Sunan ad-Darimi 3406

Translation

✧ The example of the believer who recites the Quran is that of a citron: its taste is good and its fragrance is good. The example of the believer who does not recite the Quran is that of a date: its taste is sweet but it has no fragrance. The example of the hypocrite who recites the Quran is that of sweet basil: its fragrance is good but its taste is bitter. And the example of the hypocrite who does not recite the Quran is that of the colocynth: it has no fragrance and its taste is bitter.

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Same hadith, other wordings

• Riyadhus Shalihin 995"مثل المؤمن الذي يقرأ القرآن مثل الأترجة: ريحها طيب، وطعمها طيب، ومثل المؤمن الذي لا يقرأ القرآن كمثل التمرة: لا ريح لها وطعمها حلو، ومثل المنافق الذي يقرأ القرآن كمثل الريحانة: ريحها طيب وطعمها مر، ومثل المنافق الذي لايقرأ القرآن كمثل الحن

Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 797b

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

   a well-known Companiond. 42 AH, or 44 AH, or 50 AH, or 52 AH, or 53 AH, also said 49 AH, also said 51 AH
   أَبُو مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيُّصحابي مشهور
   عن
2. 2
   Anas b. Mālik

   a well-known Companiond. 90 AH, or 91 AH, or 92 AH, or 93 AH
   أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍصحابي مشهور
   عن
3. 3
   Qatādah b. Diʿāmah

   trustworthy, precise (thiqah thabt)d. 117 AH, or: 118 AH
   قَتَادَةَثقة ثبت
   عن
4. 4
   Abū ʿAwānah

   trustworthy and meticulous (thiqah thabt), from the seventh generation (ṭabaqah)d. 175, or 176 AH
   أَبُو عَوَانَةَثقة ثبت ، من السابعة
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū al-Nuʿmān

   trustworthy and reliable (thiqah thabt); his memory changed at the end of his life (taghayyara fī ākhir ʿumrihi)d. 224, also said: 223
   أَبُو النُّعْمَانِثقة ثبت ، تغير في آخر عمره
   حدثنا
6. 6
   al-Dārimī

   trustworthy (thiqah), excellent (fāḍil), meticulous (mutqin)d. 254 AH, or 255 AH, also said: 250 AH
   الدارميثقة ، فاضل ، متقن

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