The Book of Virtues كتاب الفضائل

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

An-Nawwas bin Sam'an (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) saying, "The Qur'an and its people who applied it, will be brought on the Day of Resurrection preceded with Surat Al-Baqarah and Surat Al-'Imran arguing on behalf of those who applied them." [Muslim] .

'Uthman bin 'Affan (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "The best amongst you is the one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it." [Al-Bukhari] .

'Aishah (May Allah be pleased with her) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "The one who is proficient in the recitation of the Qur'an will be with the honourable and obedient scribes (angels) and he who recites the Qur'an and finds it difficult to recite, doing his best to recite it in the best way possible, will have two rewards." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "The believer who recites the Qur'an is like a citron whose fragrance is sweet and whose taste is delicious. A believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like a date-fruit which has no fragrance but has a sweet taste. The hypocrite who recites the Qur'an is like basil whose fragrance is so sweet, but its taste is bitter. The hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an is like a colocynth which has no fragrance and its taste is bitter." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

'Umar bin Al-Khattab (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Verily, Allah elevates some people with this Qur'an and abases others." [Muslim] .

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "Envy is justified in regard to two types of persons only: a man whom Allah has given knowledge of the Qur'an, and so he recites it during the night and during the day; and a man whom Allah has given wealth and so he spends from it during the night and during the day." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: A man was reciting Surat Al-Kahf, and a horse was tied with two ropes beside him. As he was reciting, a cloud overshadowed him, and as it began to come nearer and nearer, the horse began to trample voilently. The man came to the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) in the morning and mentioned the incident to him. He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "That was tranquillity which descended as a result of the recitation of the Qur'an." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah, he will be credited with a good deed, and a good deed gets a ten-fold reward. I do not say that Alif-Lam-Mim is one letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter and Mim is a letter." [At- Tirmidhi] .

Ibn `Abbas (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "He who does not memorize any part from the Qur'an he is like the ruined house.'' [At-Tirmidhi] .

'Abdullah bin 'Amr bin Al-'As (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "The one who was devoted to the Qur'an will be told on the Day of Resurrection: 'Recite and ascend (in ranks) as you used to recite when you were in the world. Your rank will be at the last Ayah you recite."' [Abu Dawud and At- Tirmidhi] .

Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Read the Qur'an regularly. By the One in Whose Hand Muhammad's soul is, it escapes from memory faster than a camel does from its tying ropes." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "The parable of one who knows the Qur'an by heart is as the parable of an owner of hobbled camel. If he remains vigilant, he will retain it; and if he neglects it, it will go away." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) saying, "Allah does not listen so attentively to anything as He listens to the recitation of the Qur'an by a Prophet who recites well with a melodious and audible voice." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) 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."

Al-Bara' bin 'Azib (May Allah be pleased with them) reported: I heard the Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) reciting Surat Wat-Teen Waz-Zaitun (Chapter 95) during the 'Isha' prayer. I have never heard anyone reciting it in a more beautiful voice than his. [Al-Bukhari and Muslim] .

Abu Lubabah Bashir bin 'Abdul-Mundhir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "He who does not recite the Qur'an in a pleasant tone is not of us." [Abu Dawud] .

Ibn Mas'ud (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to me, "Recite the Qur'an to me." I said: "O Messenger of Allah! Shall I recite it to you when it was revealed to you?" He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "I like to hear it from others." Then I began to recite Surat An-Nisa'. When I reached the Ayah: 'How will it be when We shall bring a witness from every people and bring you as a witness against them?' (Having heard it) he said, "Enough! Enough!" When I looked at him, I found his eyes were overflowing with tears. [Al- Bukhari and Muslim] .

Abu Sa'id Ar-Rafi' bin Al-Mu'alla (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Shall I teach you the greatest Surah in the Qur'an before you leave the mosque?" Then he (صلى الله عليه وسلم), took me by the hand, and when we were about to step out, I reminded him of his promise to teach me the greatest Surah in the Qur'an. He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "It is 'Alhamdu lillahi Rabbil 'Alamin (i.e., Surat Al-Fatihah) which is As-Sab' Al-Mathani (i.e., the seven oft- repeated Ayat) and the Great Qur'an which is given to me." [Al-Bukhari] .

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported about Surat Al-Ikhlas (Chapter 112): The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, it is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an." According to another version, he (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said to his Companions, "Is anyone of you incapable of reciting one-third of the Qur'an in one night?" They considered it burdensome and said: "O Messenger of Allah, which of us can afford to do that?" He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Surat Al-Ikhlas [Say: He is Allah (the) One] is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an." [Al- Bukhari] .

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man heard another reciting Surat Al-Ikhlas repeatedly. The next morning he came to the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) and informed him about it as if he considered it to be of little reward. On that the Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "By Him in Whose Hand my soul is, this Surah is equal to one-third of the Qur'an." [Al- Bukhari] .

Abu Hurairah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Surat Ikhlas is equivalent to one-third of the Qur'an." [Muslim] .

Anas (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: A man said: "O Messenger of Allah! I love Surat-Al-Ikhlas [Say: He is Allah, (the) One] ." He (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "Your love for it will admit you to Jannah." [At-Tirmidhi] .

'Uqbah bin 'Amir (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said: "Do you not know that last night certain Ayat were revealed the like of which there is no precedence. They are: 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Rubb of the daybreak' (Surah 113), and 'Say: I seek refuge with (Allah) the Rubb of mankind' (Surah 114)." [Muslim] .

Abu Sa'id Al-Khudri (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Messenger of Allah (صلى الله عليه وسلم) used to seek protection against the evil of jinn and the evil eyes till Surat Al-Falaq and Surat An-Nas were revealed. After they were revealed, he took to them for seeking Allah's protection and left everything besides them. [At- Tirmidhi] .