saying:
“Reciting Yaseen at the beginning of the day makes the rest of the day easy for the person till night approaches. Also, reciting it with the approach of the night makes the rest of the night easy till the next day.” These Hadiths as well as many others do urge Muslims to recite this Surah oftly.”