Hadith on Hypocrisy: Believers, hypocrites, and evildoers recite Quran

Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “There will be successors after sixty years ‘who waste the prayer and follow their lusts, so they will soon meet an evil ending’ (19:59). Then, there will be successors who recite the Quran, but it does not go beyond their throats. There are three who recite the Quran: a believer, a hypocrite, and an evildoer.” Al-Walid said, “The hypocrite disbelieves in it, the evildoer earns his livelihood from it, and the believer has faith in it.”

Source: Musnad Aḥmad 11340

Grade: Hasan (fair) according to Al-Arna’ut

عن أبي سَعِيدٍ الْخُدْرِيَّ أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ قَالَ يَكُونُ خَلْفٌ بَعْدَ سِتِّينَ سَنَةً أَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاةَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّهَوَاتِ فَسَوْفَ يَلْقَوْنَ غَيًّا ثُمَّ يَكُونُ خَلْفٌ يَقْرَؤُونَ الْقُرْآنَ لَا يَعْدُو تَرَاقِيَهُمْ وَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ثَلَاثَةٌ مُؤْمِنٌ وَمُنَافِقٌ وَفَاجِرٌ قَالَ الْوَلِيدُ الْمُنَافِقُ كَافِرٌ بِهِ وَالْفَاجِرُ يَتَأَكَّلُ بِهِ وَالْمُؤْمِنُ يُؤْمِنُ بِهِ

11340 مسند أحمد بن حنبل

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