١٨٠ - باب فضل قراءة القرآن

From Abu Umama (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Recite the Qur'an, for it will come on the Day of Resurrection as an intercessor for its companions." Narrated by Muslim.

And from al-Nawwas ibn Sam'an (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "On the Day of Resurrection the Qur'an will be brought, together with its people who used to act upon it in this world, preceded by the chapters of al-Baqarah and Al 'Imran, the two of them pleading on behalf of their companion." Narrated by Muslim.

And from Uthman ibn Affan (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The best of you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it." Narrated by al-Bukhari.

And from Aisha (may Allah be pleased with her), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The one who recites the Qur'an and is proficient in it is with the noble, righteous scribal angels; and the one who recites the Qur'an, stumbling over it and finding it hard, has two rewards." Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim).

And from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The likeness of the believer who recites the Qur'an is that of a citron: its fragrance is sweet and its taste is sweet. The likeness of the believer who does not recite the Qur'an is that of a date: it has no fragrance, but its taste is sweet. The likeness of the hypocrite who recites the Qur'an is that of sweet basil: its fragrance is sweet but its taste is bitter. And the likeness of the hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an is that of the colocynth: it has no fragrance and its taste is bitter." Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim).

And from Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him): that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, Allah raises some peoples by this Book and lowers others by it." Narrated by Muslim.

And from Ibn Umar (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: "There is no envy except in two cases: a man whom Allah has given the Qur'an, so he stands reciting it through the hours of the night and the hours of the day; and a man whom Allah has given wealth, so he spends it through the hours of the night and the hours of the day." Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim). "Al-ana'" means the hours.

And from al-Bara' ibn Azib (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: A man was reciting Surat al-Kahf, and beside him was a horse tethered with two ropes. A cloud overshadowed him and began to draw nearer, and his horse began to shy away from it. When morning came, he went to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and mentioned that to him, and he said: "That was the tranquillity (sakinah) that descended for the Qur'an." Agreed upon (al-Bukhari and Muslim). "Al-shatan" — with a fatha on the dotted shin and the undotted ta — means the rope.

And from Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah will have a good deed credited to him, and a good deed is multiplied tenfold. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim is one letter; rather, Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter, and Mim is a letter." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: "A good and sound hadith."

And from Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), who said: The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the one who has nothing of the Qur'an within him is like a ruined house." Narrated by al-Tirmidhi, who said: "A good and sound hadith."

And from Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-As (may Allah be pleased with them both), from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), who said: "It will be said to the companion of the Qur'an: 'Recite and ascend, and recite with measured tone (tartil) as you used to recite measuredly in the world, for your station is at the last verse you recite.'" Narrated by Abu Dawud and al-Tirmidhi, who said: "A good and sound hadith."