لقومٍ يتفكرون

For a People who Reflect

 

Aoozu Billahi as-Samee al-Aleemi minash Shaitanir Rajeem

Bismillah Alhamdulillah was salaatu was salaamu ala rasoolillah

Rabbish sharah li sadri wa yassirli amri wahlul uqdatam min lisaani wa yafqahu qauli

 

As Salaamu Alaikum wa Rahmatullahi wa Barakatuh

 

In our last session we completed the Introduction to the Quran Part 2 where we presented several verses of the Holy Quran describing the Holy Quran.

 

Today, 8-July-2026 corresponding to 23-Muharram-1448 Hijri, we will talk about Part 3 - What the Ahadith say about the Quran?

 

Part 3 - What Ahadith say about the Quran?

 

We have divided the ahadith of this session into 14 sections, so the first section is;

 

1. Azmatul Quran, The Greatness of the Quran

• In a hadith in Jami at-Tirmidhi, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, …the superiority of Allah's Speech over the speech of others is like the superiority of Allah over His creation,^[1]
• In another hadith, he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Every prophet was given miracles because of which people believed, but what I have been given, is Divine Communication, which Allah has revealed to me.^[2]
• The miracle of Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was the Quran.
• The greatness of the Quran as explained by Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) himself is recorded through Ali (رضي الله عنه), where Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Indeed there comes a Fitnah" So I (Ali (رضي الله عنه) said: "What is the way out from it, O Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) ?" He said: "Allah's book.
  • In it is news for what happened before you, and
  • Information about what comes after you, and
  • Judgement for what happens between you.
  • It is the Criterion (between right and wrong), it is a serious matter not a joke.
  • Whoever among the oppressive abandons it, Allah crushes him, and
  • Whoever seeks guidance from other than it, then Allah leaves him to stray.
  • It is the firm rope of Allah,
  • It is the wise remembrance,
  • It is the straight path, and
  • It is the one that the desires cannot distort, nor
  • Can the tongues twist it, nor
  • Can the scholars ever have enough of it, and
  • It shall not become dull from reciting it much, and
  • The amazement of it does not diminish.
  • It is the one that when the Jinns heard it, they did not hesitate to say about it: 'Verily, we have heard a wonderful Recitation (this Qur'an)! 'It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed therein.'
  • Whoever speaks according to it then he has said the truth, and
  • Whoever acts according to it he is rewarded, and
  • Whoever judges by it he has judged justly, and
  • Whoever invites to it then he guides to the straight path."^[3]
• It has been reported in Sahih Ibn Hibban, that, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), came out to them one day and he said, “Rejoice! Do you not witness that there is no God but Allah and I am the messenger of Allah?” They said yes. Rasoollullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Verily, this Quran is a rope. One end is in the hand of Allah and the other end is in your hands. Hold fast to it, for you will never be led astray or ruined ever again.” ^[4]
• The words ‘ سَبَبٌ ’, meaning, “cause, reason, ground, means, string, cord, or rope” whose one end in Allah’s hand and the other end is in your hand.
• There is some detail, about the rope of Allah, how is the connection, etc? we will describe this some other time, as the rope is not visible.

 

2. The Best Speech is Quran

• In a hadith recorded by Bukhari, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,

إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ، وَأَحْسَنَ الْهَدْىِ هَدْىُ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏

• The best speech is Allah's Book (Qur'an), and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad.^[5]

• When we have the Quran, we do not need to look towards other books. From this hadith it seems that this issue of people reading other scriptures is not new, it has been happening since the time of Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), Ibn Abbas (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) says, How can you ask the ahlul kitab or people of the Scriptures about their Books while you have Allah's Book (the Qur'an) which is the most recent of the Books revealed by Allah, and you read it in its pure undistorted form?^[6]
• Umar (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) was an intellectual, he liked something in the torah (taurait) and he brought a copy of the Torah to Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) saying, “O Messenger of Allah, this is a copy of the Torah.”
  • When he did not receive any reply, he began to read to the obvious displeasure of Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم),
  • So, Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) said, “May the bereaved mothers mourn you! don’t you see the face of Allah’s messenger?
  • So ‘Umar looked at Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم)’s face and said,

أَعُوذُ بِاللَّه من غضب الله وَغَضب رَسُوله صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم رَضِينَا بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم نَبِيًّا

• “I seek refuge in Allah from the anger of Allah and His messenger. We are satisfied with Allah as our Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) as Prophet.”
• Then Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “By Him in whose hand Muhammad’s soul is, were Moses to appear to you and you were to follow him and abandon me, you would err from the right way.
• Were he alive and came in touch with my prophetic mission he would follow me.”^[7]

 

3. Disputing about the Quran is Kufr (Infidelity)

• Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) says in the Quran in, Surah Sajdah,

تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ

• The sending down of the book, in which there is nothing doubtful, (is) from the Rabb, the Fosterer of the worlds.^[8]
• In a hadith reported by Abu Dawood, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,

الْمِرَاءُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ كُفْرٌ

• Controverting, Disputing or Disagreeing about the Qur'an is to reject the Quran, it is Kufr, it is disbelief.^[9]

 

4. A Grade of Prophethood

• The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “Whoever recites the Quran brings Prophethood closer to his right and left, but revelation does not come to him. It is not appropriate for a reciter of the Quran to have the Quran in his chest and then argue with those who argue and become ignorant with the ignorant.”^[10]

 

5. Recitation of the Quran is Noor (Light)

• Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said; …Upon you is Remembrance (Zikr) of Allah and the recitation of His Book, for it is light for you on earth and (a means by which) you will be mentioned in the Heavens.^[11]
• Abu Dhar Ghifari (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) reported that, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, You will not come back to Allah with anything better than that which came from Him, i.e. the Quran.^[12]

 

6. Quran will intercede for its Readers

• In a hadith in Mustadrak ala Sahihain, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Fasting and the Quran will intercede for the slave on the Day of Judgement. Fasting will say, ‘O My Lord! I prevented him from good and desires during the day, so accept my intercession for him.’ And the Quran will say, ‘I prevented him from sleep during the night, so accept my intercession for him.’ He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: 'Then they will be allowed to intercede.'^[13]
• Similarly, Sahih Muslim has recorded a hadith where, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) says, Read the Qur'an, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection.^[14]
  • He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) also said…Recite the two bright ones, Surah al-Baqarah and Surah Aal 'Imran, for on the Day of Resurrection they will come as two clouds or two shades, or two flocks of birds in ranks, pleading for those who recite them. Recite Surah al-Baqara, for to take recourse to it is a blessing and to give it up is a cause of grief, and the magicians cannot confront it,^[15]
• In another hadith from Sho’ab al-Iman and authenticated by al-Albani in his Silsilat al-Ahadith as-Sahihah, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "The Qur'an is an intercessor,

القرآن شافع مشفع

• Whose intercession is accepted, and a witness whose testimony is believed.
• Whoever places it in front of him (as a guide), it will lead him to Paradise; and
• Whoever places it behind his back, it will drive him into the Hellfire.^[16]

• In Sahih Muslim, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) says, …that Quran is either a witness on your behalf or against you…^[17]
  • If it is a witness for you, it will lead you to paradise, and
  • If it is a witness against you, it will lead you to hellfire.
  • May Allah (رَبُّ الْعِزَّة) make the Quran a witness in our favour, and not against us, Ameen

 

7. Dawah should be through the Quran

• Now this hadith is key to the ones doing Dawah,
• In Sahih al-Bukhari, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said in a hadith,

 بَلِّغُوا عَنِّي وَلَوْ آيَةً

• Convey (my teachings) to the people even if it were a single verse,
• Tell others the stories of Bani Israel (which have been taught to you), for it is not sinful to do so.
• And whoever tells a lie on me intentionally, will surely take his place in the (Hell) Fire.^[18]
• So, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is saying that, Even if it is one ayah, if you know it, convey it to others, don’t hold back - meaning anyone and everyone can do dawah and
• Then he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) is setting some rules, Israiliyaat - yani stories of Bani Israil convey them, he said, there is no harm in it.
• But you have to be careful, what you convey on behalf of ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم) - if he hasn’t said it, then you have lied on Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) - The end result of which is Jahannam.
• A similar message is there in another long narration in Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah, which shows how Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to invite people using the Quran. The Quraysh were fed up with Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) as his followers were growing, Quraysh chose Utbah ibn Rabi’i to go and speak with Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), who goes to the Prophet to convince him to stop doing dawah. Utbah asks few questions, to which ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم) does not answer.
• Then Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) asks, “Have you finished?”, Utbah replies, “Yes”. Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) then recited the first several verses of Surah al-Fussilat, “In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful.;

حمٓ ~ تَنزِيلٌۭ مِّنَ ٱلرَّحْمَـٰنِ ٱلرَّحِيمِ

• Haa Meem. Sent down from the Beneficent, the Merciful

كِتَـٰبٌۭ فُصِّلَتْ ءَايَـٰتُهُۥ قُرْءَانًا عَرَبِيًّۭا لِّقَوْمٍۢ يَعْلَمُونَ

• (is) a book, the signs of which are explained in detail, an Arabic Quran for a people who know, ...till he reached…

فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا۟ فَقُلْ أَنذَرْتُكُمْ صَـٰعِقَةًۭ مِّثْلَ صَـٰعِقَةِ عَادٍۢ وَثَمُودَ

• So, if they turn away then say, “I have warned you (of a) thunderbolt like the thunderbolt (which had fallen on the people of) Aad and Samood.”^[19]
• Utbah said: "Enough! Enough! Do you have anything other than this?" He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "No." So, he returned to Quraysh, and they asked: "What happened?" and all he could remember of the Quran was the Thunderbolt of Aad and Thamud.^[20]
• This is the impact of the Quran, if we understand this our dawah will have its impact.

 

8. The Best amongst the Muslims

• In a hadith in Sunan Ibn Majah, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Allah has His own people among mankind.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: 'The people of the Qur'an, the people of Allah and those who are closest to Him.'^[21]
• It is narrated in Sahih al-Bukhari that He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said,

خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ

• The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it.^[22]
• We can see these teachings reflect in the actions of ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم) while he was burying the Shuhada, the Martyrs at Uhud, He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) would ask, "Which of them knew more Qur'an?" When one of them was pointed out he would put him first in the grave…^[23]
• The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, as recorded in Sunan Abi Dawood: If anyone prays at night reciting regularly ten verses, he will not be recorded among the negligent

لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ

• He will not be among the negligent;
• If anyone prays at night and recites a hundred verses, he will be recorded among those who are obedient to Allah (كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ); and
• If anyone prays at night reciting one thousand verses, he will be recorded among those who receive huge rewards (كُتِبَ مِنَ الْمُقَنْطَرِينَ).^[24]

 

9. Whose Iman (Faith) is Ajeeb (Amazing/Wonderful)?

• This hadith is recorded in Musnad Bazzar, Anas Ibn Malik (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) reported that, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) asked;
  • Who in the creation has the most wonderful faith?
  • Sahaba (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُم) said, “The angels”, ar-Rasool (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “But how could the angels not believe?”
  • Sahaba (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُم) said, “The prophets.” Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “But the prophets were given divine revelation, so how could they not believe?”
  • Sahaba (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْهُم) then said, “Their companions.” Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) replied, “The companions were with their prophets, so how could they not believe?
  • He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) further explained, the people with the most astonishing, most amazing or wonderful Iman are those who come after you and they find a book of divine revelation,...(The Quran, they read it)... thus they believe in it and follow it. They are the people with the most astonishing faith.^[25]
  • We are these people with amazing Iman, we have not even seen Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and we read the Quran and we believe.

 

10.   Judging by the Book of Allah (Quran) and Sunnah of Rasoolullah  (Hadith)

• This hadith we have heard in Part 1 - Session 2, When Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) intended to send Mu'adh ibn Jabal (رضي الله عنه) to Yemen, he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) asked: How will you judge when the occasion of deciding a case arises?
  • Muadh (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) replied: I shall judge in accordance with Allah's Book.
  • Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) asked: (What will you do) if you do not find any guidance in Allah's Book?
  • Muadh (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) replied: (I shall act) in accordance with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم).
  • Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) (What will you do) if you do not find any guidance in the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and in Allah's Book?
  • Muadh (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) replied: I shall do my best to form an opinion and I shall spare no effort.
  • Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) then patted him on his chest and said: Praise be to Allah Who has helped the messenger of the Messenger of Allah to find something which pleases the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم).^[26]
• What will happen if Muslims and their leaders do not give their decision or judgment according to the Quran?
  • Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said in a long hadith, “...Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.^[27]
  • Look at the state of our Ummah today and think about this hadith. The reason for our situation is because we have distanced ourselves from the Quran.

 

11.   The Importance of Studying and Teaching the Quran

• Abu Dawood has recorded a Hadith in which, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: No people get together in a house of the houses of Allah (i.e. a mosque), reciting the Book of Allah, and learning it together among themselves, but calmness (sakinah) comes down to them, (Divine) mercy covers them (from above), and the angels surround them, and Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) makes a mention of them among those who are with Him.^[28]
• In Another hadith of Abu Dawood, He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, If anyone recites the Qur'an and acts according to its content, on the Day of Judgement his parents will be given to wear a crown whose light is better than the light of the sun in the dwellings of this world if it were among you. So, what do you think of him who acts according to this?^[29]
• He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) also said: One who is skilled in the Qur'an is associated with the noble, upright recording angels, and he who falters when he recites the Qur'an and finds it difficult for him will have a double reward.^[30]
• Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, If any one of you goes out in the morning to the mosque and learns two verses of the Book of Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى), it is better for him than two large humped and fat she-camels, and three verses are better for him than three (such) she-camels, and so on than their numbers in camels.^[31]
• Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) was asked about who had the best recitation. He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said; “When you hear his recitation, you can see that he fears Allah.”^[32]
• Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) also said, [Whoever recites a letter] from Allah's Book, then he receives the reward from it, and the reward of ten the like of it. I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is a letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter."^[33]
  • This means that reading a letter from the Quran, we will receive 10 fold ajr, for each letter 10 hasanat.
  • The example Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) gave also is very special, he used those letters from the Quran, which have no meaning.
  • So, this means that we will get the reward of 10 hasanaat per each letter even if we do not understand it.
• He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, Indeed, the one who recites the Qur’ān loudly is like the one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites the Qur’ān silently is like the one who gives charity in secret.^[34]
• The example of a Believer who recites the Qur'an, is that of a citron which smells good and tastes good; And
  • The example of a Believer who does not recite the Qur'an, is that of a date which has no smell but tastes sweet; and
  • The example of a hypocrite who recites the Qur'an, is that of an aromatic plant which smells good but tastes bitter; and
  • The example of a hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an, is that of a colocynth plant which has no smell and is bitter in taste.^[35]
• Abdullah ibn Amr (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) narrates in Sahih al-Bukhari that, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to me, "Recite the whole Qur'an in one month's time." I said, "But I have power (to do more than that)." Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Then finish the recitation of the Qur'an in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period."^[36]
  • Abdullah ibn Amr (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) narrated, we heard this hadith in our last session, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "He who recites the Qur'an in less than three (days), he does not understand it."^[37]

 

12.   Who will be Punished because of the Quran?

• Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Seek refuge in Allah from the Pit of Sorrows." They said: "O Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) ! What is the Pit of Sorrows?" He said: "A gorge in Hell from which Hell seeks Allah's refuge a Hundred times every day." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) ! Who shall enter it?" He said: "The reciters who were showing off with their deeds."^[38]
• He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) also said that “Learn the Qur’ān, and ask (Allah) to grant you Paradise by it, before the appearance of people who learn it and ask by it, the worldly pleasures. For indeed, the Qur’ān is learnt by three types of people;
  • (1) a man who shows off by it,
  • (2) a man who eats by it (money, dunyah) and
  • (3) a man who recites it for the sake of Allah Almighty.”^[39]
• In along hadith in Sahih Muslim, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, …the case of a man who acquired knowledge and imparted it (to others) and recited the Qur'an will be brought on the day of judgement.
  • He will be brought And Allah will make him recount His blessings and he will recount them (and admit having enjoyed them in his lifetime).
  • Then Allah will ask: What did you do (to repay these blessings)?
  • He will say: I acquired knowledge and disseminated it and recited the Qur'an seeking Thy pleasure.
  • Allah will say: You have told a lie. You acquired knowledge so that you might be called " a scholar," and you recited the Qur'an so that it might be said:" He is a Qari" and such has been said.
  • Then orders will be passed against him, and he shall be dragged with his face downward and cast into the Fire...^[40]
  • Similar will be the case of a Martyr (a shaheed) and a Wealthy person.
• Ibn Abbas (رضي الله عنه) narrated that, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Whoever says (something) about the Qur'an without knowledge, then let him take his seat in the Fire."^[41]
• Ibn Umar (رضي الله عنه) narrated that Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Do not argue concerning the Qur’ān (i.e. do not oppose/argue against what the Qur’ān says) for in this arguing is Disbelief.”^[42]
• Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, “Do not argue using the Qur’ān (i.e. in a dispute with one another). (The negative result would be) you would deny the Book of Allah by using (one Ayat) against another (Ayat). I swear by Allah;
  • Indeed, the Believer if he is argued against with the Qur’ān he (out of respect) will lose (not continue the argument) …
  • Indeed, the hypocrite, if he argues using the Qur’ān, he will win (the argument – because the Believer will not argue back).”^[43]

 

13.   Reciting the Quran in a Beautiful Voice

• In a hadith in Sahih al-Bukhari, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, 'Whoever does not recite Qur'an in a nice voice is not from us,'...^[44]
• Regarding recitation of Quran in beautiful voice, there are other ahadith too, such as,
  • In Sahih Muslim, he said, “Beautify the Qur’ān with your voices for indeed the nice voice increases the beauty of the Qur’ān.”^[45]
  • Also in Bukhari, he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) told Abu Musa (رضي الله عنه), "O Abu Musa! You have been given one of the mazamir (sweet melodious voices) of the family of Dawood.'^[46]
  • Also, Abdullah ibn Qais (رضي الله عنه) who was reciting the Quran when Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) entered the mosque and he praised his voice and recitation.^[47]
  • But these ahadith are different from the first one, where Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said if we don’t recite the Quran in a good voice, (لَمْ يَتَغَنَّ), then they are not Muslims.
  • The root of the word yataghanna is Ghayn, Noon, Yaa, the word Ghaniya, means to be Independent, Self-sufficient. Allah (سُبْحَانَهُ وَتَعَالَى) is al-Ghani, He is The Independent, He has everything, He is in no need of anything.
  • The word Ginna meaning to sing also comes from the same root, Ghayn, Noon, Yaa.
  • So, this hadith means, instead of singing the Quran, it means those who do not become independent of sin, after reading the Quran, they are not Muslim.
  • If you read the Quran and also continue to sin, these two cannot go together.

 

14.   Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and Quran

• Narrated Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkhir (رضي الله عنه): I saw Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) praying and a sound came from his breast like the rumbling of a mill owing to weeping.^[48]
• Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) asked Abdullah Ibn Masood (رضي الله عنه) to recite the Quran,
  • He said: Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم), (how) should I recite to you whereas it (yani the Quran) has been sent down to you? He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: I desire to hear it from someone else.
  • So, I recited Surat al-Nisa' till I reached the verse: How then shall it be when We shall bring from every people a witness and bring you against them as a witness?"^[49]
  • I lifted my head or a person touched me in my side, and so I lifted my head and saw his tears falling (from the Holy Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم)'s eyes).^[50]
• Once Abu Bakr (رضي الله عنه) came to see Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and exclaimed
  • ‘O Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم)! You have become gray.’ (يا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ شِبْتَ)
  • He said: ‘I have gone gray from (Surat) Hud and its sisters, Surah Al-Waqi`ah, Al-Mursalat and `Amma Yatasa'alun and Izash-Shamsu Kuwwirat.’^[51]
• 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) kept standing (in prayer) so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him: "Why do you do this, while you have been forgiven of your former and latter sins?" He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?"^[52]
  • Mainly, this was for the recitation of the Quran.
  • Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: I spent a night with the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم), when he woke up from his sleep (in the latter part of the night for prayer) he came to his ablution water. He took the tooth-stick and used it. He then recited the verse: Inna fi khalqis Samawati wal Ardh, wakhtilaafil Laili wan nahaar la-aayaatil li-ulil-Albaab,
  • "Verily in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for men of understanding" (iii-190),
  • Then he made wudhu and Prayed and then slept and then got up and prayed again and then slept then he prayed witr.^[53]

 

References

 

^[1] Narrated 'Atiyyah: from Abu Sa'eed, that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The Lord, Blessed and Most High is He, has said: 'Whoever is too busy with the Qur'an for remembering Me and asking Me, then I shall give him more than what I give to those who ask.' And the virtue of Allah's Speech over the speech of others is like the virtue of Allah over His creation.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شِهَابُ بْنُ عَبَّادٍ الْعَبْدِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِي يَزِيدَ الْهَمْدَانِيُّ، عَنْ عَمْرِو بْنِ قَيْسٍ، عَنْ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ يَقُولُ الرَّبُّ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مَنْ شَغَلَهُ الْقُرْآنُ عَنْ ذِكْرِي وَ مَسْأَلَتِي أَعْطَيْتُهُ أَفْضَلَ مَا أُعْطِي السَّائِلِينَ وَفَضْلُ كَلاَمِ اللَّهِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْكَلاَمِ كَفَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ ‏.‏

Grade: Da'if (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2926

^[2] Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Every Prophet was given miracles because of which people believed, but what I have been given, is Divine Inspiration which Allah has revealed to me. So I hope that my followers will outnumber the followers of the other Prophets on the Day of Resurrection."

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، حَدَّثَنَا اللَّيْثُ، حَدَّثَنَا سَعِيدٌ الْمَقْبُرِيُّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَا مِنَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ نَبِيٌّ إِلاَّ أُعْطِيَ مَا مِثْلُهُ آمَنَ عَلَيْهِ الْبَشَرُ، وَإِنَّمَا كَانَ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُ وَحْيًا أَوْحَاهُ اللَّهُ إِلَىَّ فَأَرْجُو أَنْ أَكُونَ أَكْثَرَهُمْ تَابِعًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 4981

^[3] Narrated Al-Harith Al-A'war: "I passed by the Masjid when the people were absorbed in story-telling. So I entered upon 'Ali and said: 'O Commander of the believers! Do you not see the people are becoming engrossed in story-telling?' He said: 'They have been consumed with it?' I said: "Yes.' He said: 'As for me, I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying: "Indeed there comes a Fitnah" So I said: "What is the way out from it O Messenger of Allah?" He said: "Allah's book. In it is news for what happened before you, and information about what comes after you, and judgement for what happens between you. It is the Criterion (between right and wrong) without jest. Whoever among the oppressive abandons it, Allah crushes him, and whoever seeks guidance from other than it, then Allah leaves him to stray. It is the firm rope of Allah, it is the wise remembrance, it is the straight path, and it is the one that the desires can not distort, nor can the tongues twist it, nor can the scholars ever have enough of it, and it shall not become dull from reciting it much, and the amazement of it does not diminish. It is the one that when the Jinns hear it, they did not hesitate to say about it: 'Verily, we have heard a wonderful Recitation (this Qur'an)! 'It guides to the Right Path, and we have believed therein.' Whoever speaks according to it then he has said the truth, and whoever acts according to it he is rewarded, and whoever judges by it he has judged justly, and whoever invites to it then he guides to the straight path." Take this O A'war!'."

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ بْنُ حُمَيْدٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا حُسَيْنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْجُعْفِيُّ، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ حَمْزَةَ الزَّيَّاتَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْمُخْتَارِ الطَّائِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَخِي الْحَارِثِ الأَعْوَرِ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ، قَالَ مَرَرْتُ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ فَإِذَا النَّاسُ يَخُوضُونَ فِي الأَحَادِيثِ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ فَقُلْتُ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ أَلاَ تَرَى أَنَّ النَّاسَ قَدْ خَاضُوا فِي الأَحَادِيثِ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَوَقَدْ فَعَلُوهَا قُلْتُ نَعَمْ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي قَدْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏"‏ أَلاَ إِنَّهَا سَتَكُونُ فِتْنَةٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقُلْتُ مَا الْمَخْرَجُ مِنْهَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ ‏"‏ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ فِيهِ نَبَأُ مَا كَانَ قَبْلَكُمْ وَخَبَرُ مَا بَعْدَكُمْ وَحُكْمُ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ هُوَ الْفَصْلُ لَيْسَ بِالْهَزْلِ مَنْ تَرَكَهُ مِنْ جَبَّارٍ قَصَمَهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنِ ابْتَغَى الْهُدَى فِي غَيْرِهِ أَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ وَهُوَ حَبْلُ اللَّهِ الْمَتِينُ وَهُوَ الذِّكْرُ الْحَكِيمُ وَهُوَ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ هُوَ الَّذِي لاَ تَزِيغُ بِهِ الأَهْوَاءُ وَلاَ تَلْتَبِسُ بِهِ الأَلْسِنَةُ وَلاَ يَشْبَعُ مِنْهُ الْعُلَمَاءُ وَلاَ يَخْلَقُ عَلَى كَثْرَةِ الرَّدِّ وَلاَ تَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُهُ هُوَ الَّذِي لَمْ تَنْتَهِ الْجِنُّ إِذْ سَمِعَتْهُ حَتَّى قَالُوا ‏(‏إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا * يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ فَآمَنَّا بِهِ ‏)‏ مَنْ قَالَ بِهِ صَدَقَ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ أُجِرَ وَمَنْ حَكَمَ بِهِ عَدَلَ وَمَنْ دَعَا إِلَيْهِ هُدِيَ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ خُذْهَا إِلَيْكَ يَا أَعْوَرُ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ إِلاَّ مِنْ حَدِيثِ حَمْزَةَ الزًّيَّاتِ وَإِسْنَادُهُ مَجْهُولٌ ‏.‏ وَفِي حَدِيثِ الْحَارِثِ مَقَالٌ ‏.‏

Grade: Da'if (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2906

^[4] Abu Shurayh al-Khuza’i reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, came out to them one day and he said, “Rejoice! Do you not witness that there is no God but Allah and I am the messenger of Allah?” They said yes. The Prophet said, “Verily, this Quran is a rope. One end is in the hand of Allah and the other end is in your hands. Hold fast to it, for you will never be led astray or ruined ever again.”

عَنْ أَبِي شُرَيْحٍ الْخُزَاعِيِّ قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى الِلَّهِ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَبْشِرُوا وَأَبْشِرُوا أَلَيْسَ تَشْهَدُونَ أَنْ لا إِلَهَ إِلا اللَّهُ وَأَنِّي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ قَالُوا نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ سَبَبٌ طَرَفُهُ بِيَدِ اللَّهِ وَطَرَفُهُ بِأَيْدِيكُمْ فَتَمَسَّكُوا بِهِ فَإِنَّكُمْ لَنْ تَضِلُّوا وَلَنْ تَهْلِكُوا بَعْدَهُ أَبَدًا - 122 صحيح ابن حبان كتاب العلم باب الزجر عن كتبة المرء السنن مخافة أن يتكل عليها دون الحفظ لها - 713 المحدث الألباني خلاصة حكم المحدث إسناده صحيح على شرط مسلم في السلسلة الصحيحة

Grade: Sahih (authentic) according to Al-Albani | Reference: Ṣaḥīḥ Ibn Ḥibbān 122
https://sunnah.com/urn/6601220

^[5] Narrated Tariq: `Abdullah said, "The best talk is Allah's Book (Qur'an), and the best guidance is the guidance of Muhammad."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ مُخَارِقٍ، سَمِعْتُ طَارِقًا، قَالَ قَالَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أَحْسَنَ الْحَدِيثِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ، وَأَحْسَنَ الْهَدْىِ هَدْىُ مُحَمَّدٍ صلى الله عليه وسلم‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 6098

^[6] Narrated `Ikrima: Ibn `Abbas said, "How can you ask the people of the Scriptures about their Books while you have Allah's Book (the Qur'an) which is the most recent of the Books revealed by Allah, and you read it in its pure undistorted form?"

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، حَدَّثَنَا حَاتِمُ بْنُ وَرْدَانَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَيُّوبُ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ قَالَ كَيْفَ تَسْأَلُونَ أَهْلَ الْكِتَابِ عَنْ كُتُبِهِمْ وَعِنْدَكُمْ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ أَقْرَبُ الْكُتُبِ عَهْدًا بِاللَّهِ، تَقْرَءُونَهُ مَحْضًا لَمْ يُشَبْ

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 7522

^[7] Jabir told how ‘Umar b. al-Khattab brought God’s messenger a copy of the Torah saying, “Messenger of God, this is a copy of the Torah.” When he received no reply he began to read to the obvious displeasure of God’s messenger, so Abu Bakr said, “Confound you 1 do you not see how God’s messenger is looking?” So ‘Umar looked at God’s messenger’s face and said, “I seek refuge in God from the anger of God and His messenger. We are satisfied with God as Lord, with Islam as religion, and with Muhammad as Prophet.” Then God’s messenger said, “By Him in whose hand Muhammad’s soul is, were Moses to appear to you and you were to follow him and abandon me, you would err from the right way. Were he alive and came in touch with my prophetic mission he would follow me.” Darimi transmitted it. [1 Literally, may the bereaved be bereaved of you.]

عَن جَابِرٍ: (أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ رَضِيَ اللَّهُ عَنْهُمَا أَتَى رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ بِنُسْخَةٍ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ فَقَالَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ هَذِهِ نُسْخَةٌ مِنَ التَّوْرَاةِ فَسَكَتَ فَجَعَلَ يقْرَأ وَوجه رَسُول الله يَتَغَيَّرُ فَقَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ ثَكِلَتْكَ الثَّوَاكِلُ مَا تَرَى مَا بِوَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَنَظَرَ عُمَرُ إِلَى وَجْهِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّه من غضب الله وَغَضب رَسُوله صلى الله عَلَيْهِ وَسلم رَضِينَا بِاللَّهِ رَبًّا وَبِالْإِسْلَامِ دِينًا وَبِمُحَمَّدٍ نَبِيًّا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " وَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَوْ بَدَا لَكُمْ مُوسَى فَاتَّبَعْتُمُوهُ وَتَرَكْتُمُونِي لَضَلَلْتُمْ عَنْ سَوَاءِ السَّبِيلِ وَلَوْ كَانَ حَيًّا وَأَدْرَكَ نُبُوَّتِي لَاتَّبَعَنِي) رَوَاهُ الدَّارمِيّ - حكم: إسنادہ ضعيف  (زبیر علی زئی)

Grade: Isnād Da'īf (Zubair `Aliza'i) | Reference: Mishkat al-Masabih 194

^[8] Quran-ST | 32-2

^[9] Narrated AbuHurayrah: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: Controverting about the Qur'an is disbelief.

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ هَارُونَ - أَخْبَرَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ الْمِرَاءُ فِي الْقُرْآنِ كُفْرٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ حكم: حسن صحيح (الألباني)

Grade: Hasan Sahih (Al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 4603

^[10] The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever recites the Quran brings Prophethood closer to his right and left, but revelation does not come to him (i.e., he reaches the closest level of Prophethood). It is not appropriate for a reciter of the Quran to have the Quran in his chest and then argue with those who argue and become ignorant with the ignorant.” [This hadith is authentic with a chain of transmission, but Imam Bukhari (may Allah have mercy on him) and Imam Muslim (may Allah have mercy on him) did not narrate it.]

أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو جَعْفَرٍ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَغْدَادِيُّ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ عُثْمَانَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ السَّهْمِيُّ، ثنا عَمْرُو بْنُ الرَّبِيعِ بْنِ طَارِقٍ، ثنا يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، ثنا خَالِدُ بْنُ أَبِي يَزِيدَ، عَنْ ثَعْلَبَةَ بْنِ يَزِيدَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَدِ اسْتَدَرَجَ النُّبُوَّةَ بَيْنَ جَنْبَيْهِ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ لَا يُوحَى إِلَيْهِ، لَا يَنْبَغِي لِصَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ أَنْ يَحِدَّ مَعَ مَنْ حَدَّ، وَلَا يَجْهَلَ مَعَ مَنْ جَهِلَ وَفِي جَوْفِهِ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى» . «هَذَا حَدِيثٌ صَحِيحُ الْإِسْنَادِ، وَلَمْ يُخَرِّجَاهُ»

Grade: Sahih (al-Hakim) | Reference: Mustadrak al-Hakim 2028 and Shobul Iman by Bayhaqi 2353. Similar wording in Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah 29953, Akhlaq Hammaltul Quran by Ajurri 15, Mu’jam al-Kabeer by Tabarani 14575 (quoted in Tafsir Ibn Kathir). Included in Targheeb wa-Tarheeb by al-Mundhiri and Tafsir Dur al-Manthur by as-Suyuti. Mentioned in Ibn Kathir under the discussion of Surah 2:267 related to the memorisation of the Quran. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 16

^[11] Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri (رضي الله عنه) reported that a man came to the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and said advise me. He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “It is imperative for you to have Taqwa (fear / consciousness of Allah) for this is the accumulation of all good. Upon you is Jihad in the path of Allah for it is the monasticism of the Muslims and upon you is Remembrance (Zikr) of Allah and the recitation of His Book, for it is light for you on earth and (a means by which) you will be mentioned in the Heavens.

عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ قَالَ: جَاءَ رَجُلٌ إِلَى النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ أَوْصِنِي. فَقَالَ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: "عَلَيْكَ بِتَقْوَى اللهِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ رَأْسُ كُلِّ شَيْءٍ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِالْجِهَادِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ رَهْبَانِيَّةُ الْإِسْلَامِ، وَعَلَيْكَ بِذِكْرِ اللهِ وَتِلَاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ؛ فَإِنَّهُ رَوْحُكَ فِي السَّمَاءِ، وَذِكْرُكَ فِي الْأَرْضِ."

Grade: Hasan (al-Albani in Silsilah as-Saheehah 555) | Mu’jam as-Saghir of Tabrani 949, Similar wording in Musnad Ahmad 11774, Musnad Abu Yalah, Zuhd by Ibn Mubarak 840, Hilyat al-Awliya by Isbahani and Sahih Ibn Hibban. Quoted in Zad al Ma’ad by Ibn al-Qayyim vol. 3 and Marfu’an in Tafsir Ibn Kathir. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Pages 16-17

555 - "أوصيك بتقوى الله ، فإنه رأس كل شيء و عليك بالجهاد ، فإنه رهبانية الإسلام" و عليك بذكر الله و تلاوة القرآن ، فإنه روحك في السماء وذكرك في الأرض "." قال الألباني في "السلسلة الصحيحة" 2 / 87 : أخرجه أحمد ( 3 / 82 ) حدثنا حسين حدثنا ابن عياش يعني إسماعيل عن الحجاج بن مروان الكلاعي و عقيل بن مدرك السلمي عن أبي سعيد الخدري أن رجلا جاءه فقال : أوصني فقال : سألت عما سألت عنه رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم من قبلك : فذكره .

قلت : و رجاله ثقات غير الحجاج بن مروان الكلاعي قال في "التعجيل" : "ليس" بالمشهور "قلت : و هو مقرون بعقيل بن مدرك السلمي وقد روى عنه ثلاثة من" الثقات و ذكره ابن حبان في "الثقات" لكن يؤخذ من ترجمته منه ( 2 / 333 ) و من "التهذيب" أنه من أتباع التابعين ، فقد قال فيه بعد أن ذكر جماعة من التابعين

روى عنهم : "وأرسل عن أبي عبد الله الصنابحي" ." و عليه فهو منقطع بينه وبين أبي سعيد و لا أدري إذا كان الأمر كذلك بين قرينه الحجاج الكلاعي وأبي سعيد و قد وجدت للحديث طريقا أخرى أخرجه الطبراني في "المعجم الصغير" ( ص 197 ) و الخطيب ( 7 / 392 ) وكذا أبو بكر الشافعي في ( الفوائد ) ( 73 / 256 / 1 - 2 ) و أبو محمد الجوهري في "الفوائد المنتقاة" ( 4 / 2 ) و الواحدي في "الوسيط" ( 1 / 126 / 2 ) من طريق ليث عن مجاهد عن أبي سعيد بلفظ : "فإنه نور لك في الأرض و ذكر في السماء" . به نحوه ، و قال الطبراني : "لا يروى عن أبي سعيد إلا بهذا الإسناد" . قلت : وفاته إسناد أحمد و الحديث بمجموع الطريقين عندي حسن . و قال الهيثمي في "المجمع" ( 4 / 215 ) : "رواه أحمد وأبو يعلى ... و رجال" أحمد ثقات و في إسناد أبي يعلى ليث بن أبي سليم وهو مدلس "." قلت : لا أعرف أحدا رماه بالتدليس و إنما هو ضعيف لاختلاطه وكثرة خطئه . و لبعضه شاهد من حديث أنس عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال : "لكل نبي رهبانية" و رهبانية هذه الأمة الجهاد في سبيل الله ". أخرجه أحمد ( 3 / 266 ) عن زيد" العمي عن أبي إياس عنه . قلت : و هذا سند ضعيف من أجل زيد وهو ابن أبي الحواري وهو ضعيف كما في "التقريب" ، و قد قال فيه الدارقطني و غيره "صالح" فمثله يستشهد به ." ثم وجدت للحديث شاهدا آخر من حديث أبي ذر رضي الله عنه مرفوعا به بلفظ : "فإن ذلك لك نور في السماوات و نور في الأرض" . أخرجه الطبراني في "المعجم" الكبير "( 1 / 82 / 2 ) عن إبراهيم بن هشام بن يحيى الغساني حدثني أبي عن جدي" عن أبي إدريس الخولاني ، عن أبي ذر . لكن إبراهيم هذا ضعيف بل اتهمه بعضهم .

^[12] Abu Dhar Ghifari (رَضِيَ ٱللَّٰهُ عَنْه) reported that, Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, You will not come back to Allah with anything better than that which came from Him, i.e. the Quran.

قَالَ: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو مُحَمَّدٍ عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ الْعَدْلُ، ثَنَا جَدِّي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللهِ، ثَنَا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ شَبِيبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ، ثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ بْنِ صَالِحٍ، عَنِ الْعَلَاءِ بْنِ الْحَارِثِ، عَنْ زَيْدِ بْنِ أَرْطَاةَ، عَنْ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِي ذَرٍّ الْغِفَارِيِّ رَضِيَ اللهُ عَنْهُ، قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: إِنَّكُمْ لَا تَرْجِعُونَ إِلَى اللهِ بِشَيْءٍ أَفْضَلَ مِمَّا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ – يَعْنِي الْقُرْآنَ.

Grade: Sahih (al-Hakim) | Reference: Mustadrak al-Hakim 2077, Similar wording in Tirmidhi, Khalq Af’al al-Ibad by Bukhari, al-Asma was Sifat by Bayhaqi, Hilyat al-Awliya by al-Isbahani vol 9. Quoted in Targheeb wa-Tarheeb by al-Mundhari and Majmou al-Fatawa Ibn Taymiyah vol 12 page 517. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 18

^[13] Abdullah ibn Amr reported that the Prophet Muhammad (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: “Fasting and the Quran will intercede for the slave on the Day of Judgement. Fasting will say, ‘O My Lord! I prevented him from good and desires during the day, so accept my intercession for him.’ And the Quran wil say, ‘I prevented him from sleep during the night, so accept my intercession for him.’ He (the Prophet) said: 'Then they will be allowed to intercede.'".

قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ دَاوُدَ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ حُيَيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللهِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ الْحُبُلِيِّ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو: أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ «الصِّيَامُ وَالْقُرْآنُ يَشْفَعَانِ لِلْعَبْدِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، يَقُولُ الصِّيَامُ: أَيْ رَبِّ، مَنَعْتُهُ الطَّعَامَ وَالشَّهَوَاتِ بِالنَّهَارِ، فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ، وَوَيَقُولُ الْقُرْآنُ: مَنَعْتُهُ النَّوْمَ بِاللَّيْلِ، فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ، قَالَ: فَيُشَفَّعَانِ»

Grade: Sahih (al-Hakim) | Reference: Mustadrak al-Hakim 2036. Similar wording in Musnad Ahmad 6626, Shu’b al-Iman by Bayhaqi 1994, Hilyat al-Awliya by al-Isbahani, and Mu’jam al-Kabeer by Tabrani. Quoted in Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Tafsir al-Baghawi. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 19

^[14] Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) saying, "Read the Qur'an, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection." [Muslim].

عن أبي أمامة رضي الله عنه قال‏:‏ سمعت رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم يقول‏:‏ ‏ "‏ اقرءوا القرآن فإنه يأتي يوم القيامة شفيعًا لأصحابه‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏رواه مسلم‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Grade: Sahih | Reference: Riyad as-Salihin 991

^[15] Abu Umama said he heard Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) say: Recite the Qur'an, for on the Day of Resurrection it will come as an intercessor for those who recite It. Recite the two bright ones, al-Baqara and Surah Al 'Imran, for on the Day of Resurrection they will come as two clouds or two shades, or two flocks of birds in ranks, pleading for those who recite them. Recite Surah al-Baqara, for to take recourse to it is a blessing and to give it up is a cause of grief, and the magicians cannot confront it. (Mu'awiya said: It has been conveyed to me that here Batala means magicians.)

حَدَّثَنِي الْحَسَنُ بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الْحُلْوَانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو تَوْبَةَ، - وَهُوَ الرَّبِيعُ بْنُ نَافِعٍ - حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلاَّمٍ - عَنْ زَيْدٍ، أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ أَبَا سَلاَّمٍ، يَقُولُ حَدَّثَنِي أَبُو أُمَامَةَ، الْبَاهِلِيُّ قَالَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ يَأْتِي يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ شَفِيعًا لأَصْحَابِهِ اقْرَءُوا الزَّهْرَاوَيْنِ الْبَقَرَةَ وَسُورَةَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ فَإِنَّهُمَا تَأْتِيَانِ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَمَامَتَانِ أَوْ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَيَايَتَانِ أَوْ كَأَنَّهُمَا فِرْقَانِ مِنْ طَيْرٍ صَوَافَّ تُحَاجَّانِ عَنْ أَصْحَابِهِمَا اقْرَءُوا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَإِنَّ أَخْذَهَا بَرَكَةٌ وَتَرْكَهَا حَسْرَةٌ وَلاَ تَسْتَطِيعُهَا الْبَطَلَةُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ مُعَاوِيَةُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ الْبَطَلَةَ السَّحَرَةُ ‏.‏

Reference: Sahih Muslim 804a

^[16] Jabir (رضي الله عنه) reported that Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "The Qur'an is an intercessor whose intercession is accepted, and a witness whose testimony is believed. Whoever places it in front of him (as a guide), it will lead him to Paradise; and whoever places it behind his back, it will drive him into the Hellfire."

قال: أخبرنا القاضي أبو عمر محمد بن الحسين، حدثنا سليمان بن أحمد بن أيوب اللخمي، حدثنا الحسين بن محمد بن حاتم عبيد العجل الحافظ، حدثنا محمد بن العلاء الهمداني، حدثنا عبد الله بن الأجلح، عن الأعمش، عن أبي سفيان، عن جابر، قال: قال رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم: القرآن شافع مشفع وماحل مصدق، فمن جعله إماما قاده إلى الجنة، ومن جعله خلفه ساقه إلى النار.

Grade: Sahih (al-Albani in Silsilat al-Ahadith al-Sahihah 2019). Reference: Shu’b al-Iman by Bayhaqi 1855, Mu’jam al-Kabeer by Tabrani 8655 and Sahih Ibn Hibban 124. Quoted in Tafsir Qurtubi. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 21

2019 - "القرآن شافع مشفع و ماحل مصدق من جعله أمامه قاده إلى الجنة و من جعله خلف" ظهره ساقه إلى النار "."

قال الألباني في "السلسلة الصحيحة" 5 / 31 : أخرجه ابن حبان ( 1793 ) عن عبد الله بن الأجلح عن الأعمش عن أبي سفيان عن جابر عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم . قلت : و إسناده جيد ، رجاله ثقات و أشار المنذري في "الترغيب" ( 2 / 207 ) إلى تقويته و عزاه السيوطي للبيهقي أيضا في "شعبه" . و له شاهد من حديث عبد الله بن مسعود و لكنه مما لا يفرح به ، فإنه من رواية الربيع بن بدر عن الأعمش عن أبو وائل عنه مرفوعا به . أخرجه الطبراني في "الكبير" ( 3 / 78 / 2 ) و ابن عدي ( 132 / 2 ) و أبو نعيم في "الحلية" ( 4 / 108 ) ، و قال : "غريب" من حديث الأعمش تفرد به عنه الربيع "." قلت : و هو متروك ، و قد خولف . فقال البزار في "مسنده" ( 26 - زوائده ) : حدثنا أبو كريب محمد بن العلاء حدثنا عبد الله بن الأجلح عن الأعمش عن المعلى الكندي عن عبد الله بن مسعود قال : فذكره موقوفا . و قال : و حدثناه أبو كريب : حدثنا عبد الله بن الأجلح عن الأعمش عن أبي سفيان عن جابر عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم بنحوه ، و قال : "لا نعلم أحدا يرويه عن جابر إلا من هذا الوجه" . و قال الهيثمي عقبه :@ "رجاله ثقات" . و كذا قال في "مجمع الزوائد" ( 1 / 171 ) و زاد : "و رجال أثر ابن مسعود فيه المعلى الكندي و قد وثقه ابن حبان" . قلت : أورده هو ( 7 / 492 ) و ابن أبي حاتم ( 4 / 1 / 320 ) برواية الأعمش عنه و لم يزد ، فهو مجهول . و سكت المنذري عنه في "الترغيب" ( 1 / 42 ) ، و قال : "و إسناد المرفوع جيد" . قلت : و هو كما قال ، و رجاله كلهم ثقات رجال مسلم غير عبد الله بن الأجلح و هو صدوق كما في "التقريب" .

^[17] Abu Malik at-Ash'ari reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: Cleanliness is half of faith and al-Hamdu Lillah (all praise and gratitude is for Allah alone) fills the scale, and Subhan Allah (Glory be to Allah) and al-Hamdu Lillah fill up what is between the heavens and the earth, and prayer is a light, and charity is proof (of one's faith) and endurance is a brightness and the Holy Qur'an is a proof on your behalf or against you. All men go out early in the morning and sell themselves, thereby setting themselves free or destroying themselves.

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، حَدَّثَنَا حَبَّانُ بْنُ هِلاَلٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبَانٌ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى، أَنَّ زَيْدًا، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّ أَبَا سَلاَّمٍ حَدَّثَهُ عَنْ أَبِي مَالِكٍ الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ الطُّهُورُ شَطْرُ الإِيمَانِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلأُ الْمِيزَانَ ‏.‏ وَسُبْحَانَ اللَّهِ وَالْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ تَمْلآنِ - أَوْ تَمْلأُ - مَا بَيْنَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَالصَّلاَةُ نُورٌ وَالصَّدَقَةُ بُرْهَانٌ وَالصَّبْرُ ضِيَاءٌ وَالْقُرْآنُ حُجَّةٌ لَكَ أَوْ عَلَيْكَ كُلُّ النَّاسِ يَغْدُو فَبَائِعٌ نَفْسَهُ فَمُعْتِقُهَا أَوْ مُوبِقُهَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Reference: Sahih Muslim 223

^[18] Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Convey (my teachings) to the people even if it were a single sentence, and tell others the stories of Bani Israel (which have been taught to you), for it is not sinful to do so. And whoever tells a lie on me intentionally, will surely take his place in the (Hell) Fire."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ مَخْلَدٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا حَسَّانُ بْنُ عَطِيَّةَ، عَنْ أَبِي كَبْشَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ بَلِّغُوا عَنِّي وَلَوْ آيَةً، وَحَدِّثُوا عَنْ بَنِي إِسْرَائِيلَ وَلاَ حَرَجَ، وَمَنْ كَذَبَ عَلَىَّ مُتَعَمِّدًا فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 3461

^[19] Quran-ST | 41-1 to Quran-ST | 41-13

^[20] Jabir bin Abdullah (رضي الله عنه) narrates, , “One day some of the Quraysh chiefs were sitting and they said, “Look at this “great” magician, fortune teller and poet. This man has broken our unity and order, vilified our religion. See what he wants.” They said, “We do not know one (better) than Utbah ibn Rabi’i.” They said,  “O Abu Waleed (i.e. go to the Prophet)” Utbah went to the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and said, “O Muhammad, are you better or Abdullah (i.e. your father)?” Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) remained quiet. He then said, “Are you better than Abdul Muttalib (i.e. your grandfather)?” Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) remained quiet. He then said, “Were they better than you whilst they worshipped idols? And if you think you were indeed better than them, then speak now so we may hear your words. By Allah, we have never seen a newborn animal more ominous to its people than you! I do not see anyone who has harmed his people more than you, broken our unity and order, vilified our religion. People are speaking of a magician of Quraysh, and of a fortune-teller of Quraysh. By Allah, we are waiting for nothing less than the sudden cry of a pregnant woman before we draw swords against each other until we completely destroy ourselves! O man, if it is marriage you desire, choose any women of Quraysh you like, and we will marry you to ten of them. If it is wealth you need, we will pool our wealth for you until you become the single richest man among Quraysh."

The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "Have you finished?" He said: "Yes." Rasoolullah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) then recited, “In the Name of Allah, the Beneficent, the Merciful. Ha Meem. Sent down from the Beneficent, the Merciful (is) a book, the signs of which are explained in detail, an Arabic Quran for a people who know,...till he reached…So if they turn away then say, “I have warned you (of a) thunderbolt like the thunderbolt (which had fallen on the people of) Aad and Samood.” [Surah Fussilat, 1-13] Utbah said: "Enough! Enough! Do you have anything other than this?" He said: "No." So he returned to Quraysh, and they asked: "What heppened?" He replied: "I did not leave anything that I thought you would speak to him about except that I spoke to him about it." They said: "Did he answer you?" He said: "Yes." Then he said: "No, by the One Who established it [the Kaaba] as a clear sign, I did not understand anything of what he said except that he warned you of a thunderbolt like the thunderbolt of 'Aad and Thamud." They said: "Woe to you! A man speaks to you in Arabic and you do not know what he said?!" He replied: "No, by Allah, I understood nothing of what he said except for the mention of the thunderbolt."

قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُسْهِرٍ، عَنِ الْأَجْلَحِ، عَنِ الذَّيَّالِ بْنِ حَرْمَلَةَ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِاللَّهِ، قَالَ: اجْتَمَعَتْ قُرَيْشٌ يَوْمًا فَقَالُوا: انْظُرُوا أَعْلَمَكُمْ بِالسِّحْرِ وَالْكِهَانَةِ وَالشِّعْرِ، فَلْيَأْتِ هَذَاالرَّجُلَ الَّذِي فَرَّقَ جَمَاعَتَنَا وَشَتَّتَ أَمْرَنَا وَعَابَ دِينَنَا فَلْيُكَلِّمْهُ وَلْيَنْظُرْ مَاذَا يَرُدُّ عَلَيْهِ، فَقَالُوا: مَا نَعْلَمُأَحَدًا غَيْرَ عُتْبَةَ بْنِ رَبِيعَةَ، فَقَالُوا: أَنْتَ يَا أَبَا الْوَلِيدِ , فَأَتَاهُ عُتْبَةُ فَقَالَ: يَا مُحَمَّدُ أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ عَبْدُاللَّهِ؟ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، ثُمَّ قَالَ: أَنْتَ خَيْرٌ أَمْ عَبْدُ الْمُطَّلِبِ؟ فَسَكَتَ رَسُولُاللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ فَقَالَ: إِنْ كُنْتَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّ هَؤُلَاءِ خَيْرٌ مِنْكَ فَقَدْ عَبَدُوا الْآلِهَةَ الَّتِي عِبْتَهَا، وَإِنْكُنْتَ تَزْعُمُ أَنَّكَ خَيْرٌ مِنْهُمْ فَتَكَلَّمْ حَتَّى نَسْمَعَ قَوْلَكَ ، إِنَّا وَاللَّهِ مَا رَأَيْنَا سَخْلَةً قَطُّ أَشْأَمَ عَلَى قَوْمِهِمِنْكَ، فَرَّقْتَ جَمَاعَتَنَا وَشَتَّتَّ أَمْرَنَا وَعِبْتَ دِينَنَا وَفَضَحْتَنَا فِي الْعَرَبِ حَتَّى لَقَدْ طَارَ فِيهِمْ أَنَّ فِي قُرَيْشٍسَاحِرًا، وَأَنَّ فِي قُرَيْشٍ كَاهِنًا، وَاللَّهِ مَا نَنْتَظِرُ إِلَّا مِثْلَ صَيْحَةِ الْحُبْلَى أَنْ يَقُولَ بَعْضُنَا لِبَعْضٍ بِالسُّيُوفِحَتَّى نَتَفَانَى أَيُّهَا الرَّجُلُ، إِنْ كَانَ إِنَّمَا بِكَ الْبَاءَةُ فَاخْتَرْ أَيَّ نِسَاءِ قُرَيْشٍ وَنُزَوِّجْكَ عَشْرًا، وَإِنْ كَانَ إِنَّمَابِكَ الْحَاجَةُ جَمَعْنَا لَكَ حَتَّى تَكُونَ أَغْنَى قُرَيْشٍ رَجُلًا وَاحِدًا، فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: أَفَرَغْتَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، فَقَرَأَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: بِسْمِ اللَّهِ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ. حم. تَنْزِيلٌ مِنَ الرَّحْمَنِ الرَّحِيمِ حَتَّى بَلَغَ فَإِنْ أَعْرَضُوا فَقُلْ أَنْذَرْتُكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ (فصلت: 13) فَقَالَ عُتْبَةُ: حَسْبُكَ حَسْبُكَ مَا عِنْدَكَ غَيْرُ هَذَا؟ قَالَ: لَا، فَرَجَعَ إِلَى قُرَيْشٍ فَقَالُوا: مَا وَرَاءَكَ؟ قَالَ: مَا تَرَكْتُ شَيْئًا أَرَى أَنَّكُمْ تُكَلِّمُونَهُ بِهِ إِلَّا وَقَدْ كَلَّمْتُهُ بِهِ، فَقَالُوا: فَهَلْ أَجَابَكَ؟ قَالَ: نَعَمْ، قَالَ: لَا وَالَّذِي نَصَبَهَا بَيِّنَةً مَا فَهِمْتُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا قَالَ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ أَنْذَرَتْكُمْ صَاعِقَةً مِثْلَ صَاعِقَةِ عَادٍ وَثَمُودَ، قَالُوا: وَيْلَكَ يُكَلِّمُكَ رَجُلٌ بِالْعَرَبِيَّةِ لَا تَدْرِي مَا قَالَ؟، قَالَ: لَا وَاللَّهِ مَا فَهِمْتُ شَيْئًا مِمَّا قَالَ غَيْرَ ذِكْرِ الصَّاعِقَةِ

Reference: Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah 36560. Quoted with similar wording in Tafseer Ibn Katheer. Source: Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 21

^[21] It was narrated that Anas bin Malik said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Allah has His own people among mankind.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who are they?' He said: 'The people of the Qur'an, the people of Allah and those who are closest to Him.'"

حَدَّثَنَا بَكْرُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو بِشْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مَهْدِيٍّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ بُدَيْلٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ إِنَّ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِينَ مِنَ النَّاسِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ مَنْ هُمْ قَالَ ‏"‏ هُمْ أَهْلُ الْقُرْآنِ أَهْلُ اللَّهِ وَخَاصَّتُهُ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Grade: Hasan (Darussalam) | Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 215

^[22] Narrated `Uthman: The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The best among you (Muslims) are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it."

حَدَّثَنَا حَجَّاجُ بْنُ مِنْهَالٍ، حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، قَالَ أَخْبَرَنِي عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ، سَمِعْتُ سَعْدَ بْنَ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيِّ، عَنْ عُثْمَانَ ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ قَالَ وَأَقْرَأَ أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ فِي إِمْرَةِ عُثْمَانَ حَتَّى كَانَ الْحَجَّاجُ، قَالَ وَذَاكَ الَّذِي أَقْعَدَنِي مَقْعَدِي هَذَا‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5027

^[23] Narrated Jabir bin `Abdullah: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) shrouded every two martyrs of Uhud in one piece of cloth and then he would ask, "Which of them knew more Qur'an?" When one of them was pointed out he would put him first in the grave. He said, "I am a witness on these." Then he ordered them to be buried with blood on their bodies. Neither did he offer their funeral prayer nor did he get them washed. (Jabir bin `Abdullah added): Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) used to ask about the martyrs of Uhud as to which of them knew more of the Qur'an." And when one of them was pointed out as having more of it he would put him first in the grave and then his companions. (Jabir added): My father and my uncle were shrouded in one sheet.

حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ مُقَاتِلٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ، أَخْبَرَنَا لَيْثُ بْنُ سَعْدٍ، حَدَّثَنِي ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ كَعْبِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم كَانَ يَجْمَعُ بَيْنَ الرَّجُلَيْنِ مِنْ قَتْلَى أُحُدٍ فِي ثَوْبٍ وَاحِدٍ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ ‏"‏ أَيُّهُمْ أَكْثَرُ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَإِذَا أُشِيرَ لَهُ إِلَى أَحَدِهِمَا قَدَّمَهُ فِي اللَّحْدِ وَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَنَا شَهِيدٌ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَأَمَرَ بِدَفْنِهِمْ بِدِمَائِهِمْ، وَلَمْ يُصَلِّ عَلَيْهِمْ وَلَمْ يُغَسِّلْهُمْ‏.‏ وَأَخْبَرَنَا الأَوْزَاعِيُّ، عَنِ الزُّهْرِيِّ، عَنْ جَابِرِ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ ـ رضى الله عنهما ـ كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ لِقَتْلَى أُحُدٍ ‏"‏ أَىُّ هَؤُلاَءِ أَكْثَرُ أَخْذًا لِلْقُرْآنِ ‏"‏‏.‏ فَإِذَا أُشِيرَ لَهُ إِلَى رَجُلٍ قَدَّمَهُ فِي اللَّحْدِ قَبْلَ صَاحِبِهِ‏.‏ وَقَالَ جَابِرٌ فَكُفِّنَ أَبِي وَعَمِّي فِي نَمِرَةٍ وَاحِدَةٍ‏.‏ وَقَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ كَثِيرٍ حَدَّثَنِي الزُّهْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا مَنْ، سَمِعَ جَابِرًا ـ رضى الله عنه‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 1347, 1348

^[24] Narrated Abdullah ibn Amr ibn al-'As: The Prophet (ﷺ) said: If anyone prays at night reciting regularly ten verses, he will not be recorded among the negligent; if anyone prays at night and recites a hundred verses, he will be recorded among those who are obedient to Allah; and if anyone prays at night reciting one thousand verses, he will be recorded among those who receive huge rewards. [Abu Dawud said: The name of Ibn Hujairah al-Asghar is 'Abd Allah b. 'Abd al-Rahman b. Hujairah.]

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ صَالِحٍ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا عَمْرٌو، أَنَّ أَبَا سَوِيَّةَ، حَدَّثَهُ أَنَّهُ، سَمِعَ ابْنَ حُجَيْرَةَ، يُخْبِرُ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرِو بْنِ الْعَاصِ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ قَامَ بِعَشْرِ آيَاتٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ وَمَنْ قَامَ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ وَمَنْ قَامَ بِأَلْفِ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْمُقَنْطَرِينَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ ابْنُ حُجَيْرَةَ الأَصْغَرُ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ حُجَيْرَةَ ‏.‏ حكم: صحيح (الألباني)

Grade: Sahih (al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1398

^[25] Anas reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Who in creation has the most astonishing faith?” They said, “The angels.” The Prophet said, “But how could the angels not believe?” They said, “The prophets.” The Prophet said, “But the prophets were given divine revelation, so how could they not believe?” They said, “Their companions.” The Prophet said, “The companions were with their prophets, so how could they not believe? Rather, the people with the most astonishing faith are those who come after you and they find a book of divine revelation, thus they believe in it and follow it. They are the people with the most astonishing faith.”

عَن أَنَسٍ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيه وَسَلَّم أَيُّ الْخَلْقِ أَعْجَبُ إِيمَانًا قَالُوا الْمَلائِكَةُ قَالَ الْمَلائِكَةُ كَيْفَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّونَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّونَ يُوحَى إِلَيْهِمْ فَكَيْفَ لَا يُؤْمِنُونَ قَالُوا الصَّحَابَةُ قَالَ الصَّحَابَةُ يَكُونُونَ مَعَ الأَنْبِيَاءِ فَكَيْفَ لا يُؤْمِنُونَ وَلكن أَعْجَبَ النَّاسِ إِيمَانًا قَوْمٌ يجيؤون مِنْ بَعْدِكُمْ فَيَجِدُونَ كِتَابًا مِنَ الْوَحْيِ فَيُؤْمِنُونَ بِهِ وَيَتَّبِعُونَهُ فَهُمْ أَعْجَبُ النَّاسِ

Grade: Hasan (al-Albani) | Reference: Musnad Bazzar 7294. Similar wording in Mu’jam al-Kabir by Tabrani. Quoted in Tafsir Ibn Kathir. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 29

^[26] Some men who were companions of Mu'adh narrated from Mu'adh that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) sent Mu'adh to Yemen, so he (ﷺ) said: "How will you judge?" He said: "I will judge according to what is in Allah's Book." He said: "If it is not in Allah's Book ?" He said: "Then with the Sunnah of the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)." He said: "If it is not in the Sunnah of Messenger of Allah (ﷺ)?" He said: "I will give in my view." He said: "All praise is due to Allah, the One Who made the messenger of the Messenger of Allah suitable."

حَدَّثَنَا هَنَّادٌ، حَدَّثَنَا وَكِيعٌ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي عَوْنٍ الثَّقَفِيِّ، عَنِ الْحَارِثِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ رِجَالٍ، مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُعَاذٍ عَنْ مُعَاذٍ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم بَعَثَ مُعَاذًا إِلَى الْيَمَنِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ كَيْفَ تَقْضِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ أَقْضِي بِمَا فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي كِتَابِ اللَّهِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَبِسُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَإِنْ لَمْ يَكُنْ فِي سُنَّةِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَجْتَهِدُ رَأْيِي ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي وَفَّقَ رَسُولَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Grade: Sahih (Ibn Abdul Barr), Daif in chain (Darrusalam, al-Albani) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 1327. Also in Sunan Abi Dawood, Hadith No. 3592, Darimi, Mishkat 7/3565. Similar wording in Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah no. 22988, Musnad Ahmad no. 22100 and Sunan as-Sagheer by Bayhaqi no. 3250. Quoted in Tafsir Ibn Kathir and Majmou al-Fatawah Ibn Taymiyyah vol. 16. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 30

^[27] It was narrated that ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) turned to us and said: ‘O Muhajirun, there are five things with which you will be tested, and I seek refuge with Allah lest you live to see them: Immorality never appears among a people to such an extent that they commit it openly, but plagues and diseases that were never known among the predecessors will spread among them. They do not cheat in weights and measures but they will be stricken with famine, severe calamity and the oppression of their rulers. They do not withhold the Zakah of their wealth, but rain will be withheld from the sky, and were it not for the animals, no rain would fall on them. They do not break their covenant with Allah and His Messenger, but Allah will enable their enemies to overpower them and take some of what is in their hands. Unless their leaders rule according to the Book of Allah and seek all good from that which Allah has revealed, Allah will cause them to fight one another.’”

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الدِّمَشْقِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ أَبُو أَيُّوبَ، عَنِ ابْنِ أَبِي مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عَطَاءِ بْنِ أَبِي رَبَاحٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عُمَرَ، قَالَ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ فَقَالَ ‏ "‏ يَا مَعْشَرَ الْمُهَاجِرِينَ خَمْسٌ إِذَا ابْتُلِيتُمْ بِهِنَّ وَأَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ أَنْ تُدْرِكُوهُنَّ لَمْ تَظْهَرِ الْفَاحِشَةُ فِي قَوْمٍ قَطُّ حَتَّى يُعْلِنُوا بِهَا إِلاَّ فَشَا فِيهِمُ الطَّاعُونُ وَالأَوْجَاعُ الَّتِي لَمْ تَكُنْ مَضَتْ فِي أَسْلاَفِهِمُ الَّذِينَ مَضَوْا ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَنْقُصُوا الْمِكْيَالَ وَالْمِيزَانَ إِلاَّ أُخِذُوا بِالسِّنِينَ وَشِدَّةِ الْمَؤُنَةِ وَجَوْرِ السُّلْطَانِ عَلَيْهِمْ ‏.‏ وَلَمْ يَمْنَعُوا زَكَاةَ أَمْوَالِهِمْ إِلاَّ مُنِعُوا الْقَطْرَ مِنَ السَّمَاءِ وَلَوْلاَ الْبَهَائِمُ لَمْ يُمْطَرُوا وَلَمْ يَنْقُضُوا عَهْدَ اللَّهِ وَعَهْدَ رَسُولِهِ إِلاَّ سَلَّطَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِمْ عَدُوًّا مِنْ غَيْرِهِمْ فَأَخَذُوا بَعْضَ مَا فِي أَيْدِيهِمْ ‏.‏ وَمَا لَمْ تَحْكُمْ أَئِمَّتُهُمْ بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَيَتَخَيَّرُوا مِمَّا أَنْزَلَ اللَّهُ إِلاَّ جَعَلَ اللَّهُ بَأْسَهُمْ بَيْنَهُمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) | Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 4019. Similar wording in Mustadrak al-Hakim, Hilyat al-Awliya by al-Isbahani, Shu’b al-Iman by Bayhaqi no. 3042 and Mu’jam al-Awsat by Tabrani no. 4671. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Pages 31-32

^[28] Abu Hurairah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: No people get together in a house of the houses of Allah (i.e. a mosque), reciting the Book of Allah, and learning it together among themselves, but calmness (sakinah) comes down to them, (Divine) mercy covers them (from above), and the angels surround them, and Allah makes a mention of them among those who are with Him.

حَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو مُعَاوِيَةَ، عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ أَبِي صَالِحٍ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِ اللَّهِ تَعَالَى يَتْلُونَ كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَيَتَدَارَسُونَهُ بَيْنَهُمْ إِلاَّ نَزَلَتْ عَلَيْهِمُ السَّكِينَةُ وَغَشِيَتْهُمُ الرَّحْمَةُ وَحَفَّتْهُمُ الْمَلاَئِكَةُ وَذَكَرَهُمُ اللَّهُ فِيمَنْ عِنْدَهُ ‏"‏‏.‏ حكم: صحيح (الألباني)

Grade: Sahih (al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1455

^[29] Mu'adh al-Juhani reported the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) as saying: If anyone recites the Qur'an and acts according to its content, on the Day of Judgement his parents will be given to wear a crown whose light is better than the light of the sun in the dwellings of this world if it were among you. So what do you think of him who acts according to this ?

حَدَّثَنَا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ عَمْرِو بْنِ السَّرْحِ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، أَخْبَرَنِي يَحْيَى بْنُ أَيُّوبَ، عَنْ زَبَّانَ بْنِ فَائِدٍ، عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ مُعَاذٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَمِلَ بِمَا فِيهِ أُلْبِسَ وَالِدَاهُ تَاجًا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ ضَوْؤُهُ أَحْسَنُ مِنْ ضَوْءِ الشَّمْسِ فِي بُيُوتِ الدُّنْيَا لَوْ كَانَتْ فِيكُمْ فَمَا ظَنُّكُمْ بِالَّذِي عَمِلَ بِهَذَا ‏"‏.‏ حكم: ضعيف (الألباني)، حسن (ابن حجر العسقلاني في تخريج مشكاة المصابيح)

Grade:Hasan (Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani), Da'if (Al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1453

^[30] 'Aishah reported the Prophet (ﷺ) as saying: One who is skilled in the Qur'an is associated with the noble, upright recording angels, and he who falters when he recites the Qur'an and finds it difficult for him will have a double reward.

حَدَّثَنَا مُسْلِمُ بْنُ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، حَدَّثَنَا هِشَامٌ، وَهَمَّامٌ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ زُرَارَةَ بْنِ أَوْفَى، عَنْ سَعْدِ بْنِ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ عَائِشَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهُوَ مَاهِرٌ بِهِ مَعَ السَّفَرَةِ الْكِرَامِ الْبَرَرَةِ وَالَّذِي يَقْرَؤُهُ وَهُوَ يَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْهِ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ حكم: صحيح (الألباني)

Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1454

^[31] 'Uqbah b. 'Amir al-Juhani said: When we were in the Suffah, the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) asked: Which of you would like to go out every morning to Buthan or Al-'Aqiq and bring two large humped and fat she-camels without being guilty of sin and severing ties of relationship ? They (the people) said: Messenger of Allah, we would all like that. He said: If any one of you goes out in the morning to the mosque and learns two verses of the Book of Allah, the Exalted, it is better for him than two she-camels, and three verses are better for him than three she-camels, and so on than their numbers in camels.

حَدَّثَنَا سُلَيْمَانُ بْنُ دَاوُدَ الْمَهْرِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ وَهْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُوسَى بْنُ عُلَىِّ بْنِ رَبَاحٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ عُقْبَةَ بْنِ عَامِرٍ الْجُهَنِيِّ، قَالَ خَرَجَ عَلَيْنَا رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَنَحْنُ فِي الصُّفَّةِ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ أَيُّكُمْ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يَغْدُوَ إِلَى بُطْحَانَ أَوِ الْعَقِيقِ فَيَأْخُذَ نَاقَتَيْنِ كَوْمَاوَيْنِ زَهْرَاوَيْنِ بِغَيْرِ إِثْمٍ بِاللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ وَلاَ قَطْعِ رَحِمٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا كُلُّنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏"‏ فَلأَنْ يَغْدُوَ أَحَدُكُمْ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ إِلَى الْمَسْجِدِ فَيَتَعَلَّمَ آيَتَيْنِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْ نَاقَتَيْنِ وَإِنْ ثَلاَثٌ فَثَلاَثٌ مِثْلُ أَعْدَادِهِنَّ مِنَ الإِبِلِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ حكم: صحيح (الألباني)

Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 1456

^[32] Ibn Abbas (ra) reported that the Prophet ﷺ was asked about who had the best recitation. He ﷺ said; “When you hear his recitation, you can see that he fears Allah.”

قال: حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ زَكَرِيَّا، ثنا إِسْمَاعِيلُ بْنُ عُمَرَ، ثنا مِسْعَرُ بْنُ كِدَامٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الْكَرِيمِ الْمُعَلِّمِ، عَنْ طَاوُوسٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، رَضِيَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَنْهُ قَالَ: سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: مَنْ أَحْسَنُ النَّاسِ قِرَاءَةً؟ قَالَ:مَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتَهُ يَقْرَأُ رَأَيْتَ أَنَّهُ يَخْشَى اللهَ

Grade: The Hadith is corroborated and suitable to quote (Hadith Answers) | Reference: Hiyatul Awliyah by al-Isbahani, Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah no. 8742, Musannaf Abdur Razzaq no. 4185, Shu’b al-Iman of Bayhaqi no. 1958. Similar wording in Khalq Af’al al-Ibaad by Bukhari,  Ibn Majah no. 1339 and Sunan Darimi no. 3532. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 46

^[33] Narrated Muhammad bin Ka'b Al-Qurazi: "I heard 'Abdullah bin Mas'ud saying: 'The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "[Whoever recites a letter] from Allah's Book, then he receives the reward from it, and the reward of ten the like of it. I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is a letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter."

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرٍ الْحَنَفِيُّ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا الضَّحَّاكُ بْنُ عُثْمَانَ، عَنْ أَيُّوبَ بْنِ مُوسَى، قَالَ سَمِعْتُ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيَّ، يَقُولُ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ بْنَ مَسْعُودٍ، يَقُولُ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفًا مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ فَلَهُ بِهِ حَسَنَةٌ وَالْحَسَنَةُ بِعَشْرِ أَمْثَالِهَا لاَ أَقُولُ الم حَرْفٌ وَلَكِنْ أَلِفٌ حَرْفٌ وَلاَمٌ حَرْفٌ وَمِيمٌ حَرْفٌ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ وَيُرْوَى هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ مِنْ غَيْرِ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ وَرَوَاهُ أَبُو الأَحْوَصِ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ رَفَعَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ وَوَقَفَهُ بَعْضُهُمْ عَنِ ابْنِ مَسْعُودٍ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ غَرِيبٌ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ‏.‏ سَمِعْتُ قُتَيْبَةَ بْنَ سَعِيدٍ يَقُولُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ مُحَمَّدَ بْنَ كَعْبٍ الْقُرَظِيَّ وُلِدَ فِي حَيَاةِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ كَعْبٍ يُكْنَى أَبَا حَمْزَةَ ‏.

Grade: Hasan (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2910

^[34] Uqbah ibn Amir (ra) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said; “Indeed, the one who recites the Qur’ān loudly is like one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites the Qur’ān silently is like the one who gives charity in secret.”

قال: أَخْبَرَنَا هَارُونُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَكَّارِ بْنِ بِلَالٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ سُمَيْعٍ، قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدٌ يَعْنِي ابْنَ وَاقِدٍ، عَنْ كَثِيرِ بْنِ مُرَّةَ، أَنَّ عُقْبَةَ بْنَ عَامِرٍ حَدَّثَهُمْ، أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:إِنَّ الَّذِي يَجْهَرُ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَالَّذِي يَجْهَرُ بِالصَّدَقَةِ، وَالَّذِي يُسِرُّ بِالْقُرْآنِ كَالَّذِي يُسِرُّ بِالصَّدَقَةِ

Grade: Hasan (Darrusalam) | Reference: Jami al-Tirmidhī 2919. Sunan al-Kubra an-Nasa’i no. 1378. Similar wording in Mu’jam al-Kabeer by Tabrani no. 925. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 47

^[35] Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "The example of a Believer who recites the Qur'an, is that of a citron which smells good and tastes good; And the example of a Believer who does not recite the Qur'an, is that of a date which has no smell but tastes sweet; and the example of a hypocrite who recites the Qur'an, is that of an aromatic plant which smells good but tastes bitter; and the example of a hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an, is that of a colocynth plant which has no smell and is bitter in taste."

حَدَّثَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الأُتْرُجَّةِ، رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لاَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ التَّمْرَةِ لاَ رِيحَ لَهَا وَطَعْمُهَا حُلْوٌ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الرَّيْحَانَةِ، رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي لاَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الْحَنْظَلَةِ، لَيْسَ لَهَا رِيحٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ ‏"‏‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5427

^[36] Narrated `Abdullah bin `Amr: Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said to me, "Recite the whole Qur'an in one month's time." I said, "But I have power (to do more than that)." Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, "Then finish the recitation of the Qur'an in seven days, and do not finish it in less than this period."

حَدَّثَنِي إِسْحَاقُ، أَخْبَرَنَا عُبَيْدُ اللَّهِ، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ يَحْيَى، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، مَوْلَى بَنِي زُهْرَةَ عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ ـ قَالَ وَأَحْسِبُنِي قَالَ ـ سَمِعْتُ أَنَا مِنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ اقْرَإِ الْقُرْآنَ فِي شَهْرٍ ‏"‏‏.‏ قُلْتُ إِنِّي أَجِدُ قُوَّةً حَتَّى قَالَ ‏"‏ فَاقْرَأْهُ فِي سَبْعٍ وَلاَ تَزِدْ عَلَى ذَلِكَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5054

^[37] Narrated 'Abdullah bin 'Amr: that the Prophet (ﷺ) said: "He who recites the Qur'an in less than three (days), he does not understand it."

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا النَّضْرُ بْنُ شُمَيْلٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ الشِّخِّيرِ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ ‏ "‏ لَمْ يَفْقَهْ مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلاَثٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏ - حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ جَعْفَرٍ، قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ، بِهَذَا الإِسْنَادِ نَحْوَهُ ‏.‏

Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2949

^[38] Abu Hurairah narrated that the Messenger of Allah (s.a.w) said: "Seek refuge in Allah from the Pit of Sorrows." They said: "O Messenger of Allah! What is the Pit of Sorrows?" He said: "gorge in Hell from which Hell seeks Allah's refuge a Hundred times every day." It was said: "O Messenger of Allah! Who shall enter it?" He said: "The reciters who were showing off with their deeds."

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنِي الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ سَيْفٍ الضَّبِّيِّ، عَنْ أَبِي مُعَانٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ جُبِّ الْحُزْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا جُبُّ الْحُزْنِ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَادٍ فِي جَهَنَّمَ تَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْهُ جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ مِائَةَ مَرَّةٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قُلْنَا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ يَدْخُلُهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ الْقُرَّاءُ الْمُرَاءُونَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ.

Grade: Hasan Ghareeb (Tirmidhi) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2383

It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: "The Messenger of Allah said: 'Seek refuge with Allah from the pit of grief.' They said: 'O Messenger of Allah, what is the pit of grief?' He said: 'A valley in Hell from which Hell itself seeks refuge four hundred times each day.' It was said: 'O Messenger of Allah, who will enter it?' He said: 'It has been prepared for reciters of the Qur'an who want to show off their deeds. The most hateful of reciters of the Qur'an to Allah are those who visit the rulers.'" (Da'if) Other chains of narrators.

حَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاذٍ الْبَصْرِيِّ، ح وَحَدَّثَنَا عَلِيُّ بْنُ مُحَمَّدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ بْنُ مَنْصُورٍ، عَنْ عَمَّارِ بْنِ سَيْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاذٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ سِيرِينَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ ‏"‏ تَعَوَّذُوا بِاللَّهِ مِنْ جُبِّ الْحُزْنِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَا جُبُّ الْحُزْنِ قَالَ ‏"‏ وَادٍ فِي جَهَنَّمَ يَتَعَوَّذُ مِنْهُ جَهَنَّمُ كُلَّ يَوْمٍ أَرْبَعَمِائَةِ مَرَّةٍ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالُوا يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ يَدْخُلُهُ قَالَ ‏"‏ أُعِدَّ لِلْقُرَّاءِ الْمُرَائِينَ بِأَعْمَالِهِمْ وَإِنَّ مِنْ أَبْغَضِ الْقُرَّاءِ إِلَى اللَّهِ الَّذِينَ يَزُورُونَ الأُمَرَاءَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ الْمُحَارِبِيُّ الْجَوَرَةَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو الْحَسَنِ حَدَّثَنَا حَازِمُ بْنُ يَحْيَى حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ نُمَيْرٍ قَالَا حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ نُمَيْرٍ عَنْ مُعَاوِيَةَ النَّصْرِيِّ وَكَانَ ثِقَةً ثُمَّ ذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ نَحْوَهُ بِإِسْنَادِهِ ‏.‏ حَدَّثَنَا إِبْرَاهِيمُ بْنُ نَصْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو غَسَّانَ، مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ حَدَّثَنَا عَمَّارُ بْنُ سَيْفٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُعَاذٍ، ‏.‏ قَالَ مَالِكُ بْنُ إِسْمَاعِيلَ قَالَ عَمَّارٌ لاَ أَدْرِي مُحَمَّدٌ أَوْ أَنَسُ بْنُ سِيرِينَ ‏.‏

Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 256

^[39] Abu Sa’eed al-Khudri reported that he heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say; “Learn the Qur’ān, and ask (Allah) to grant you Paradise by it, before the appearance of people who learn it and ask by it, the worldly pleasures. For indeed, the Qur’ān is learnt by three types of people; (1) a man who shows off by it, (2) a man who eats by it (money, dunyah) and (3) a man who recites it for the sake of Allah Almighty.”

قال: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ السُّلَمِيُّ، حدثنا أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ حَمْدون، حدثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ سُفْيَانَ، حدثنا هِشَامُ بْنُ خَالِدٍ الْأَزْرَقُ، حدثنا الْوَلِيدُ، حدثنا ابْنُ لَهِيعَةَ، عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ وَرْدَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي الْهَيْثَمِ، عَنْ أَبِي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيِّ أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُ: تَعَلَّمُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَسَلُوا بِهِ الْجَنَّةَ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ قَوْمٌ يَسْأَلُونَ بِهِ الدُّنْيَا، فَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ يَتَعَلَّمُهُ ثَلَاثَةٌ: رَجُلٌ يُبَاهِي بِهِ، وَرَجُلٌ يَسْتَأْكِلُ بِهِ، وَرَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ لِلَّهِ عَزَّ وَجَلَّ

Grade: Hasan (al-Hadees.com) | Reference: Musnad Ahmad 19997, Shu’b al-Iman by Bayhaqi no. 2389. Similar wording in Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah no.7743 and 30000, and Sharh Sunnah Baghawi no. 1182. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Pages 31-32

^[40] It has been narrated on the authority of Sulaiman b. Yasar who said: People dispersed from around Abu Huraira, and Natil, who was from the Syrians. said to him: O Shaikh, relate (to us) a tradition you have heard from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ). He said: Yes. I heard the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) say: The first of men (whose case) will be decided on the Day of Judgment will be a man who died as a martyr. He shall be brought (before the Judgment Seat). Allah will make him recount His blessings (i. e. the blessings which He had bestowed upon him) and he will recount them (and admit having enjoyed them in his life). (Then) will Allah say: What did you do (to requite these blessings)? He will say: I fought for Thee until I died as a martyr. Allah will say: You have told a lie. You fought that you might be called a" brave warrior". And you were called so. (Then) orders will be passed against him and he will be dragged with his face downward and cast into Hell. Then will be brought forward a man who acquired knowledge and imparted it (to others) and recited the Qur'an. He will be brought And Allah will make him recount His blessings and he will recount them (and admit having enjoyed them in his lifetime). Then will Allah ask: What did you do (to requite these blessings)? He will say: I acquired knowledge and disseminated it and recited the Qur'an seeking Thy pleasure. Allah will say: You have told a lie. You acquired knowledge so that you might be called" a scholar," and you recited the Qur'an so that it might be said:" He is a Qari" and such has been said. Then orders will be passed against him and he shall be dragged with his face downward and cast into the Fire. Then will be brought a man whom Allah had made abundantly rich and had granted every kind of wealth. He will be brought and Allah will make him recount His blessings and he will recount them and (admit having enjoyed them in his lifetime). Allah will (then) ask: What have you done (to requite these blessings)? He will say: I spent money in every cause in which Thou wished that it should be spent. Allah will say: You are lying. You did (so) that it might be said about (You):" He is a generous fellow" and so it was said. Then will Allah pass orders and he will be dragged with his face downward and thrown into Hell.

حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ حَبِيبٍ الْحَارِثِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ، حَدَّثَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، حَدَّثَنِي يُونُسُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، قَالَ تَفَرَّقَ النَّاسُ عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، فَقَالَ لَهُ نَاتِلُ أَهْلِ الشَّامِ أَيُّهَا الشَّيْخُ حَدِّثْنَا حَدِيثًا سَمِعْتَهُ مِنْ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ نَعَمْ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يَقُولُ ‏ "‏ إِنَّ أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ يُقْضَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ عَلَيْهِ رَجُلٌ اسْتُشْهِدَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا قَالَ فَمَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا قَالَ قَاتَلْتُ فِيكَ حَتَّى اسْتُشْهِدْتُ ‏.‏ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّكَ قَاتَلْتَ لأَنْ يُقَالَ جَرِيءٌ ‏.‏ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ‏.‏ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ وَرَجُلٌ تَعَلَّمَ الْعِلْمَ وَعَلَّمَهُ وَقَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا قَالَ فَمَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا قَالَ تَعَلَّمْتُ الْعِلْمَ وَعَلَّمْتُهُ وَقَرَأْتُ فِيكَ الْقُرْآنَ ‏.‏ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّكَ تَعَلَّمْتَ الْعِلْمَ لِيُقَالَ عَالِمٌ ‏.‏ وَقَرَأْتَ الْقُرْآنَ لِيُقَالَ هُوَ قَارِئٌ ‏.‏ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ حَتَّى أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ ‏.‏ وَرَجُلٌ وَسَّعَ اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَأَعْطَاهُ مِنْ أَصْنَافِ الْمَالِ كُلِّهِ فَأُتِيَ بِهِ فَعَرَّفَهُ نِعَمَهُ فَعَرَفَهَا قَالَ فَمَا عَمِلْتَ فِيهَا قَالَ مَا تَرَكْتُ مِنْ سَبِيلٍ تُحِبُّ أَنْ يُنْفَقَ فِيهَا إِلاَّ أَنْفَقْتُ فِيهَا لَكَ قَالَ كَذَبْتَ وَلَكِنَّكَ فَعَلْتَ لِيُقَالَ هُوَ جَوَادٌ ‏.‏ فَقَدْ قِيلَ ثُمَّ أُمِرَ بِهِ فَسُحِبَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ ثُمَّ أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Reference: Sahih Muslim 1905a

^[41] Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "Whoever says (something) about the Qur'an without knowledge, then let him take his seat in the Fire."

حَدَّثَنَا مَحْمُودُ بْنُ غَيْلاَنَ، حَدَّثَنَا بِشْرُ بْنُ السَّرِيِّ، حَدَّثَنَا سُفْيَانُ، عَنْ عَبْدِ الأَعْلَى، عَنْ سَعِيدِ بْنِ جُبَيْرٍ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، رضى الله عنهما قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏ "‏ مَنْ قَالَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ بِغَيْرِ عِلْمٍ فَلْيَتَبَوَّأْ مَقْعَدَهُ مِنَ النَّارِ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ صَحِيحٌ ‏.‏

Grade: Hasan Sahih (Tirmidhi) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 2950. Similar wording in Musannaf ibn Abi Shaybah no. 30101, Musnad Ahmad no. 2429 and Shu’b al-Iman by Bayhaqi 2079. Quoted in Tafsir Tabari and Tafsir Baghawi. Source: A B al-Mehri, 40 Hadith on The Quran, The Quran Project, 2nd Edition, Page 39

^[42] Abdullah ibn Umar (ra) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said; “Do not argue concerning the Qur’ān (i.e. do not oppose/argue against what the Qur’ān says) for in this arguing is Disbelief.”

قال: حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو دَاوُدَ قَالَ: حَدَّثَنَا فُلَيْحُ بْنُ سُلَيْمَانَ، عَنْ سَالِمٍ أَبِي النَّضْرِ، عَنْ سُلَيْمَانَ بْنِ يَسَارٍ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:لَا تُجَادِلُوا فِي الْقُرْآنِ فَإِنَّ جِدَالًا فِيهِ كُفْرٌ

Grade: Sahih (al-Suyuti) | Reference: Jami as-Saghir 9720, Musnad Abu Dawud at-Taylasi no. 2400 and Shu’b al-Iman by Bayhaqi no. 2061

- لا تجادِلوا في القرآنِ، فإنَّ جدالًا فيه كفرٌ

خلاصة حكم المحدث : صحيح

الراوي : عبدالله بن عمرو | المحدث : السيوطي | المصدر : الجامع الصغير | الصفحة أو الرقم : 9720

| التخريج : أخرجه أبو داود الطيالسي في ((المسند)) (2400)، والبيهقي في ((شعب الإيمان)) (2061) واللفظ لهما، وأبو طاهر في ((المخلصيات)) (1371) باختلاف يسير.

المِراءُ في القُرآنِ كُفرٌ

الراوي : أبو هريرة | المحدث : الألباني | المصدر : صحيح أبي داود

الصفحة أو الرقم: 4603 | خلاصة حكم المحدث : حسن صحيح

التخريج : أخرجه أبو داود (4603)، وأحمد (7835)، والنسائي في ((السنن الكبرى)) (8093)

Source: Dorar.net - Reference: Jami as-Saghir 9720

^[43] An-Nawwas bin Sam’an (ra) reported that the Prophet ﷺ said; “Do not argue using the Qur’ān (i.e. in a dispute with one another). (The negative result would be) you would deny the Book of Allah by using (one Ayat) against another (Ayat). I swear by Allah indeed the Believer if he is argued against with the Qur’ān he (out of respect) will lose (not continue the argument)…indeed the hypocrite, if he argues using the Qur’ān, he will win (the argument – because the Believer will not argue back).”

قال: حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ قُتَيْبَةَ، قَالَ: ثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ، ثَنَا أَبُو الْيَمَانِ، ثَنَا صَفْوَانُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنِ جُبَيْرِ بْنِ نُفَيْرٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنِ النَّوَّاسِ بْنِ سَمْعَانَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ:لَا تُجَادِلُوا بِالْقُرْآنِ وَلَا تُكَذِّبُوا كِتَابَ اللَّهِ بَعْضَهُ بِبَعْضٍ , فَوَاللَّهِ إِنَّ الْمُؤْمِنَ لَيُجَادِلُ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَيُغْلَبُ , وَإِنَّ الْمُنَافِقَ لَيُجَادِلُ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَيَغْلِبُ

Grade: Hasan (al-hadees.com) | Reference: Musnad Ahmad no. 6741, Musnad Shameen Tabrani no. 942. Similar wording Mu’jam al-Awsat Tabrani no. 515.

^[44] Narrated Abu Salama: Abu Huraira said, "Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) said, 'Whoever does not recite Qur'an in a nice voice is not from us,' and others said extra," (that means) to recite it aloud."

حَدَّثَنَا إِسْحَاقُ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَاصِمٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ، أَخْبَرَنَا ابْنُ شِهَابٍ، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يَتَغَنَّ بِالْقُرْآنِ ‏"‏‏.‏ وَزَادَ غَيْرُهُ ‏"‏ يَجْهَرُ بِهِ ‏"‏‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 7527

^[45] Bar’a ibn Azib (ra) reported that the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said; “Beautify the Qur’ān with your voices for indeed the nice voice increases the beauty of the Qur’ān.”

قال: أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ فُورَكٍ، حدثنا الْقَاضِي أَبُو بَكْرٍ أَحْمَدُ بْنُ مَحْمُودِ بْنِ خِرْزَاذٍ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ، بِهَا حدثنا عَبْدُ اللهِ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُوسَى، حدثنا الْحَسَنُ بْنُ الْحَارِثِ الْأَهْوَازِيُّ، حدثنا سَلَمَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ صَدَقَةَ بْنِ أَبِي عِمْرَانَ، حدثنا عَلْقَمَةُ بْنُ مَرْثَدٍ، عَنْ زَاذَانَ  أَبِي عُمَرَ، عَنِ الْبَرَاءِ بْنِ عَازِبٍ، قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ يَقُولُحَسِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ فَإِنَّ الصَّوْتَ الْحَسَنَ يَزِيدُ الْقُرْآنَ حُسْنًا

Shu’b al-Iman Bayhaqi in no. 2/868. Similar wordings in Mustadrak al-Hakim no. 2125 and Sunan ad-Darimi 3544.

Abu Burda narrated on the authority of Abu Musa that the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) had said to Abu Musa: If you were to see me, as I was listening to your recitation (of the Qur'an) yester-night (you would have felt delighted). You are in fact endowed with a sweet voice like that of David himself.

وَحَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ رُشَيْدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، حَدَّثَنَا طَلْحَةُ، عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى، قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم لأَبِي مُوسَى ‏ "‏ لَوْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَأَنَا أَسْتَمِعُ لِقِرَاءَتِكَ الْبَارِحَةَ لَقَدْ أُوتِيتَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Reference: Sahih Muslim 793e

^[46] Narrated Abu Musa: That the Prophet (ﷺ) said to him' "O Abu Musa! You have been given one of the mazamir (sweet melodious voices) of the family of David.'

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ خَلَفٍ أَبُو بَكْرٍ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو يَحْيَى الْحِمَّانِيُّ، حَدَّثَنَا بُرَيْدُ بْنُ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ـ رضى الله عنه ـ عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم قَالَ لَهُ ‏ "‏ يَا أَبَا مُوسَى لَقَدْ أُوتِيتَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ ‏"‏‏.‏

Reference: Sahih al-Bukhari 5048

Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said to him, "You have been given a Mizmar (sweet melodious voice) out of the Mazamir of Prophet Dawud (David)." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim]. And in a version narrated by Muslim "If you would have seen me, as I was listening to your recitation last night."

وعن أبي موسى الأشعري رضي الله عنه أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال له ‏:‏‏"‏ لقد أتيت مزمارا من مزامير آل داود ‏"‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏ ‏.‏

وفي روايه لمسلم ‏:‏ أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال له ‏:‏ ‏"‏ لو رأيتني وأنا أستمع لقراءتك البارحة‏"‏‏.‏

Reference: Riyad as-Salihin 1005

^[47] It was narrated that Abu Hurairah said: “The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) entered the mosque and heard a man reciting Qur’an. He asked: ‘Who is this?’ It was said: ‘(He is) ‘Abdullah bin Qais.’ He said: ‘He has been given (sweet melodious voice) from the Mazamir of the family of Dawud.’”

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ بْنُ هَارُونَ، أَنْبَأَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، قَالَ دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ الْمَسْجِدَ فَسَمِعَ قِرَاءَةَ رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ مَنْ هَذَا ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقِيلَ هَذَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ ‏.‏ فَقَالَ ‏"‏ لَقَدْ أُوتِيَ هَذَا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏

Grade: Hasan (Darussalam) | Reference: Sunan Ibn Majah 1341

^[48] Narrated Abdullah ibn ash-Shikhkhir: I saw the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) praying and a sound came from his breast like the rumbling of a mill owing to weeping.

حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ سَلاَّمٍ، حَدَّثَنَا يَزِيدُ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ هَارُونَ - أَخْبَرَنَا حَمَّادٌ، - يَعْنِي ابْنَ سَلَمَةَ - عَنْ ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ مُطَرِّفٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، قَالَ رَأَيْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم يُصَلِّي وَفِي صَدْرِهِ أَزِيزٌ كَأَزِيزِ الرَّحَى مِنَ الْبُكَاءِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏.‏ حكم: صحيح (الألباني)

Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 904

^[49] Al Quran, Surah an-Nisa, Chapter 4: Verse 41

^[50] 'Abdullah (b. Mas'ud) reported: The Messenger of Allah (may peace be upon (him) asked me to recite the Qur'an. He said: Messenger of Allah, (how) should I recite to you whereas it has been sent down to you? He (the Holy Prophet) said: I desire to hear it from someone else. So I recited Surat al-Nisa' till I reached the verse: How then shall it be when We shall bring from every people a witness and bring you against them as a witness?" (verse 41). I lifted my head or a person touched me in my side, and so I lifted my head and saw his tears falling (from the Holy Prophet's eyes).

وَحَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ أَبِي شَيْبَةَ، وَأَبُو كُرَيْبٍ جَمِيعًا عَنْ حَفْصٍ، - قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ حَدَّثَنَا حَفْصُ بْنُ غِيَاثٍ، - عَنِ الأَعْمَشِ، عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ، عَنْ عُبَيْدَةَ، عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ، قَالَ قَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صلى الله عليه وسلم ‏"‏ اقْرَأْ عَلَىَّ الْقُرْآنَ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ فَقُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقْرَأُ عَلَيْكَ وَعَلَيْكَ أُنْزِلَ قَالَ ‏"‏ إِنِّي أَشْتَهِي أَنْ أَسْمَعَهُ مِنْ غَيْرِي ‏"‏ ‏.‏ فَقَرَأْتُ النِّسَاءَ حَتَّى إِذَا بَلَغْتُ ‏{‏ فَكَيْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ كُلِّ أُمَّةٍ بِشَهِيدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِكَ عَلَى هَؤُلاَءِ شَهِيدًا‏}‏ رَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي أَوْ غَمَزَنِي رَجُلٌ إِلَى جَنْبِي فَرَفَعْتُ رَأْسِي فَرَأَيْتُ دُمُوعَهُ تَسِيلُ ‏.‏

Reference: Sahih Muslim 800a

^[51] Abu Ishaq narrated from Ikrimah, from Ibn Abbas who said: “Abu Bakr [may Allah be pleased with him] said: ‘O Messenger of Allah! You have become gray.’ He said: ‘I have gone gray from (Surat) Hud, Al-Waqi`ah, Al-Mursalat and `Amma Yatasa'alun and Idhash-Shamsu Kuwwirat.’”

حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو كُرَيْبٍ، حَدَّثَنَا مُعَاوِيَةُ بْنُ هِشَامٍ، عَنْ شَيْبَانَ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ رضى الله عنه يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَدْ شِبْتَ ‏.‏ قَالَ ‏ "‏ شَيَّبَتْنِي هُودٌ وَالْوَاقِعَةُ وَالْمُرْسَلاَتُ وَ عمَّ يَتَسَاءَلُونَ وَإذَا الشَّمْسُ كُوِّرَتْ ‏"‏ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو عِيسَى هَذَا حَدِيثٌ حَسَنٌ غَرِيبٌ لاَ نَعْرِفُهُ مِنْ حَدِيثِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ إِلاَّ مِنْ هَذَا الْوَجْهِ ‏.‏ وَرَوَى عَلِيُّ بْنُ صَالِحٍ هَذَا الْحَدِيثَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي جُحَيْفَةَ نَحْوَ هَذَا ‏.‏ وَرُوِيَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ عَنْ أَبِي مَيْسَرَةَ شَيْءٌ مِنْ هَذَا مُرْسَلاً ‏.‏ وَرَوَى أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ، عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ، عَنْ عِكْرِمَةَ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم نَحْوَ حَدِيثِ شَيْبَانَ عَنْ أَبِي إِسْحَاقَ وَلَمْ يَذْكُرْ فِيهِ عَنِ ابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ حَدَّثَنَا بِذَلِكَ هَاشِمُ بْنُ الْوَلِيدِ الْهَرَوِيُّ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو بَكْرِ بْنُ عَيَّاشٍ ‏.‏

Grade: Sahih (Darussalam) | Reference: Jami` at-Tirmidhi 3297

^[52] 'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported:

The Prophet (ﷺ) kept standing (in prayer) so long that the skin of his feet would crack. I asked him: "Why do you do this, while you have been forgiven of your former and latter sins?" He said, "Should I not be a grateful slave of Allah?" [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].

وعن عائشة رضي الله عنها، قالت‏:‏ كان النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم ، يقوم من الليل حتى تتفطر قدماه، فقلت له‏:‏ لم تصنع هذا يا رسول الله، وقد غفر لك ما تقدم من ذنبك وما تأخر‏؟‏ قال‏:‏ ‏ "‏أفلا أكون عبدًا شكورًا‏"‏‏.‏ ‏(‏‏(‏متفق عليه وعن المغيرة بن شعبة نحوه، متفق عليه‏)‏‏)‏‏.‏

Grade: Sahih | Reference: Riyad as-Salihin 1160

^[53] Narrated Ibn 'Abbas: I spent a night with the Prophet (sal Allaahu alayhi wa sallam). When he woke up from his sleep (in the latter part of the night for prayer) he came to his ablution water. He took the tooth-stick and used it. He then recited the verse: "Verily in the creation of the heavens and the earth and the alternation of the night and the day are tokens (of His Sovereignty) for men of understanding" (iii-190). He recited these verses up to the end of the chapter or he finished the whole chapter. He then performed ablution and came to the place of prayer. He then said two rak'ahs of prayer. He then lay down on the bed and slept as much as Allaah wished. He then got up and did the same. He then lay down and slept. He then got up and did the same. Every time he used the tooth-stick and offered two rak'ah of prayer. He then offered the prayer known as witr. Abu Dawud said: Fudail on the authority if Husain reported the wording: He then used the tooth-stick and performed ablution while he was reciting the verses: "Verily in the creation of the heaves and the earth..." until he finished the chapter.

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عِيسَى، حَدَّثَنَا هُشَيْمٌ، أَخْبَرَنَا حُصَيْنٌ، عَنْ حَبِيبِ بْنِ أَبِي ثَابِتٍ، عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَلِيِّ بْنِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، عَنْ أَبِيهِ، عَنْ جَدِّهِ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ بْنِ عَبَّاسٍ، قَالَ بِتُّ لَيْلَةً عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ صلى الله عليه وسلم فَلَمَّا اسْتَيْقَظَ مِنْ مَنَامِهِ أَتَى طَهُورَهُ فَأَخَذَ سِوَاكَهُ فَاسْتَاكَ ثُمَّ تَلاَ هَذِهِ الآيَاتِ ‏‏{‏ إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ وَاخْتِلاَفِ اللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ لآيَاتٍ لأُولِي الأَلْبَابِ ‏}‏ حَتَّى قَارَبَ أَنْ يَخْتِمَ السُّورَةَ أَوْ خَتَمَهَا ثُمَّ تَوَضَّأَ فَأَتَى مُصَلاَّهُ فَصَلَّى رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَنَامَ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَفَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَنَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَفَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ ثُمَّ رَجَعَ إِلَى فِرَاشِهِ فَنَامَ ثُمَّ اسْتَيْقَظَ فَفَعَلَ مِثْلَ ذَلِكَ كُلُّ ذَلِكَ يَسْتَاكُ وَيُصَلِّي رَكْعَتَيْنِ ثُمَّ أَوْتَرَ ‏.‏ قَالَ أَبُو دَاوُدَ رَوَاهُ ابْنُ فُضَيْلٍ عَنْ حُصَيْنٍ قَالَ فَتَسَوَّكَ وَتَوَضَّأَ وَهُوَ يَقُولُ ‏‏{‏ إِنَّ فِي خَلْقِ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالأَرْضِ ‏}‏ حَتَّى خَتَمَ السُّورَةَ ‏.‏حكم: صحيح (الألباني)

Grade: Sahih (Al-Albani) | Reference: Sunan Abi Dawud 58