Translation
of Sahih Bukhari, Book 61:
Virtues
of the Qur'an
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 502:
Narrated 'Aisha and
Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet
remained in Mecca for ten years, during which the
Qur'an used to be revealed to him; and he stayed
in Medina for ten years.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 503:
Narrated Abu 'Uthman:
I was informed that
Gabriel came to the Prophet while Um Salama was
with him. Gabriel started talking (to the
Prophet). Then the Prophet asked Um Salama,
"Who is this?" She replied, "He is
Dihya (al-Kalbi)." When Gabriel had left, Um
Salama said, "By Allah, I did not take him
for anybody other than him (i.e. Dihya) till I
heard the sermon of the Prophet wherein he
informed about the news of Gabriel." The
subnarrator asked Abu 'Uthman: From whom have you
heard that? Abu 'Uthman said: From Usama bin Zaid.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 504:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
The Prophet 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."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 505:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Allah sent down His
Divine Inspiration to His Apostle continuously and
abundantly during the period preceding his death
till He took him unto Him. That was the period of
the greatest part of revelation; and Allah's
Apostle died after that.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 506:
Narrated Jundub:
Once the Prophet
fell ill and did not offer the night prayer (Tahajjud
prayer) for a night or two. A woman (the wife of
Abu Lahab) came to him and said, "O Muhammad
! I do not see but that your Satan has left
you." Then Allah revealed (Surat-Ad-Duha):
'By the fore-noon,
and by the night when it darkens (or is still);
Your Lord has not forsaken you, nor hated you.'
(93)
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 507:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
(The Caliph 'Uthman
ordered Zaid bin Thabit, Said bin Al-As, 'Abdullah
bin Az-Zubair and 'Abdur-Rahman bin Al-Harith bin
Hisham to write the Quran in the form of a book (Mushafs)
and said to them. "In case you disagree with
Zaid bin Thabit (Al-Ansari) regarding any
dialectic Arabic utterance of the Quran, then
write it in the dialect of Quraish, for the Quran
was revealed in this dialect." So they did
it.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 508:
Narrated Safwan bin
Ya'la bin Umaiya:
Ya'la used to say,
"I wish I could see Allah's Apostle at the
time he is being inspired Divinely." When the
Prophet was at Al-Ja'rana and was shaded by a
garment hanging over him and some of his
companions were with him, a man perfumed with
scent came and said, "O Allah's Apostle! What
is your opinion regarding a man who assumes Ihram
and puts on a cloak after perfuming his body with
scent?" The Prophet waited for a while, and
then the Divine Inspiration descended upon him. 'Umar
pointed out to Ya'la, telling him to come. Ya'la
came and pushed his head (underneath the screen
which was covering the Prophet ) and behold! The
Prophet's face was red and he kept on breathing
heavily for a while and then he was relieved.
Thereupon he said, "Where is the questioner
who asked me about 'Umra a while ago?" The
man was sought and then was brought before the
Prophet who said (to him), "As regards the
scent which you perfumed your body with, you must
wash it off thrice, and as for your cloak, you
must take it off; and then perform in your 'Umra
all those things which you perform in Hajj."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 509:
Narrated Zaid bin
Thabit:
Abu Bakr As-Siddiq
sent for me when the people! of Yamama had been
killed (i.e., a number of the Prophet's Companions
who fought against Musailama). (I went to him) and
found 'Umar bin Al-Khattab sitting with him. Abu
Bakr then said (to me), "Umar has come to me
and said: "Casualties were heavy among the
Qurra' of the! Qur'an (i.e. those who knew the
Quran by heart) on the day of the Battle of
Yalmama, and I am afraid that more heavy
casualties may take place among the Qurra' on
other battlefields, whereby a large part of the
Qur'an may be lost. Therefore I suggest, you (Abu
Bakr) order that the Qur'an be collected." I
said to 'Umar, "How can you do something
which Allah's Apostle did not do?" 'Umar
said, "By Allah, that is a good project.
"Umar kept on urging me to accept his
proposal till Allah opened my chest for it and I
began to realize the good in the idea which 'Umar
had realized." Then Abu Bakr said (to me).
'You are a wise young man and we do not have any
suspicion about you, and you used to write the
Divine Inspiration for Allah's Apostle. So you
should search for (the fragmentary scripts of) the
Qur'an and collect it in one book)." By Allah
If they had ordered me to shift one of the
mountains, it would not have been heavier for me
than this ordering me to collect the Qur'an. Then
I said to Abu Bakr, "How will you do
something which Allah's Apostle did not do?"
Abu Bakr replied, "By Allah, it is a good
project." Abu Bakr kept on urging me to
accept his idea until Allah opened my chest for
what He had opened the chests of Abu Bakr and 'Umar.
So I started looking for the Qur'an and collecting
it from (what was written on) palmed stalks, thin
white stones and also from the men who knew it by
heart, till I found the last Verse of Surat At-Tauba
(Repentance) with Abi Khuzaima Al-Ansari, and I
did not find it with anybody other than him. The
Verse is:
'Verily there has
come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst
yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive
any injury or difficulty..(till the end of
Surat-Baraa' (At-Tauba) (9.128-129) Then the
complete manuscripts (copy) of the Qur'an remained
with Abu Bakr till he died, then with 'Umar till
the end of his life, and then with Hafsa, the
daughter of 'Umar.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 510:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
Hudhaifa bin Al-Yaman
came to Uthman at the time when the people of Sham
and the people of Iraq were Waging war to conquer
Arminya and Adharbijan. Hudhaifa was afraid of
their (the people of Sham and Iraq) differences in
the recitation of the Qur'an, so he said to 'Uthman,
"O chief of the Believers! Save this nation
before they differ about the Book (Quran) as Jews
and the Christians did before." So 'Uthman
sent a message to Hafsa saying, "Send us the
manuscripts of the Qur'an so that we may compile
the Qur'anic materials in perfect copies and
return the manuscripts to you." Hafsa sent it
to 'Uthman. 'Uthman then ordered Zaid bin Thabit,
'Abdullah bin AzZubair, Said bin Al-As and 'AbdurRahman
bin Harith bin Hisham to rewrite the manuscripts
in perfect copies. 'Uthman said to the three
Quraishi men, "In case you disagree with Zaid
bin Thabit on any point in the Qur'an, then write
it in the dialect of Quraish, the Qur'an was
revealed in their tongue." They did so, and
when they had written many copies, 'Uthman
returned the original manuscripts to Hafsa. 'Uthman
sent to every Muslim province one copy of what
they had copied, and ordered that all the other
Qur'anic materials, whether written in fragmentary
manuscripts or whole copies, be burnt. Said bin
Thabit added, "A Verse from Surat Ahzab was
missed by me when we copied the Qur'an and I used
to hear Allah's Apostle reciting it. So we
searched for it and found it with Khuzaima bin
Thabit Al-Ansari. (That Verse was): 'Among the
Believers are men who have been true in their
covenant with Allah.' (33.23)
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 511:
Narrated Zaid bin
Thabit:
Abu Bakr sent for
me and said, "You used to write the Divine
Revelations for Allah's Apostle : So you should
search for (the Qur'an and collect) it." I
started searching for the Qur'an till I found the
last two Verses of Surat At-Tauba with Abi
Khuzaima Al-Ansari and I could not find these
Verses with anybody other than him. (They were):
'Verily there has
come unto you an Apostle (Muhammad) from amongst
yourselves. It grieves him that you should receive
any injury or difficulty ...' (9.128-129)
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 512:
Narrated Al-Bara:
There was revealed:
'Not equal are those believers who sit (at home)
and those who strive and fight in the Cause of
Allah.' (4.95)
The Prophet said,
"Call Zaid for me and let him bring the
board, the inkpot and the scapula bone (or the
scapula bone and the ink pot)."' Then he
said, "Write: 'Not equal are those Believers
who sit..", and at that time 'Amr bin Um
Maktum, the blind man was sitting behind the
Prophet . He said, "O Allah's Apostle! What
is your order For me (as regards the above Verse)
as I am a blind man?" So, instead of the
above Verse, the following Verse was revealed:
'Not equal are
those believers who sit (at home) except those who
are disabled (by injury or are blind or lame etc.)
and those who strive and fight in the cause of
Allah.' (4.95)
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 513:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Abbas:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Gabriel recited the Qur'an to me in
one way. Then I requested him (to read it in
another way), and continued asking him to recite
it in other ways, and he recited it in several
ways till he ultimately recited it in seven
different ways."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 514:
Narrated 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab:
I heard Hisham bin
Hakim reciting Surat Al-Furqan during the lifetime
of Allah's Apostle and I listened to his
recitation and noticed that he recited in several
different ways which Allah's Apostle had not
taught me. I was about to jump over him during his
prayer, but I controlled my temper, and when he
had completed his prayer, I put his upper garment
around his neck and seized him by it and said,
"Who taught you this Sura which I heard you
reciting?" He replied, "Allah's Apostle
taught it to me." I said, "You have told
a lie, for Allah's Apostle has taught it to me in
a different way from yours." So I dragged him
to Allah's Apostle and said (to Allah's Apostle),
"I heard this
person reciting Surat Al-Furqan in a way which you
haven't taught me!" On that Allah's Apostle
said, "Release him, (O 'Umar!) Recite, O
Hisham!" Then he recited in the same way as I
heard him reciting. Then Allah's Apostle said,
"It was revealed in this way," and
added, "Recite, O 'Umar!" I recited it
as he had taught me. Allah's Apostle then said,
"It was revealed in this way. This Qur'an has
been revealed to be recited in seven different
ways, so recite of it whichever (way) is easier
for you (or read as much of it as may be easy for
you)."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 515:
Narrated Yusuf bin
Mahk:
While I was with
Aisha, the mother of the Believers, a person from
Iraq came and asked, "What type of shroud is
the best?" 'Aisha said, "May Allah be
merciful to you! What does it matter?" He
said, "O mother of the Believers! Show me
(the copy of) your Qur'an," She said,
"Why?" He said, "In order to
compile and arrange the Qur'an according to it,
for people recite it with its Suras not in proper
order." 'Aisha said, "What does it
matter which part of it you read first? (Be
informed) that the first thing that was revealed
thereof was a Sura from Al-Mufassal, and in it was
mentioned Paradise and the Fire. When the people
embraced Islam, the Verses regarding legal and
illegal things were revealed. If the first thing
to be revealed was: 'Do not drink alcoholic
drinks.' people would have said, 'We will never
leave alcoholic drinks,' and if there had been
revealed, 'Do not commit illegal sexual
intercourse, 'they would have said, 'We will never
give up illegal sexual intercourse.' While I was a
young girl of playing age, the following Verse was
revealed in Mecca to Muhammad: 'Nay! But the Hour
is their appointed time (for their full
recompense), and the Hour will be more grievous
and more bitter.' (54.46) Sura Al-Baqara (The Cow)
and Surat An-Nisa (The Women) were revealed while
I was with him." Then 'Aisha took out the
copy of the Qur'an for the man and dictated to him
the Verses of the Suras (in their proper order) .
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 516:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Mas'ud:
Surat Bani-lsrael,
Al-Kahf (The Cave), Maryam, Taha, Al-Anbiya' (The
prophets) are amongst my first earnings and my old
property, and (in fact) they are my old property.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 517:
Narrated Al-Bara':
I learnt, 'Glorify
the Name of your Lord the Most High' (Surat al-A'la)
No 87, before the Prophet came (to Medina) .
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 518:
Narrated Shaqiq:
Abdullah said,
"I learnt An-Naza'ir which the Prophet used
to recite in pairs in each Rak'a." Then
Abdullah got up and Alqama accompanied him to his
house, and when Alqama came out, we asked him
(about those Suras). He said, "They are
twenty Suras that start from the beginning of Al-Mufassal,
according to the arrangement done be Ibn Mas'ud,
and end with the Suras starting with Ha Mim, e.g.
Ha Mim (the Smoke). and "About what they
question one another?" (78.1)
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 519:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
The Prophet was the
most generous person, and he used to become more
so (generous) particularly in the month of Ramadan
because Gabriel used to meet him every night of
the month of Ramadan till it elapsed. Allah's
Apostle used to recite the Qur'an for him. When
Gabriel met him, he used to become more generous
than the fast wind in doing good.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 520:
Narrated Abu-Huraira:
Gabriel used to repeat the recitation of the
Qur'an with the Prophet once a year, but he
repeated it twice with him in the year he died.
The Prophet used to stay in I'tikaf for ten days
every year (in the month of Ramadan), but
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 521:
Narrated Masriq:
'Abdullah bin 'Amr
mentioned 'Abdullah bin Masud and said, "I
shall ever love that man, for I heard the Prophet
saying, 'Take (learn) the Qur'an from four:
'Abdullah bin Masud, Salim, Mu'adh and Ubai bin
Ka'b.' "
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 522:
Narrated Shaqiq bin
Salama:
Once 'Abdullah bin
Mas'ud delivered a sermon before us and said,
"By Allah, I learnt over seventy Suras direct
from Allah's Apostle . By Allah, the companions of
the Prophet came to know that I am one of those
who know Allah's Book best of all of them, yet I
am not the best of them." Shaqiq added: I sat
in his religious gathering and I did not hear
anybody opposing him (in his speech).
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 523:
Narrated 'Alqama:
While we were in
the city of Hims (in Syria), Ibn Mas'ud recited
Surat Yusuf. A man said to him), "It was not
revealed in this way." Then Ibn Mas'ud said,
"I recited it in this way before Allah's
Apostle and he confirmed my recitation by saying,
'Well done!' " Ibn Mas'ud detected the smell
of wine from the man's mouth, so he said to him,
"Aren't you ashamed of telling a lie about
Allah's Book and (along with this) you drink
alcoholic liquors too?" Then he lashed him
according to the law.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 524:
Narrated 'Abdullah
(bin Mas'ud) : By Allah other than Whom none has
the right to be worshipped! There is no Sura
revealed in Allah's Book but I know at what place
it was revealed; and there is no Verse revealed in
Allah's Book but I know about whom
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 525:
Narrated Qatada:
I asked Anas bin
Malik: "Who collected the Qur'an at the time
of the Prophet ?" He replied, "Four, all
of whom were from the Ansar: Ubai bin Ka'b, Mu'adh
bin Jabal, Zaid bin Thabit and Abu Zaid."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 526:
Narrated Anas bin
Malik:
When the Prophet
died, none had collected the Qur'an but four
persons;: Abu Ad-Darda'. Mu'adh bin Jabal, Zaid
bin Thabit and Abu Zaid. We were the inheritor (of
Abu Zaid) as he had no offspring .
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 527:
Narrated Ibn 'Abbas:
'Umar said, Ubai was the best of us in the
recitation (of the Qur'an) yet we leave some of
what he recites.' Ubai says, 'PI have taken it
from the mouth of Allah's Apostle and will not
leave for anything whatever." But Allah said
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 528:
Narrated Abu Sa'id
Al-Mu'alla:
While I was
praying, the Prophet called me but I did not
respond to his call. Later I said, "O Allah's
Apostle! I was praying." He said,
"Didn't Allah say: 'O you who believe! Give
your response to Allah (by obeying Him) and to His
Apostle when he calls you'?" (8.24)
He then said,
"Shall I not teach you the most superior
Surah in the Qur'an?" He said, '(It is),
'Praise be to
Allah, the Lord of the worlds. ' (i.e., Surat Al-Fatiha)
which consists of seven repeatedly recited Verses
and the Magnificent Qur'an which was given to
me."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 529:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
While we were on
one of our journeys, we dismounted at a place
where a slave girl came and said, "The chief
of this tribe has been stung by a scorpion and our
men are not present; is there anybody among you
who can treat him (by reciting something)?"
Then one of our men went along with her though we
did not think that he knew any such treatment. But
he treated the chief by reciting something, and
the sick man recovered whereupon he gave him
thirty sheep and gave us milk to drink (as a
reward). When he returned, we asked our friend,
"Did you know how to treat with the
recitation of something?" He said, "No,
but I treated him only with the recitation of the
Mother of the Book (i.e., Al-Fatiha)." We
said, "Do not say anything (about it) till we
reach or ask the Prophet so when we reached
Medina, we mentioned that to the Prophet (in order
to know whether the sheep which we had taken were
lawful to take or not). The Prophet said,
"How did he come to know that it (Al-Fatiha)
could be used for treatment? Distribute your
reward and assign for me one share thereof as
well."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 530:
Narrated Abu Mas'ud:
The Prophet said,
"If somebody recited the last two Verses of
Surat Al-Baqara at night, that will be sufficient
for him."
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah 's Apostle ordered me to guard the
Zakat revenue of Ramadan. Then somebody came to me
and started stealing of the foodstuff. I caught
him and said, "I will take you to Allah's
Apostle!" Then Abu Huraira described the
whole narration and said:) That person said (to
me), "(Please don't take me to Allah's
Apostle and I will tell you a few words by which
Allah will benefit you.) When you go to your bed,
recite Ayat-al-Kursi, (2.255) for then there will
be a guard from Allah who will protect you all
night long, and Satan will not be able to come
near you till dawn." (When the Prophet heard
the story) he said (to me), "He (who came to
you at night) told you the truth although he is a
liar; and it was Satan."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 531:
Narrated Al-Bara':
A man was reciting
Surat Al-Kahf and his horse was tied with two
ropes beside him. A cloud came down and spread
over that man, and it kept on coming closer and
closer to him till his horse started jumping (as
if afraid of something). When it was morning, the
man came to the Prophet, and told him of that
experience. The Prophet said, "That was As-Sakina
(tranquility) which descended because of (the
recitation of) the Qur'an."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 532:
Narrated Aslam:
Allah's Apostle was
traveling on one of his journeys, and 'Umar bin
Al-Khattab was traveling along with him at night.
'Umar asked him about something, but Allah's
Apostle I did not answer him. He asked again, but
he did not answer. He asked for the third time!,
but he did not answer. On that, 'Umar said to
himself, "May your mother lose you! You have
asked Allah's Apostle three times, but he did not
answer at all!" Umar said, "So I made my
camel go fast till I was ahead of the people, and
I was afraid that something might be! revealed
about me. After a little while I heard a call
maker calling me, I said, 'I was afraid that some
Qur'anic Verse might be revealed about me.' So I
went to Allah's Apostle and greeted him. He said,
'Tonight there has been revealed to me a Surah
which is dearer to me than that on which the sun
shines (i.e. the world).' Then he recited:
'Verily! We have given you (O Muhammad I, a
manifest victory.' " (Surat al-Fath) No.
(48.1).
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 533:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
A man heard another
man reciting (Surat-Al-Ikhlas) 'Say He is Allah,
(the) One.' (112. 1) repeatedly. The next morning
he came to Allah's Apostle and informed him about
it as if he thought that it was not enough to
recite. On that Allah's Apostle said, "By Him
in Whose Hand my life is, this Surah is equal to
one-third of the Qur'an!"
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri: My brother, Qatada bin An-Nau'man said,
"A man performed the night prayer late at
night in the lifetime of the Prophet and he read:
'Say: He is Allah, (the) One,' (112.1) and read
nothing besides that. The next morning a man went
to the Prophet ,~ and told him about that . (The
Prophet replied the same as (in Hadith 532)
above.)
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 534:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
The Prophet said to
his companions, "Is it difficult for any of
you to recite one third of the Qur'an in one
night?" This suggestion was difficult for
them so they said, "Who among us has the
power to do so, O Allah's Apostle?" Allah
Apostle replied: " Allah (the) One, the
Self-Sufficient Master Whom all creatures need.' (Surat
Al-Ikhlas 112.1--to the End) is equal to one third
of the Qur'an."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 535:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Whenever Allah's
Apostle became sick, he would recite Mu'awwidhat (Surat
Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas) and then blow his
breath over his body. When he became seriously
ill, I used to recite (these two Suras) and rub
his hands over his body hoping for its blessings.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 536:
Narrated 'Aisha:
Whenever thy
Prophet go went to bed every night, he used to cup
his hands together and blow over it after reciting
Surat Al-Ikhlas, Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas,
and then rub his hands over whatever parts of his
body he was able to rub, starting with his head,
face and front of his body. He used to do that
three times.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 536t:
Narrated Usaid bin
Hudair:
That while he was
reciting Surat Al-Baqara (The Cow) at night, and
his horse was tied beside him, the horse was
suddenly startled and troubled. When he stopped
reciting, the horse became quiet, and when he
started again, the horse was startled again. Then
he stopped reciting and the horse became quiet
too. He started reciting again and the horse was
startled and troubled once again. Then he stopped
reciting and his son, Yahya was beside the horse.
He was afraid that the horse might trample on him.
When he took the boy away and looked towards the
sky, he could not see it. The next morning he
informed the Prophet who said, "Recite, O Ibn
Hudair! Recite, O Ibn Hudair!" Ibn Hudair
replied, "O Allah's Apostle! My son, Yahya
was near the horse and I was afraid that it might
trample on him, so I looked towards the sky, and
went to him. When I looked at the sky, I saw
something like a cloud containing what looked like
lamps, so I went out in order not to see it."
The Prophet said, "Do you know what that
was?" Ibn Hudair replied, "No." The
Prophet said, "Those were Angels who came
near to you for your voice and if you had kept on
reciting till dawn, it would have remained there
till morning when people would have seen it as it
would not have disappear
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 537:
Narrated 'Abdul 'Aziz
bin Rufai':
Shaddad bin Ma'qil
and I entered upon Ibn 'Abbas. Shaddad bin Ma'qil
asked him, "Did the Prophet leave anything
(besides the Qur'an)?" He replied. "He
did not leave anything except what is Between the
two bindings (of the Qur'an)." Then we
visited Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiyya and asked him
(the same question). He replied, "The Prophet
did not leave except what is between the bindings
(of the Qur'an)."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 538:
Narrated Abu Musa
Al-Ash'ari:
The Prophet said,
"The example of him (a believer) who recites
the Qur'an is like that of a citron which tastes
good and smells good. And he (a believer) who does
not recite the Qur'an is like a date which is good
in taste but has no smell. And the example of a
dissolute wicked person who recites the Qur'an is
like the Raihana (sweet basil) which smells good
but tastes bitter. And the example of a dissolute
wicked person who does not recite the Qur'an is
like the colocynth which tastes bitter and has no
smell.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 539:
Narrated Ibn 'Umar:
The Prophet said,
"Your life in comparison to the lifetime of
the past nations is like the period between the
time of 'Asr prayer and sunset. Your example and
the example of the Jews and Christians is that of
person who employed laborers and said to them,
"Who will work for me till the middle of the
day for one Qirat (a special weight)?' The Jews
did. He then said, "Who will work for me from
the middle of the day till the 'Asr prayer for one
Qirat each?" The Christians worked
accordingly. Then you (Muslims) are working from
the bar prayer till the Maghrib prayer for two
Qirats each. They (the Jews and the Christians)
said, 'We did more labor but took less wages.' He
(Allah) said, 'Have I wronged you in your rights?'
They replied, 'No.' Then He said, 'This is My
Blessing which I give to whom I wish."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 540:
Narrated Talha:
I asked 'Abdullah
bin Abi 'Aufa, "Did the Prophet make a will
(to appoint his successor or bequeath
wealth)?" He replied, "No." I said,
"How is it prescribed then for the people to
make wills, and they are ordered to do so while
the Prophet did not make any will?" He said,
"He made a will wherein he recommended
Allah's Book."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 541:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: Allah's Apostle said, "Allah does
not listen to a prophet as He listens to a prophet
who recites the Qur'an in a pleasant tone."
The companion of the sub-narrator (Abu Salama)
said, "It means, reciting it aloud."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 542:
Narrated Abu
Huraira: The Prophet I said, "Allah does not
listen to a prophet as He listens to a prophet who
recites the Qur'an in a loud and pleasant
tone." Sufyan said, "This saying means:
a prophet who regards the Qur'an as something that
makes hi
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 543:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "Not to wish to be the like except of
two men. A man whom Allah has given the knowledge
of the Book and he recites it during the hours of
the night, and a man whom Allah has given wealth,
and he spends it in charity during the night and
the hours of the day."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 544:
Narrated Abu
Huraira:
Allah's Apostle I
said, "Not to wish to be the like of except
two men: A man whom Allah has taught the Qur'an
and he recites it during the hours of the night
and during the hours of the day, and his neighbor
listens to him and says, 'I wish I had been given
what has been given to so-and-so, so that I might
do what he does; and a man whom Allah has given
wealth and he spends it on what is just and right,
whereupon an other man May say, 'I wish I had been
given what so-and-so has been given, for then I
would do what he does."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 545:
Narrated 'Uthman:
The Prophet said,
"The best among you (Muslims) are those who
learn the Qur'an and teach it."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 546:
Narrated Uthman bin
Affan:
The Prophet said,
"The most superior among you (Muslims) are
those who learn the Qur'an and teach it."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 547:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad:
A lady came to the
Prophet and declared that she had decided to offer
herself to Allah and His Apostle. The Prophet
said, "I am not in need of women." A man
said (to the Prophet) "Please marry her to
me." The Prophet said (to him), "Give
her a garment." The man said, "I cannot
afford it." The Prophet said, "Give her
anything, even if it were an iron ring." The
man apologized again. The Prophet then asked him,
"What do you know by heart of the Qur'an?"
He replied, "I know such-and-such portion of
the Qur'an (by heart)." The Prophet said,
"Then I marry her to you for that much of the
Qur'an which you know by heart."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 548:
Narrated Sahl bin
Sad:
A lady came to
Allah's Apostle and said, "O Allah's Apostle!
I have come to you to offer myself to you."
He raised his eyes and looked at her and then
lowered his head. When the lady saw that he did
not make any decision, she sat down. On that, a
man from his companions got up and said. "O
Allah's Apostle! If you are not in need of this
woman, then marry her to me." Allah's Apostle
said, "Do you have anything to offer
her?" He replied. "No, by Allah, O
Allah's Apostle!" The Prophet said to him,
"Go to your family and see if you can find
something.' The man went and returned, saying,
"No, by Allah, O Allah's Apostle! I have not
found anything." The Prophet said, "Try
to find something, even if it is an iron ring.''
He went again and returned, saying, "No, by
Allah, O Allah's Apostle, not even an iron ring,
but I have this waist sheet of mine." The man
had no upper garment, so he intended to give her,
half his waist sheet. So Allah's Apostle said,
''What would she do with your waist sheet? If you
wear it, she will have nothing of it over her
body, and if she wears it, you will have nothing
over your body." So that man sat for a long
period and then got up, and Allah's Apostle saw
him going away, so he ordered somebody to call
him. When he came, the Prophet asked him, "
How much of the Qur'an do you know?" He
replied, "I know such Surat and such Surat
and such Surat," and went on counting it, The
Prophet asked him, "Can you recite it by
heart?" he replied, "Yes." The
Prophet said, "Go, I have married this lady
to you for the amount of the Qur'an you know by
heart."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 549:
Narrated Ibn Umar:
Allah's Apostle
said, "The example of the person who knows
the Qur'an by heart is like the owner of tied
camels. If he keeps them tied, he will control
them, but if he releases them, they will run
away."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 550:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"It is a bad thing that some of you say, 'I
have forgotten such-and-such verse of the Qur'an,'
for indeed, he has been caused (by Allah) to
forget it. So you must keep on reciting the Qur'an
because it escapes from the hearts of men faster
than camel do."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 551:
Narrated Abdullah:
I heard the Prophet
saying... (as above, no. 550).
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 552:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said,
"Keep on reciting the Qur'an, for, by Him in
Whose Hand my life is, Quran runs away (is
forgotten) faster than camels that are released
from their tying ropes."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 553:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Mughaffal:
I saw Allah's
Apostle reciting Surat-al-Fath on his she-camel on
the day of the Conquest of Mecca.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 554:
Narrated Said bid
Jubair:
Those Suras which
you people call the Mufassal, are the Muhkam. And
Ibn 'Abbas said, "Allah's Apostle died when I
was a boy of ten years, and I had learnt the
Muhkam (of the Qur'an).
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 555:
Narrated Said bin
Jubair:
Ibn 'Abbas said,
"I have learnt all the Muhkam Suras during
the life time of Allah's Apostle." I said to
him, 'What is meant by the Muhkam?" He
replied, "The Mufassal."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 556:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet heard a
man reciting the Qur'an in the mosque and said,
"May Allah bestow His Mercy on him, as he has
reminded me of such-and-such Verses of such a
Surah."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 557:
Narrated Hisham:
(The same Hadith,
adding): which I missed (modifying the Verses).
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 558:
Narrated Aisha:
Allah's Apostle
heard a man reciting the Qur'an at night, and
said, "May Allah bestow His Mercy on him, as
he has reminded me of such-and-such Verses of
such-and-such Suras, which I was caused to
forget."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 559:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Why does anyone of the people say, 'I have
forgotten such-and-such Verses (of the Qur'an)?'
He, in fact, is caused (by Allah) to forget."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 560:
Narrated Abu Mas'ud
Al-Ansari:
The Prophet said,
"If one recites the last two Verses of
Surat-al-Baqara at night, it is sufficient for him
(for that night)."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 561:
Narrated Umar bin
Khattab:
I heard Hisham bin
Hakim bin Hizam reciting Surat-al-Furqan during
the lifetime of Allah's Apostle, and I listened to
his recitation and noticed that he recited it in
several ways which Allah's Apostle had not taught
me. So I was on the point of attacking him in the
prayer, but I waited till he finished his prayer,
and then I seized him by the collar and said,
"Who taught you this Surah which I have heard
you reciting?" He replied, "Allah's
Apostle taught it to me." I said, "You
are telling a lie; By Allah! Allah's Apostle
taught me (in a different way) this very Surah
which I have heard you reciting." So I took
him, leading him to Allah's Apostle and said,
"O Allah's Apostle! I heard this person
reciting Surat-al-Furqan in a way that you did not
teach me, and you have taught me Surat-al-Furqan."
The Prophet said, "O Hisham, recite!" So
he recited in the same way as I heard him recite
it before. On that Allah's Apostle said, "It
was revealed to be recited in this way." Then
Allah's Apostle said, "Recite, O 'Umar!"
So I recited it as he had taught me. Allah's
Apostle then said, "It was revealed to be
recited in this way." Allah" Apostle
added, "The Quran has been revealed to be
recited in several different ways, so recite of it
that which is easier for you."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 562:
Narrated 'Aisha:
The Prophet heard a
reciter reciting, the Qur'an in the mosque at
night. The Prophet said, "May Allah bestow
His Mercy on him, as he has remind ed me of
such-and-such Verses of such and-such Suras, which
I missed!"
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 563:
Narrated Abu Wail:
We went to
'Abdullah in the morning and a man said,
"Yesterday I recited all the Mufassal Suras."
On that 'Abdullah said, "That is very quick,
and we have the (Prophet's) recitation, and I
remember very well the recitation of those Suras
which the Prophet used to recite, and they were
eighteen Suras from the Mufassal, and two Suras
from the Suras that start with Ha Mim.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 564:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
Regarding His
(Allah's) Statement:-- 'Move not your tongue
concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste therewith.'
(75.16) And whenever Gabriel descended to Allah's
Apostle with the Divine Inspiration, Allah's
Apostle used to move his tongue and lips, and that
used to be hard for him, and one could easily
recognize that he was being inspired Divinely. So
Allah revealed the Verse which occurs in the Surah
starting with "I do swear by the Day of
Resurrection.' (75.1) i.e. 'Move not your tongue
concerning (the Qur'an) to make haste then with.
It is for Us to collect it (in your mind) (O
Muhammad) an give you the ability to recite it 'by
heart.' (75.16-17) which means: It is for us to
collect it (in your mind) and give you the ability
to recite it by heart. And when We have recited it
to you (O Muhammad) through Gabriel then follow
you its recital. (75.18) means: 'When We reveal it
(the Qur'an) to you, Listen to it.' for then: It
is for Us to explain it and make it clear to you'
(75.19) i.e. It is up to Us to explain it through
your tongue. So, when Gabriel came to him, Allah's
Apostle would listen to him attentively, and as
soon as Gabriel left, he would recite the
Revelations, as Allah had promised him.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 565:
Narrated Qatada:
I asked Anas bin
Malik about the recitation of the Prophet. He
said, "He used to pray long (certain sounds)
very much.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 566:
Narrated Qatada:
Anas was asked,
"How was the recitation (of the Quran) of the
Prophet?' He replied, "It was characterized
by the prolongation of certain sounds." He
then recited: In the Name of Allah, the Most
Beneficent, the Most Merciful prolonging the
pronunciation of 'In the Name of Allah, 'the most
Beneficent,' and 'the Most Merciful.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 567:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Mughaffal:
I saw the Prophet
reciting (Qur'an) while he was riding on his she
camel or camel which was moving, carrying him. He
was reciting Surat Fath or part of Surat Fath very
softly and in an Attractive vibrating tone.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 568:
Narrated Abu Musa:
That the Prophet
said to him' "O Abu Musa! You have been given
one of the musical wind-instruments of the family
of David .'
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 569:
Narrated 'Abdullah:
That the Prophet
said to him, "Recite the Qur'an to me."
'Abdullah said, "Shall I recite (the Qur'an)
to you while it has been revealed to you?" He
said, "I like to hear it from others."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 570:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Mas'ud:
The Prophet said to
me, "Recite (the Quran) to me." I said,
"O Allah's Apostle Shall I recite (the Qur'an)
to you while it has been revealed to you?" He
said, "Yes." So I recited Surat-An-Nisa'
(The Women), but when I recited the Verse:
'How (will it be)
then when We bring from each nation a witness and
We bring you (O Muhammad) as a witness against
these people.' (4.41) He said, "Enough for
the present," I looked at him and behold! His
eyes were overflowing with tears
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 571:
Narrated Sufyan:
Ibn Shubruma said,
"I wanted to see how much of the Qur'an can
be enough (to recite in prayer) and I could not
find a Surah containing less than three Verses,
therefore I said to myself), "One ought not
to recite less than three (Quranic) Verses (in
prayer)."
Narrated Abu Mas'ud:
The Prophet said, "If somebody recites the
last two Verses of Surat al-Baqara at night, it
will be sufficient for him.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 572:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin Amr bin Al-As:
My father got me
married to a lady of a noble family, and often
used to ask my wife about me, and she used to
reply, "What a wonderful man he is! He never
comes to my bed, nor has he approached me since he
married me." When this state continued for a
long period, my father told the story to the
Prophet who said to my father, "Let me meet
him." Then I met him and he asked me,
"How do you fast?" I replied, "I
fast daily," He asked, "How long does it
take you to finish the recitation of the whole
Quran?" I replied, "I finish it every
night." On that he said, "Fast for three
days every month and recite the Qur'an (and finish
it) in one month." I said, "But I have
power to do more than that." He said,
"Then fast for three days per week." I
said, "i have the power to do more than
that." He said, "Therefore, fast the
most superior type of fasting, (that is, the
fasting of (prophet) David who used to fast every
alternate day; and finish the recitation of the
whole Qur'an In seven days." I wish I had
accepted the permission of Allah's Apostle as I
have become a weak old man. It is said that
'Abdullah used to recite one-seventh of the Qur'an
during the day-time to some of his family members,
for he used to check his memorization of what he
would recite at night during the daytime so that
it would be easier for him to read at night. And
whenever he wanted to gain some strength, he used
to give up fasting for some days and count those
days to fast for a similar period, for he disliked
to leave those things which he used to do during
the lifetime of the Prophet.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 573:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Amr:
The Prophet asked
me, "How long does it take you to finish the
recitation of the whole Qur'an?"
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 574:
Narrated 'Abdullah
bin 'Amr:
Allah's Apostle
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 Apostle
said, "Then finish the recitation of the
Qur'an in seven days, and do not finish it in less
than this period."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 575:
Narrated 'Abdullah
(bin Mas'ud):
Allah's Apostle
said (to me), "Recite the Qur'an to me."
I said, "Shall I recite (it) to you while it
has been revealed to you?" He said, "I
like to hear it from another person." So I
recited Surat An-Nisa (The Women) till I reached
the Verse: 'How (will it be) then when We bring
from each nation a witness, and We bring you (O
Muhammad) as a witness against these people.'
(4.41) Then he said to me, "Stop!"
Thereupon I saw his eyes overflowing with tears.
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 576:
Narrated Abdullah
bin Masud:
The Prophet said to
me, "Recite Quran to me." I said to him.
"Shall I recite (it) to you while it has been
revealed to you?" He said, "I like to
hear it from another person."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 577:
Narrated 'Ali:
I heard the Prophet
saying, "In the last days (of the world)
there will appear young people with foolish
thoughts and ideas. They will give good talks, but
they will go out of Islam as an arrow goes out of
its game, their faith will not exceed their
throats. So, wherever you find them, kill them,
for there will be a reward for their killers on
the Day of Resurrection."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 578:
Narrated Abu Said
Al-Khudri:
I heard Allah's
Apostle saying, "There will appear some
people among you whose prayer will make you look
down upon yours, and whose fasting will make you
look down upon yours, but they will recite the
Qur'an which will not exceed their throats (they
will not act on it) and they will go out of Islam
as an arrow goes out through the game whereupon
the archer would examine the arrowhead but see
nothing, and look at the unfeathered arrow but see
nothing, and look at the arrow feathers but see
nothing, and finally he suspects to find something
in the lower part of the arrow."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 579:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said,
"The example of a believer who recites the
Qur'an and acts on it, like a citron which tastes
nice and smells nice. And the example of a
believer who does not recite the Qur'an but acts
on it, is like a date which tastes good but has no
smell. And the example of a hypocrite who recites
the Qur'an is like a Raihana (sweet basil) which
smells good but tastes bitter And the example of a
hypocrite who does not recite the Quran is like a
colocynth which tastes bitter and has a bad
smell."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 580:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said,
"Recite (and study) the Qur'an as long as you
agree about its interpretation, but if you have
any difference of opinion (as regards to its
interpretation and meaning) then you should stop
reciting it (for the time being)."
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 581:
Narrated Jundub:
The Prophet said,
"Recite (and study) the Quran as long as you
agree about its interpretation, but when you have
any difference of opinion (as regards its
interpretation and meaning) then you should stop
reciting it (for the time being)'
Volume
6, Book 61, Number 582:
Narrated Abdullah:
That he heard a man
reciting a Quranic Verse which he had heard the
Prophet reciting in a different way. So he took
that man to the Prophet (and told him the story).
The Prophet said, "Both of you are reciting
in a correct way, so carry on reciting." The
Prophet further added, "The nations which
were before you were destroyed (by Allah) because
they differed."
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