Can this be divided and read throughout the day or it should be read at once?
Rasulullah (sallallahu ‘alayhi wa sallam) said:
“Whoever recites the following one hundred times in a day, will have all his [minor] sins forgiven, even if it be equal to the foam of the ocean.”
Subhanallahi wa bi Hamdihi
Answer:
The ideal is to recite it consecutively as explained by ‘Allamah Nawawi (rahimahullah).
(Refer: Sahih Muslim with Al Minhaj, Hadith: 6783 and Fathul Bari, Hadith: 6405, vol. 11 pg. 206)
See the references of the Hadith in question here.
And Allah Ta’ala Knows best.
Answered by: Moulana Suhail Motala
Approved by: Moulana Muhammad Abasoomar