Abu Ma’shar reported: Muhammad ibn Ka’b, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Whomever the Quran reaches, it is as if Allah is speaking to him.” Source: Tafsīr al-Tha’labī 6:19 […]
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Al-Qasim reported: Abu Umamah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Recite the Quran and do not be mistaken about these connected pages, for Allah will not punish a heart
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Abu Sa’id al-Khudri reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “It will be said to the companion of the Quran when he enters Paradise: Recite
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Abu al-Hasan ‘Ali reported: Al-Junayd ibn Muhammad, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Our knowledge of Tasawwuf is defined by the Book and the Sunnah. Whoever does not memorize
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Abu Huraira reported: I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I hear many traditions from you, but I forget them.” The Prophet said, “Spread open your garment.” I spread it and
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Abu al-Qasim reported: Abu Umamah, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Recite the Quran and do not be deceived by depending on the written copies. Verily, Allah will never
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Zirr reported: Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “The Quran will vanish in one night. No verse in the scripture or in the heart of anyone will
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Umm Hisham bint Harithah reported: I took the chapter, “Qaf, by the Glorious Quran,” (50:1) from the mouth of the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, on
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Abu Huraira reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, would review the Quran once every year in Ramadan, and he reviewed it twice in the year he passed
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Fatimah reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Gabriel would come to me to revise the Quran once every year. This year he revised with me twice.
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Al-Rabia’ reported: Al-Shafi’i, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Knowledge is not merely what is memorized. Knowledge is what benefits.” Source: al-Madkhal ilá al-Sunan al-Kubrá 400 عن الربيع قال
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Kathir ibn al-Salt reported: Amr ibn al-‘As and Zayd ibn Thabit would write down the Quran. They passed over this verse, and Zayd said, “I heard the Messenger of Allah,
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Abdullah reported: Ibn Mas’ud, may Allah be pleased with him, said, “Knowledge is not knowing many narrations. Verily, knowledge is the fear of Allah.” Source: Rawḍat al-‘Uqalā 9 Ibn Rajab
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Abdullah ibn Abi Awfa reported: A man came to the Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, and he said, “I cannot memorize anything from the Quran, so teach me
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Awf ibn Malik reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, performed the funeral prayer and I memorized his supplication, “O Allah, forgive him, have mercy on
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Ibn Wahb reported: Malik, may Allah have mercy on him, said, “Knowledge is a light that Allah places wherever he wills. It does not consist of memorizing many narrations.” In
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Abu Kabshah reported: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “I swear an oath by Allah on three qualities and I will tell you about them,
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Abu Abdur Rahman reported: The companions would learn to recite ten verses from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings be upon him. They would not take another ten verses
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Aisha reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, was listening to a man recite the Quran in the mosque and he said, “May Allah have mercy upon him.
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Ibn Mas’ud reported: The Prophet, peace and blessings be upon him, said, “Wretched is one who says: I have forgotten such a verse. Rather, he was made to forget it.
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