24. Virtues of the Quran

1. Sunan ad-Darimi 3349Hasan

   «إِنَّ الرَّجُلَ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِي جَوْفِهِ شَيْءٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ كَالْبَيْتِ الْخَرِبِ»

   ✧ A man who has nothing of the Quran in his interior is like a ruined house.

2. Sunan ad-Darimi 3350No grade recorded

   «إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَأْدُبَةُ اللَّهِ فَخُذُوا مِنْهُ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ فَإِنِّي لَا أَعْلَمُ شَيْئًا أَصْفَرَ مِنْ خَيْرٍ مِنْ بَيْتٍ لَيْسَ فِيهِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ شَيْءٌ وَإِنَّ الْقَلْبَ الَّذِي لَيْسَ فِيهِ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ شَيْءٌ خَرِبٌ كَخَرَابِ الْبَيْتِ الَّذِي لَا سَاكِنَ لَهُ»

   ✧ This Quran is Allah's banquet, so take from it what you can. I know nothing more devoid of good than a house in which there is nothing of Allah's Book, and the heart in which there is nothing of Allah's Book is ruined like the ruin of a house with no inhabitant.

3. Sunan ad-Darimi 3351Sahih

   تَعَلَّمُوا هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّكُمْ تُؤْجَرُونَ بِتِلَاوَتِهِ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ بِ {الم} [البقرة 1] وَلَكِنْ بِأَلِفٍ وَلَامٍ وَمِيمٍ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ عَشْرُ حَسَنَاتٍ

   ✧ Learn this Quran, for you will be rewarded for its recitation: for every letter, ten good deeds. Indeed, I do not say that Alif Lam Mim is a letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter, and Mim is a letter, each letter ten good deeds.

4. Sunan ad-Darimi 3352Sahih

   «إِنَّ الْبَيْتَ لَيَتَّسِعُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَتَحْضُرُهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَتَهْجُرُهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ وَيَكْثُرُ خَيْرُهُ أَنْ يُقْرَأَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ وَإِنَّ الْبَيْتَ لَيَضِيقُ عَلَى أَهْلِهِ وَتَهْجُرُهُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَتَحْضُرُهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ وَيَقِلُّ خَيْرُهُ أَنْ لَا يُقْرَأَ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ»

   ✧ A house expands for its people, angels attend it, devils abandon it, and its good increases when the Quran is recited in it; and a house constricts for its people, angels abandon it, devils attend it, and its good decreases when the Quran is not recited in it.

5. Sunan ad-Darimi 3353Weak

   «لَوْ جُعِلَ الْقُرْآنُ فِي إِهَابٍ ثُمَّ أُلْقِيَ فِي النَّارِ مَا احْتَرَقَ»

   ✧ «If the Quran were placed in a hide and then thrown into the fire, it would not burn.»

6. Sunan ad-Darimi 3354Hasan

   سَمِعْتُ أَبَا هُرَيْرَةَ يَقُولُ اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ نِعْمَ الشَّفِيعُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ إِنَّهُ يَقُولُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ يَا رَبِّ حَلِّهِ حِلْيَةَ الْكَرَامَةِ فَيُحَلَّى حِلْيَةَ الْكَرَامَةِ يَا رَبِّ اكْسُهُ كِسْوَةَ الْكَرَامَةِ فَيُكْسَى كِسْوَةَ الْكَرَامَةِ يَا رَبِّ أَلْبِسْهُ تَاجَ الْكَرَامَةِ يَا رَبِّ ارْضَ عَنْهُ فَلَيْسَ بَعْدَ رِضَاكَ شَيْءٌ

   ✧ I heard Abu Hurayrah say: Recite the Quran, for it is an excellent intercessor on the Day of Resurrection. It will say on the Day of Resurrection: O Lord, adorn him with the adornment of honor, so he will be adorned with the adornment of honor. O Lord, clothe him with the garment of honor, so he will be clothed with the garment of honor. O Lord, crown him with the crown of honor. O Lord, be pleased with him, for there is nothing after Your pleasure.

7. Sunan ad-Darimi 3355Hasan

   يَجِيءُ الْقُرْآنُ يَشْفَعُ لِصَاحِبِهِ يَقُولُ يَا رَبِّ لِكُلِّ عَامِلٍ عُمَالَةٌ مِنْ عَمَلِهِ وَإِنِّي كُنْتُ أَمْنَعُهُ اللَّذَّةَ وَالنَّوْمَ فَأَكْرِمْ فَيُقَالُ ابْسُطْ يَمِينَكَ فَيُمْلَأُ مِنْ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ ابْسُطْ شِمَالَكَ فَيمْلَأُ مِنْ رِضْوَانِ اللَّهِ وَيُكْسَى كِسْوَةَ الْكَرَامَةِ وَيُحَلَّى حِلْيَةِ الْكَرَامَةِ وَيُلْبَسُ تَاجَ الْكَرَامَةِ

   ✧ The Quran comes to intercede for its companion, saying: "O Lord, for every worker there is wages from his work, and indeed I prevented him from pleasure and sleep, so honor him." It will be said: "Extend your right hand and you will be filled with the pleasure of Allah." Then it will be said: "Extend you left hand and you will be filled with the pleasure of Allah." And he will be dressed in the garment of generosity, adorned with the adornment of honor, and he will be crowned with the crown of honor.

8. Sunan ad-Darimi 3356Accepted

   الْقُرْآنُ يَشْفَعُ لِصَاحِبِهِ فَيُكْسَى حُلَّةَ الْكَرَامَةِ ثُمَّ يَقُولُ رَبِّ زِدْهُ فَيُكْسَى تَاجَ الْكَرَامَةِ قَالَ فَيَقُولُ رَبِّ زِدْهُ فَآتِهِ وَآتِهِ قال يَقُولُ رِضَاِي

   ✧ The Quran will intercede for its companion, and he will be clothed with the robe of honor. Then it will say: O Lord, give him more, so he will be crowned with the crown of honor. He said: Then it will say: O Lord, give him more, and give him more. He said: It will say: My pleasure.

9. Sunan ad-Darimi 3357Accepted

   «أَيُحِبُّ أَحَدُكُمْ إِذَا أَتَى أَهْلَهُ أَنْ يَجِدَ ثَلَاثَ خَلِفَاتٍ سِمَانٍ» قَالُوا نَعَمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ قَالَ «فَثَلَاثُ آيَاتٍ يَقْرَؤُهُنَّ أَحَدُكُمْ خَيْرٌ لَهُ مِنْهُنَّ»

   ✧ «Would any of you love, when he goes to his family, to find three fat pregnant she-camels?» They said: Yes, O Messenger of Allah. He said: «Then three verses that one of you recites are better for him than them.»

10. Sunan ad-Darimi 3358Weak

    إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَأْدُبَةُ اللَّهِ فَتَعَلَّمُوا مِنْ مَأْدُبَتِهِ مَا اسْتَطَعْتُمْ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ حَبْلُ اللَّهِ وَالنُّورُ الْمُبِينُ وَالشِّفَاءُ النَّافِعُ عِصْمَةٌ لِمَنْ تَمَسَّكَ بِهِ وَنَجَاةٌ لِمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ لَا يَزِيغُ فَيُسْتَعْتَبَ وَلَا يَعْوَجُّ فَيُقَوَّمَ وَلَا تَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُهُ وَلَا يَخْلَقُ عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الرَّدِّ فَاتْلُوهُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ يَأْجُرُكُمْ عَلَى تِلَاوَتِهِ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ أَمَا إِنِّي لَا أَقُولُ {الم} [البقرة 1] وَلَكِنْ بِأَلِفٍ وَلَامٍ وَمِيمٍ

    ✧ Indeed this Quran is the banquet of Allah, so learn from His banquet as much as you can. Indeed this Quran is the rope of Allah, the clear light, and the beneficial healing. It is a protection for whoever clings to it, and salvation for whoever follows it. It does not deviate so as to be corrected, nor does it become crooked so as to be straightened. Its wonders never cease, and it does not wear out from much repetition. So recite it, for Allah will reward you for its recitation: for every letter, ten good deeds. Indeed, I do not say that {Alif Lam Mim} [al-Baqarah 1] is one letter, but Alif is a letter, Lam is a letter, and Mim is a letter.

11. Sunan ad-Darimi 3359Sahih

    قَامَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَوْمًا خَطِيبًا فَحَمِدَ اللَّهَ وَأَثْنَى عَلَيْهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ يَا أَيُّهَا النَّاسُ إِنَّمَا أَنَا بَشَرٌ يُوشِكُ أَنْ يَأْتِيَنِي رَسُولُ رَبِّي فَأُجِيبَهُ وَإِنِّي تَارِكٌ فِيكُمُ الثَّقَلَيْنِ أَوَّلُهُمَا كِتَابُ اللَّهِ فِيهِ الْهُدَى وَالنُّورُ فَتَمَسَّكُوا بِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ وَخُذُوا بِهِ فَحَثَّ عَلَيْهِ وَرَغَّبَ فِيهِ ثُمَّ قَالَ «وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِي أُذَكِّرُكُمُ اللَّهَ فِي أَهْلِ بَيْتِي ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ stood one day as a speaker, praised Allah and extolled Him, then said: O people, I am only a human being. It is near that the messenger of my Lord will come to me and I will answer him. I am leaving among you the two weighty things. The first of them is the Book of Allah, in which there is guidance and light, so hold fast to the Book of Allah and adhere to it. He urged them regarding it and encouraged them in it. Then he said: «And my household. I remind you of Allah concerning my household,» three times.

12. Sunan ad-Darimi 3360Sahih

    إِنَّ هَذَا الصِّرَاطَ مُحْتَضَرٌ تَحْضُرُهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ يُنَادُونَ يَا عَبادَ اللَّهِ هَذَا الطَّرِيقُ فَاعْتَصِمُوا بِحَبْلِ اللَّهِ فَإِنَّ حَبْلَ اللَّهِ الْقُرْآنُ

    ✧ This path is attended, and the devils attend it, calling out: O servants of Allah, this is the way. So hold fast to the rope of Allah, for the rope of Allah is the Quran.

13. Sunan ad-Darimi 3361No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ قَارِئَ الْقُرْآنِ وَالْمُتَعَلِّمَ تُصَلِّي عَلَيْهِمُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يَخْتِمُوا السُّورَةَ فَإِذَا أَقْرَأَ أَحَدُكُمُ السُّورَةَ فَلْيُؤَخِّرْ مِنْهَا آيَتَيْنِ حَتَّى يَخْتِمَهَا مِنْ آخِرِ النَّهَارِ كَيْ مَا تُصَلِّي الْمَلَائِكَةُ عَلَى الْقَارِئِ وَالْمُقْرِئِ مِنْ أَوَّلِ النَّهَارِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ»

    ✧ «Indeed the reciter of the Quran and the learner—the angels send blessings upon them until they finish the surah. So when one of you recites a surah, let him delay two verses from it until he finishes it at the end of the day, so that the angels send blessings upon the reciter and the teacher from the beginning of the day to its end.»

14. Sunan ad-Darimi 3362Sahih

    أَنَّهُ كَانَ يَقُولُ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا تغُرَّنَّكُمْ هَذِهِ الْمَصَاحِفُ الْمُعَلَّقَةُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَنْ يُعَذِّبَ قَلْبًا وَعَى الْقُرْآنَ»

    ✧ He used to say: «Recite the Quran, and do not let these hanging mushafs deceive you, for Allah will never punish a heart that has contained the Quran.»

15. Sunan ad-Darimi 3363Weak

    «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا تغُرَّنَّكُمْ هَذِهِ الْمَصَاحِفُ الْمُعَلَّقَةُ فَإِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يُعَذِّبُ قَلْبًا وَعَى الْقُرْآنَ»

    ✧ «Recite the Quran, and do not let these hanging mushafs deceive you, for Allah will not punish a heart that has contained the Quran.»

16. Sunan ad-Darimi 3364Sahih

    «لَيْسَ مِنْ مُؤَدِّبٍ إِلَّا وَهُوَ يُحِبُّ أَنْ يُؤْتَى أَدَبُهُ وَإِنَّ أَدَبَ اللَّهِ الْقُرْآنُ»

    ✧ «There is no educator except that he loves his discipline to be followed, and indeed the discipline of Allah is the Quran.»

17. Sunan ad-Darimi 3365Sahih

    «إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ مَأْدُبَةُ اللَّهِ فَمَنْ دَخَلَ فِيهِ فَهُوَ آمِنٌ»

    ✧ «Indeed this Quran is the banquet of Allah, so whoever enters into it is safe.»

18. Sunan ad-Darimi 3366Sahih

    «مَنْ أَحَبَّ الْقُرْآنَ فَلْيُبْشِرْ»

    ✧ Whoever loves the Quran, let him receive glad tidings.

19. Sunan ad-Darimi 3367Sahih

    «مَنْ أَحَبَّ الْقُرْآنَ فَلْيُبْشِرْ»

    ✧ "Whoever loves the Quran, let him rejoice."

20. Sunan ad-Darimi 3368Hasan

    «يَجِيءُ الْقُرْآنُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ فَيَشْفَعُ لِصَاحِبِهِ فَيَكُونُ لَهُ قَائِدًا إِلَى الْجَنَّةِ وَيَشْهَدُ عَلَيْهِ وَيَكُونُ لَهُ سَائِقًا إِلَى النَّارِ»

    ✧ The Quran will come on the Day of Resurrection and intercede for its companion, and it will be a guide for him to Paradise, and it will testify against him, and it will be a driver for him to the Fire.

21. Sunan ad-Darimi 3369Weak

    «إِنَّ لِلَّهِ أَهْلِينَ مِنَ النَّاسِ» قِيلَ مَنْ هُمْ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ؟ قَالَ «أَهْلُ الْقُرْآنِ»

    ✧ "Indeed Allah has people from among mankind." It was said, "Who are they, O Messenger of Allah?" He said, "The people of the Quran."

22. Sunan ad-Darimi 3370Hasan

    عَلَيْكُمْ بِالْقُرْآنِ فَإِنَّهُ فَهْمُ الْعَقْلِ وَنُورُ الْحِكْمَةِ وَيَنَابِيعُ الْعِلْمِ وَأَحْدَثُ الْكُتُبِ بِالرَّحْمَنِ عَهْدًا وَقَالَ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ يَا مُحَمَّدُ إِنِّي مُنَزِّلٌ عَلَيْكَ تَوْرَاةً حَدِيثَةً تَفْتَحُ فِيهَا أَعْيُنًا عُمْيًا وَآذَانًا صُمًّا وَقُلُوبًا غُلْفًا

    ✧ On you is the Quran, for it is the understanding of the intellect, the light of wisdom, the springs of knowledge, and the most recent of books, bearing the promise of the Most Merciful. And it was said in the Torah, "O Muhammad, I have revealed to you a new Torah, in which blind eyes, deaf ears, and sealed hearts will be opened."

23. Sunan ad-Darimi 3371No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ كَائِنٌ لَكُمْ أَجْرًا وَكَائِنٌ لَكُمْ ذِكْرًا وَكَائِنٌ عَلَيْكُمْ وِزْرًا اتَّبِعُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا يَتَّبِعْنكُمُ الْقُرْآنُ فَإِنَّهُ مَنْ يَتَّبِعِ الْقُرْآنَ يَهْبِطْ بِهِ فِي رِيَاضِ الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنِ اتَّبَعَهُ الْقُرْآنُ يَزُخُّ فِي قَفَاهُ فَيَقْذِفُهُ فِي جَهَنَّمَ»

    ✧ "Indeed this Quran is a reward for you, and a reminder for you, and a burden upon you. Follow the Quran, and do not let the Quran follow you. For whoever follows the Quran, it will lead him to the gardens of Paradise, and whoever the Quran follows, it will push him from behind and cast him into Hell."

24. Sunan ad-Darimi 3372Sahih

    أَخَذَ عَلِيُّ بْنُ أَبِي طَالِبٍ بِيَدِي ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّكَ إِنْ بَقِيتَ سَيَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ ثَلَاثَةُ أَصْنَافٍ فَصِنْفٌ لِلَّهِ وَصِنْفٌ لِلْجِدَالِ وَصِنْفٌ لِلدُّنْيَا وَمَنْ طَلَبَ بِهِ أَدْرَكَ

    ✧ Ali b. Abi Talib took me by the hand and said, "If you remain, the Quran will be recited by three groups: a group for Allah, a group for dispute, and a group for worldly gain. And whoever seeks by it, he will attain."

25. Sunan ad-Darimi 3373Weak

    أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ لِأَبِي الدَّرْدَاءِ إِنَّ إِخْوَانَكَ مِنْ أَهْلِ الْكُوفَةِ مِنْ أَهْلِ الذِّكْرِ يُقْرِئُونَكَ السَّلَامَ فَقَالَ «وَعَلَيْهِمُ السَّلَامُ وَمُرْهُمْ فَلْيُعْطُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِخَزَائِمِهِمْ فَإِنَّهُ يَحْمِلُهُمْ عَلَى الْقَصْدِ وَالسُّهُولَةِ وَيُجَنِّبُهُمُ الْجَوْرَ وَالْحُزُونَةَ»

    ✧ A man said to Abu al-Darda', "Your brothers from the people of Kufa, the people of remembrance, send you greetings of peace." He said, "And upon them be peace. Tell them to give the Quran their full attention, for it will carry them to moderation and ease, and keep them away from tyranny and hardship."

26. Sunan ad-Darimi 3374Weak

    دَخَلْتُ الْمَسْجِدَ فَإِذَا أُنَاسٌ يَخُوضُونَ فِي أَحَادِيثَ فَدَخَلْتُ عَلَى عَلِيٍّ فَقُلْتُ أَلَا تَرَى أَنَّ أُنَاسًا يخُوضُونَ فِي الْأَحَادِيثِ فِي الْمَسْجِدِ؟ فَقَالَ قَدْ فَعَلُوهَا؟ قُلْتُ نَعَمْ قَالَ أَمَا إِنِّي سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «سَتَكُونُ فِتَنٌ» قُلْتُ وَمَا الْمَخْرَجُ مِنْهَا؟ قَالَ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ كِتَابُ اللَّهِ فِيهِ نَبَأُ مَا قَبْلَكُمْ وَخَبَرُ مَا بَعْدَكُمْ وَحُكْمُ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ هُوَ الْفَصْلُ لَيْسَ بِالْهَزْلِ هُوَ الَّذِي مَنْ تَرَكَهُ مِنْ جَبَّارٍ قَصَمَهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ ابْتَغَى الْهُدَى فِي غَيْرِهِ أَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ فَهُوَ حَبْلُ اللَّهِ الْمَتِينُ وَهُوَ الذِّكْرُ الْحَكِيمُ وَهُوَ الصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ وَهُوَ الَّذِي لَا تَزِيغُ بِهِ الْأَهْوَاءُ وَلَا تَلْتَبِسُ بِهِ الْأَلْسِنَةُ وَلَا يَشْبَعُ مِنْهُ الْعُلَمَاءُ وَلَا يَخْلَقُ عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الرَّدِّ وَلَا تَنْقَضِي عَجَائِبُهُ وَهُوَ الَّذِي لَمْ يَنْتَهِ الْجِنُّ إِذْ سَمِعَتْهُ أَنْ قَالُوا {إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا} [الجن 1] هُوَ الَّذِي مَنْ قَالَ بِهِ صَدَقَ وَمَنْ حَكَمَ بِهِ عَدَلَ وَمَنْ عَمِلَ بِهِ أُجِرَ وَمَنْ دَعَا إِلَيْهِ هُدِيَ إِلَى صِرَاطٍ مُسْتَقِيمٍ خُذْهَا إِلَيْكَ يَا أَعْوَرُ

    ✧ I entered the mosque and found people engaging in talk. I went to Ali and said, "Do you not see that people are engaging in talk in the mosque?" He said, "Have they done that?" I said, "Yes." He said, "Indeed I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say, 'There will be trials.' I said, 'What is the way out of them?' He said, 'The Book of Allah, the Book of Allah. In it is the news of those before you, and the report of those after you, and the judgment of what is between you. It is the decisive criterion, not a jest. It is that which if any tyrant abandons it, Allah will break him, and whoever seeks guidance in other than it, Allah will lead him astray. It is the firm rope of Allah, and it is the wise reminder, and it is the straight path. It is that by which desires do not deviate, and tongues do not become confused, and scholars never have enough of it, and it does not become worn out by much repetition, and its wonders do not cease. It is that which the jinn did not finish hearing before they said, "Indeed we have heard a wonderful Quran" [Quran 72:1]. It is that by which whoever speaks it speaks truth, and whoever judges by it is just, and whoever acts upon it is rewarded, and whoever calls to it is guided to a straight path. Take it, O one-eyed.'"

27. Sunan ad-Darimi 3375Hasan

    قِيلَ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِنَّ أُمَّتَكَ سَتُفْتَتَنُ مِنْ بَعْدِكَ فَسَأَلَ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَوْ سُئِلَ مَا الْمَخْرَجُ مِنْهَا؟ قَالَ الْكِتَابُ الْعَزِيزُ الَّذِي {لَا يَأْتِيهِ الْبَاطِلُ مِنْ بَيْنِ يَدَيْهِ وَلَا مِنْ خَلْفِهِ تَنْزِيلٌ مِنْ حَكِيمٍ حَمِيدٍ} [فصلت 42] مَنْ ابْتَغَى الْهُدَى فِي غَيْرِهِ فقد أَضَلَّهُ اللَّهُ وَمَنْ وَلِيَ هَذَا الْأَمْرَ مِنْ جَبَّارٍ فَحَكَمَ بِغَيْرِهِ قَصَمَهُ اللَّهُ هُوَ الذِّكْرُ الْحَكِيمُ وَالنُّورُ الْمُبِينُ وَالصِّرَاطُ الْمُسْتَقِيمُ فِيهِ خَبَرُ مَا قَبْلَكُمْ وَنَبَأُ مَا بَعْدَكُمْ وَحُكْمُ مَا بَيْنَكُمْ وَهُوَ الْفَصْلُ لَيْسَ بِالْهَزْلِ وَهُوَ الَّذِي سَمِعَتْهُ الْجِنُّ فَلَمْ تَتَنَاهَ أَنْ قَالُوا {إِنَّا سَمِعْنَا قُرْآنًا عَجَبًا يَهْدِي إِلَى الرُّشْدِ} [الجن 2] وَلَا يَخْلَقُ عَنْ كَثْرَةِ الرَّدِّ وَلَا تَنْقَضِي عِبَرُهُ وَلَا تَفْنَى عَجَائِبُهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ عَلِيٌّ لِلْحَارِثِ خُذْهَا إِلَيْكَ يَا أَعْوَرُ

    ✧ It was said, "O Messenger of Allah, your community will be tested after you." The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked, or it was asked, "What is the way out of it?" He said, "The Mighty Book, which falsehood cannot come to it from before it or from behind it, a revelation from the Wise, the Praiseworthy [Quran 41:42]. Whoever seeks guidance in other than it, Allah has led him astray. And whoever takes charge of this matter from a tyrant and judges by other than it, Allah will break him. It is the wise reminder, and the clear light, and the straight path. In it is the news of those before you, and the report of those after you, and the judgment of what is between you. It is the decisive criterion, not a jest. It is that which the jinn heard and did not finish before they said, "Indeed we have heard a wonderful Quran that guides to right conduct" [Quran 72:1-2]. It does not become worn out by much repetition, and its lessons do not cease, and its wonders do not perish." Then Ali said to al-Harith, "Take it, O one-eyed."

28. Sunan ad-Darimi 3376Weak

    عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ {وَمَنْ يُؤْتَ الْحِكْمَةَ فَقَدْ أُوتِيَ خَيْرًا كَثِيرًا} [البقرة 269] قَالَ «الْفَهْمَ بِالْقُرْآنِ»

    ✧ From Ibrahim regarding {And whoever is given wisdom has been given much good} [Quran 2:269], he said, "Understanding of the Quran."

29. Sunan ad-Darimi 3377Sahih

    عَنْ مُجَاهِدٍ {يُؤْتِي الْحِكْمَةَ مَنْ يَشَاءُ} [البقرة 269] قَالَ «الْكِتَابَ يُؤْتِي إِصَابَتَهُ مَنْ يَشَاءُ»

    ✧ From Mujahid regarding {He gives wisdom to whom He wills} [Quran 2:269], he said, "The Book; He gives its correct understanding to whom He wills."

30. Sunan ad-Darimi 3378Hasan

    قَالَ لِامْرَأَتِهِ إِيَّاكِ أَنْ تُدْخِلِي بَيْتِي مَنْ يَشْرَبُ الْخَمْرَ بَعْدَ أَنْ كَانَ يُقْرَأُ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ كُلَّ ثَلَاثٍ

    ✧ He said to his wife, "Beware of admitting into my house anyone who drinks wine, since the Quran used to be recited in it every three days."

31. Sunan ad-Darimi 3379Sahih

    «مَا يَمْنَعُ أَحَدَكُمْ إِذَا رَجَعَ مِنْ سُوقِهِ أَوْ مِنْ حَاجَتِهِ فَاتَّكَأَ عَلَى فِرَاشِهِ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ»

    ✧ "What prevents any of you, when he returns from his market or from his need and reclines on his bed, from reciting three verses of the Quran?"

32. Sunan ad-Darimi 3380Weak

    «خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ»

    ✧ The best of you is the one who learns the Quran and teaches it.

33. Sunan ad-Darimi 3381Sahih

    «إِنَّ خَيْرَكُمْ مَنْ عَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ أَوْ تَعَلَّمَهُ»

    ✧ Indeed, the best of you is the one who teaches the Quran or learns it.

34. Sunan ad-Darimi 3382Sahih

    «خِيَارُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ»

    ✧ The best of you is the one who learns the Quran and teaches the Quran.

35. Sunan ad-Darimi 3383No grade recorded

    «مَا مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَتَعَلَّمُ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ يَنْسَاهُ إِلَّا لَقِيَ اللَّهَ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ وَهُوَ أَجْذَمُ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "There is no person who learns the Quran and then forgets it, except that he will meet Allah on the Day of Resurrection and he will be dumbfounded."

36. Sunan ad-Darimi 3384Weak

    «أَكْثِرُوا تِلَاوَةَ الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يُرْفَعَ» قَالُوا هَذِهِ الْمَصَاحِفُ تُرْفَعُ فَكَيْفَ بِمَا فِي صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ؟ قَالَ «يُسْرَى عَلَيْهِ لَيْلًا فَيُصْبِحُونَ مِنْهُ فُقَرَاءَ وَيَنْسَوْنَ قَوْلَ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا اللَّهُ وَيَقَعُونَ فِي قَوْلِ الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ وَأَشْعَارِهِمْ وَذَلِكَ حِينَ يَقَعُ عَلَيْهِمُ الْقَوْلُ»

    "Increase your recitation of the Quran before it is lifted." They said, "˹˹When˺ these copies of the Quran are lifted, how will it remain in the hearts of the people?" He said, "A night will come when by the morning their hearts will be empty of it. They will ˹even˺ forget the statement: There is no god worthy of worship other than Allah. They will return back to the times of ignorance and their poetry. That will be when Word (command of Allah) will take effect."

37. Sunan ad-Darimi 3385No grade recorded

    «اعْمُرُوا بِهِ قُلُوبَكُمْ وَاعْمُرُوا بِهِ بُيُوتَكُمْ» قَالَ أُرَاهُ يَعْنِي الْقُرْآنَ

    ✧ "Fill your hearts with it and fill your houses with it." He said: I think he means the Quran.

38. Sunan ad-Darimi 3386Hasan

    «لَيُسْرَيَنَّ عَلَى الْقُرْآنِ ذَاتَ لَيْلَةٍ وَلَا يُتْرَكُ آيَةٌ فِي مُصْحَفٍ وَلَا فِي قَلْبِ أَحَدٍ إِلَّا رُفِعَتْ»

    ✧ "Layusryan ala al-Qur'ani that laylatin, wa la yutraku ayatun fi mus-hafin, wa la fi qalbi ahadin illa rufi'at." "He will recite the Quran on a particular night, and not a single verse will be left in a Mus'haf (copy of the Quran) or in the heart of any person except that it will be raised."

39. Sunan ad-Darimi 3387Weak

    «مَا جَالَسَ الْقُرْآنَ أَحَدٌ فَقَامَ عَنْهُ إِلَّا بِزِيَادَةٍ أَوْ نُقْصَانٍ» ثُمَّ قَرَأَ {وَنُنَزِّلُ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ مَا هُوَ شِفَاءٌ وَرَحْمَةٌ لِلْمُؤْمِنِينَ وَلَا يَزِيدُ الظَّالِمِينَ إِلَّا خَسَارًا}

    ✧ "No one sits with the Quran and then rises from it except with an increase or a decrease." Then he recited: {And We send down of the Quran that which is a healing and a mercy for the believers, but it does not increase the wrongdoers except in loss}.

40. Sunan ad-Darimi 3388Weak

    إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَيُرِيدُ الْعَذَابَ بِأَهْلِ الْأَرْضِ فَإِذَا سَمِعَ تَعْلِيمَ الصِّبْيَانِ الْحِكْمَةَ صَرَفَ ذَلِكَ عَنْهُمْ

    ✧ Indeed, Allah intends punishment for the people of the earth, but when He hears the teaching of wisdom to children, He turns that away from them.

41. Sunan ad-Darimi 3389Sahih

    سَيَبْلَى الْقُرْآنُ فِي صُدُورِ أَقْوَامٍ كَمَا يَبْلَى الثَّوْبُ فَيَتَهَافَتُ يَقْرَءُونَهُ لَا يَجِدُونَ لَهُ شَهْوَةً وَلَا لَذَّةً يَلْبَسُونَ جُلُودَ الضَّأْنِ عَلَى قُلُوبِ الذِّئَابِ أَعْمَالُهُمْ طَمَعٌ لَا يُخَالِطُهُ خَوْفٌ إِنْ قَصَّرُوا قَالُوا سَنَبْلُغُ وَإِنْ أَسَاءُوا قَالُوا سَيُغْفَرُ لَنَا إِنَّا لَا نُشْرِكُ بِاللَّهِ شَيْئًا

    ✧ The Quran will wear out in the chests of some people as a garment wears out, and it will crumble. They will recite it without finding any desire or pleasure in it. They will wear the skins of sheep over the hearts of wolves. Their deeds are greed unmixed with fear. If they fall short, they say, 'We will attain.' If they do wrong, they say, 'We will be forgiven. We do not associate anything with Allah.'

42. Sunan ad-Darimi 3390No grade recorded

    عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ بِئْسَمَا لِأَحَدِكُمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ هُوَ نُسِّيَ وَاسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ أَسْرَعُ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ مِنْ عُقُلِهَا

    ✧ From the Prophet ﷺ, he said: "How bad it is for one of you to say, 'I forgot such-and-such a verse.' Rather, he was made to forget. Keep recalling the Quran, for it is swifter in slipping away from the chests of men than camels from their tethers."

43. Sunan ad-Darimi 3391Sahih

    تَعَلَّمُوا كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَتَعَاهَدُوهُ وَتَغَنَّوْا بِهِ وَاقْتَنُوهُ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ أَوْ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسُ مُحَمَّدٍ بِيَدِهِ لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَلُّتًا مِنَ الْمَخَاضِ فِي الْعُقُلِ

    ✧ "Learn the Book of Allah, keep it in your hearts, recite it melodiously, and acquire it. By the One in whose hand is my soul—or by the One in whose hand is the soul of Muhammad—it is swifter in slipping away than pregnant camels from their tethers."

44. Sunan ad-Darimi 3392Weak

    «تَعَلَّمُوا كِتَابَ اللَّهِ وَتَعَاهَدُوهُ وَاقْتَنُوهُ وَتَغَنَّوْا بِهِ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَلُّتًا مِنَ الْمَخَاضِ فِي الْعُقُلِ»

    ✧ "Learn the Book of Allah, keep it in your hearts, acquire it, and recite it melodiously. By the One in whose hand is my soul, it is swifter in slipping away than pregnant camels from their tethers."

45. Sunan ad-Darimi 3393Weak

    أَنَّ عِكْرِمَةَ بْنَ أَبِي جَهْلٍ كَانَ يَضَعُ الْمُصْحَفَ عَلَى وَجْهِهِ وَيَقُولُ «كِتَابُ رَبِّي كِتَابُ رَبِّي»

    ✧ Ikrimah b. Abi Jahl used to place the mushaf on his face and say: "The Book of my Lord, the Book of my Lord."

46. Sunan ad-Darimi 3394Sahih

    «كَانَ عَبْدُ الرَّحْمَنِ بْنُ أَبِي لَيْلَى إِذَا صَلَّى الصُّبْحَ قَرَأَ الْمُصْحَفَ حَتَّى تَطْلُعَ الشَّمْسُ» قَالَ «وَكَانَ ثَابِتٌ يَفْعَلُهُ»

    ✧ "Abd al-Rahman b. Abi Layla, when he prayed the morning prayer, would read the mushaf until the sun rose." He said: "And Thabit used to do that."

47. Sunan ad-Darimi 3395No grade recorded

    {إِنَّ اللَّهَ لَا يَسْتَحْيِي أَن يَضْرِبَ مَثَلًا مَا بَعُوضَةً فَمَا فَوْقَهَا فَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا فَيَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ الْحَقُّ مِن رَّبِّهِمْ وَأَمَّا الَّذِينَ كَفَرُوا فَيَقُولُونَ مَاذَا أَرَادَ اللهُ بِهَذَا مَثَلاً يُضِلُّ بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَيَهْدِي بِهِ كَثِيرًا وَمَا يُضِلُّ بِهِ إِلَّا الْفَاسِقِينَ} [البقرة 26] قَالَ أَيْ يَعْلَمُونَ أَنَّهُ كَلَامُ الرَّحْمَنِ

    ✧ Allah does not shy away from striking a similitude even of a gnat or that which is above it. As for those who believe, they know it is the truth from their Lord; and as for those who disbelieve, they say: What does Allah intend by such a similitude? He misleads many by it and guides many by it, and He misleads none by it except the defiantly disobedient. [al-Baqarah 26] He said: i.e., they know that it is the Speech of the Most Merciful.

48. Sunan ad-Darimi 3396Weak

    «مَا مِنْ كَلَامٍ أَعْظَمُ عِنْدَ اللَّهِ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ وَمَا رَدَّ الْعِبَادُ إِلَى اللَّهِ كَلَامًا أَحَبَّ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ كَلَامِهِ»

    ✧ There is no speech greater in the sight of Allah than His speech, and the servants do not refer back to Allah any speech more beloved to Him than His speech.

49. Sunan ad-Darimi 3397Sahih

    كَانَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَعْرِضُ نَفْسَهُ فِي الْمَوْسِمِ عَلَى النَّاسِ فِي الْمَوْقِفِ فَيَقُولُ «هَلْ مِنْ رَجُلٍ يَحْمِلُنِي إِلَى قَوْمِهِ؟ فَإِنَّ قُرَيْشًا مَنَعُونِي أَنْ أُبَلِّغَ كَلَامَ رَبِّي»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ used to present himself in the season at the standing place to the people, saying: “Is there any man who will carry me to his people? For Quraysh have prevented me from conveying the speech of my Lord.”

50. Sunan ad-Darimi 3398Weak

    «إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ كَلَامُ اللَّهِ فَلَا أَعْرِفَنَّكُمْ فِيمَا عَطَفْتُمُوهُ عَلَى أَهْوَائِكُمْ»

    ✧ Indeed this Quran is the speech of Allah, so let me not find you bending it according to your desires.

51. Sunan ad-Darimi 3399Weak

    «مَنْ شَغَلَهُ قِرَاءَةُ الْقُرْآنِ عَنْ مَسْأَلَتِي وَذِكْرِي أَعْطَيْتُهُ أَفْضَلَ ثَوَابِ السَّائِلِينَ وَفَضْلُ كَلَامِ اللَّهِ عَلَى سَائِرِ الْكَلَامِ كَفَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ»

    ✧ Whoever is occupied by reciting the Quran from asking Me and remembering Me, I give him the best reward of those who ask. And the excellence of the speech of Allah over all other speech is like the excellence of Allah over His creation.

52. Sunan ad-Darimi 3400Hasan

    «فَضْلُ كَلَامِ اللَّهِ عَلَى كَلَامِ خَلْقِهِ كَفَضْلِ اللَّهِ عَلَى خَلْقِهِ»

    ✧ The excellence of the speech of Allah over the speech of His creation is like the excellence of Allah over His creation.

53. Sunan ad-Darimi 3401Weak

    «الْقُرْآنُ أَحَبُّ إِلَى اللَّهِ مِنَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضِ وَمَنْ فِيهِنَّ»

    ✧ The Quran is more beloved to Allah than the heavens and the earth and those within them.

54. Sunan ad-Darimi 3402Sahih

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفْتُمْ عَلَيْهِ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ فَقُومُوا»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: “Recite the Quran as long as you agree upon it, but when you differ about it, then stand up.”

55. Sunan ad-Darimi 3403Sahih

    «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ فَقُومُوا»

    ✧ Recite the Quran as long as your hearts agree upon it, but when you differ about it, then stand up.

56. Sunan ad-Darimi 3404Sahih

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ مَا ائْتَلَفَتْ عَلَيْهِ قُلُوبُكُمْ فَإِذَا اخْتَلَفْتُمْ فِيهِ فَقُومُوا»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: “Recite the Quran as long as your hearts agree upon it, but when you differ about it, then stand up.”

57. Sunan ad-Darimi 3405Weak

    «مِنَ النَّاسِ مَنْ يُؤْتَى الْإِيمَانَ وَلَا يُؤْتَى الْقُرْآنَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُؤْتَى الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا يُؤْتَى الْإِيمَانَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ يُؤْتَى الْقُرْآنَ وَالْإِيمَانَ وَمِنْهُمْ مَنْ لَا يُؤْتَى الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا الْإِيمَانَ» ثُمَّ ضَرَبَ لَهُمْ مَثَلًا قَالَ «فَأَمَّا مَنْ أُوتِيَ الْإِيمَانَ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ الْقُرْآنَ فَمَثَلُهُ مَثَلُ التَّمْرَةِ حُلْوَةُ الطَّعْمِ لَا رِيحَ لَهَا وَأَمَّا مَثَلُ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ الْإِيمَانَ فَمَثَلُ الْآسَةِ طَيِّبَةُ الرِّيحِ مُرَّةُ الطَّعْمِ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْقُرْآنَ وَالْإِيمَانَ فَمَثَلُ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ طَيِّبَةُ الرِّيحِ حُلْوَةُ الطَّعْمِ وَأَمَّا الَّذِي لَمْ يُؤْتَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَا الْإِيمَانَ فَمَثَلُهُ مَثَلُ الْحَنْظَلَةِ مُرَّةُ الطَّعْمِ لَا رِيحَ لَهَا»

    ✧ Among the people are those who are given faith but not given the Quran, among them are those given the Quran but not given faith, among them are those given the Quran and faith, and among them are those given neither the Quran nor faith.” Then he struck for them a similitude and said: “As for the one given faith but not given the Quran, his example is that of a date: sweet in taste but no fragrance. As for the example of the one given the Quran but not given faith, his example is that of the myrtle: pleasant in fragrance but bitter in taste. As for the one given the Quran and faith, his example is that of the citron: pleasant in fragrance and sweet in taste. And as for the one given neither the Quran nor faith, his example is that of the colocynth: bitter in taste and no fragrance.”

58. Sunan ad-Darimi 3406Sahih

    «مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ التَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا حُلْوٌ وَلَيْسَ لَهَا رِيحٌ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الرَّيْحَانَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الْحَنْظَلَةِ لَيْسَ لَهَا رِيحٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ»

    ✧ 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.

59. Sunan ad-Darimi 3407Sahih

    «مَثَلُ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْإِيمَانَ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ التَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلَا رِيحَ لَهَا وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْقُرْآنَ وَلَمْ يُؤْتَ الْإِيمَانَ مَثَلُ الرَّيْحَانَةِ الْآسَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَمَثَلُ الَّذِي أُوتِيَ الْقُرْآنَ وَالْإِيمَانَ مَثَلُ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَمَثَلُ مَنْ لَمْ يُؤْتَ الْإِيمَانَ وَلَا الْقُرْآنَ مَثَلُ الْحَنْظَلَةِ رِيحُهَا خَبِيثٌ وَطَعْمُهَا خَبِيثٌ»

    ✧ The example of the one who was given faith and was not given the Qur’an is the example of the date-palm: its taste is good and it has no smell. The example of the one who was given the Qur’an and was not given faith is the example of the basil (rayhānah al-āsah): its smell is pleasant and its taste is bitter. The example of the one who was given the Qur’an and faith is the example of the citron (utrujjah): its smell is pleasant and its taste is pleasant. The example of the one who was not given faith nor the Qur’an is the example of the colocynth (ḥanẓalah): its smell is foul and its taste is foul.

60. Sunan ad-Darimi 3408Sahih

    أَنَّ نَافِعَ بْنَ عَبْدِ الْحَارِثِ لَقِيَ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ بِعُسْفَانَ وَكَانَ عُمَرُ اسْتَعْمَلَهُ عَلَى أَهْلِ مَكَّةَ فَسَلَّمَ عَلَى عُمَرَ فَقَالَ لَهُ عُمَرُ مَنِ اسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَى أَهْلِ الْوَادِي؟ فَقَالَ نَافِعٌ اسْتَخْلَفْتُ عَلَيْهِمْ ابْنَ أَبْزَى فَقَالَ عُمَرُ وَمَنْ ابْنُ أَبْزَى؟ فَقَالَ مَوْلًى مِنْ مَوَالِينَا فَقَالَ عُمَرُ فَاسْتَخْلَفْتَ عَلَيْهِمْ مَوْلًى؟ فَقَالَ يَا أَمِيرَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ إِنَّهُ قَارِئٌ لِكِتَابِ اللَّهِ عَالِمٌ بِالْفَرَائِضِ فَقَالَ عُمَرُ أَمَا إن رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَدْ قَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ يَرْفَعُ بِهَذَا الْكِتَابِ أَقْوَامًا وَيَضَعُ بِهِ آخَرِينَ»

    ✧ Nāfiʿ b. ʿAbd al-Ḥārith met ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb at ʿUsfān—and ʿUmar had appointed him over the people of Makkah—so he greeted ʿUmar. ʿUmar said to him, “Whom did you leave as your deputy over the people of the valley?” Nāfiʿ said, “I left Ibn Abzā as deputy over them.” ʿUmar said, “And who is Ibn Abzā?” He said, “A mawlā from among our mawālī.” ʿUmar said, “You left a mawlā as deputy over them?” He said, “O Commander of the Believers, indeed he is a reciter of the Book of Allah, knowledgeable in the obligatory shares (farāʾiḍ).” ʿUmar said, “Indeed the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: ‘Indeed Allah raises with this Book some peoples and lowers with it others.’”

61. Sunan ad-Darimi 3409No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ لَهُ أَجْرٌ وَإِنَّ الَّذِي يَسْتَمِعُ لَهُ أَجْرَانِ»

    ✧ “Indeed the one who recites the Qur’an has a reward, and the one who listens to it has two rewards.”

62. Sunan ad-Darimi 3410Weak

    «مَنِ اسْتَمَعَ إِلَى آيَةٍ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ نُورًا»

    ✧ “Whoever listens to a verse from the Book of Allah, it will be a light for him.”

63. Sunan ad-Darimi 3411Sahih

    «الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ وَهُوَ مَاهِرٌ بِهِ فَهُوَ مَعَ السَّفَرَةِ الْكِرَامِ الْبَرَرَةِ وَالَّذِي يَقْرَؤُهُ وَهُوَ يَشْتَدُّ عَلَيْهِ فَلَهُ أَجْرَانِ»

    ✧ “The one who recites the Qur’an and is proficient in it will be with the noble, righteous scribe-angels (al-safarah al-kirām al-bararah). And the one who recites it and finds it difficult for him, he has two rewards.”

64. Sunan ad-Darimi 3412No grade recorded

    «مَنْ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَقَامَ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ وَعَمِلَ بِمَا فِيهِ وَمَاتَ عَلَى الطَّاعَةِ بَعَثَهُ اللَّهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ مَعَ السَّفَرَةِ وَالْأَحْكَامِ» قَالَ سَعِيدٌ السَّفَرَةُ الْمَلَائِكَةُ وَالْأَحْكَامُ الْأَنْبِيَاءُ قَالَ وَمَنْ كَانَ حَرِيصًا وَهُوَ يَتَفَلَّتُ مِنْهُ وَهُوَ لَا يَدَعُهُ أُوتِيَ أَجْرَهُ مَرَّتَيْنِ وَمَنْ كَانَ عَلَيْهِ حَرِيصًا وَهُوَ يَتَفَلَّتُ مِنْهُ وَمَاتَ عَلَى الطَّاعَةِ فَهُوَ مِنْ أَشْرَافِهِمْ وَفُضِّلُوا عَلَى النَّاسِ كَمَا فُضِّلَتِ النُّسُورُ عَلَى سَائِرِ الطَّيْورِ وَكَمَا فُضِّلَتْ مَرْجَةٌ خَضْرَاءُ عَلَى مَا حَوْلَهَا مِنَ الْبِقَاعِ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ الْقِيَامَةِ قِيلَ أَيْنَ الَّذِينَ كَانُوا يَتْلُونَ كِتَابِي لَمْ يُلْهِهِمْ اتِّبَاعُ الْأَنْعَامِ؟ فَيُعْطَى الْخُلْدَ وَالنَّعِيمَ فَإِنْ كَانَ أَبَوَاهُ مَاتَا عَلَى الطَّاعَةِ جُعِلَ عَلَى رُءُوسِهِمَا تَاجُ الْمُلْكِ فَيَقُولَانِ رَبَّنَا مَا بَلَغَتْ هَذَا أَعْمَالُنَا؟ فَيَقُولُ بَلَى إِنَّ ابْنَكُمَا كَانَ يَتْلُو كِتَابِي

    ✧ “Whoever Allah gave the Qur’an, and he stood with it in the hours of the night and the hours of the day, and acted according to what is in it, and died upon obedience, Allah will raise him on the Day of Resurrection with the safarah and the aḥkām.” Saʿīd said: “Al-safarah are the angels, and al-aḥkām are the prophets.” He said: “And whoever was eager for it while it slips away from him, and he does not abandon it, he will be given its reward twice. And whoever was eager for it while it slips away from him, and died upon obedience, he is among their nobles, and they were preferred over people as vultures were preferred over the rest of the birds, and as a green meadow was preferred over the surrounding tracts of land. When it is the Day of Resurrection, it will be said: ‘Where are those who used to recite My Book and were not distracted by following livestock?’ Then he will be given eternal life and bliss. And if his parents died upon obedience, a crown of kingship will be placed upon their heads, and they will say: ‘Our Lord, did our deeds reach this?’ He will say: ‘Yes, indeed your son used to recite My Book.’”

65. Sunan ad-Darimi 3413Sahih

    «فِي فَاتِحَةِ الْكِتَابِ شِفَاءٌ مِنْ كُلِّ دَاءٍ»

    ✧ “In the Fātiḥah of the Book there is healing from every disease.”

66. Sunan ad-Darimi 3414No grade recorded

    مَرَّ بِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقَالَ أَلَمْ يَقُلِ اللَّهُ ﷻ {يَا أَيُّهَا الَّذِينَ آمَنُوا اسْتَجِيبُوا لِلَّهِ وَلِلرَّسُولِ إِذَا دَعَاكُمْ لِمَا يُحْيِيكُمْ وَاعْلَمُوا أَنَّ اللهَ يَحُولُ بَيْنَ الْمَرْءِ وَقَلْبِهِ وَأَنَّهُ إِلَيْهِ تُحْشَرُونَ} [الأنفال 24] قَالَ «أَلَا أُعَلِّمُكَ أَعْظَمَ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ قَبْلَ أَنْ أَخْرُجَ مِنَ الْمَسْجِدِ؟» فَلَمَّا أَرَادَ أَنْ يَخْرُجَ قَالَ «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ وَهِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُوتِيتُمْ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ passed by me and said: “Did not Allah, Exalted be He, say, {O you who believe, respond to Allah and to the Messenger when he calls you to that which gives you life, and know that Allah intervenes between a man and his heart, and that to Him you will be gathered} [al-Anfāl: 24]?” He said: “Shall I not teach you the greatest sūrah in the Qur’an before I leave the mosque?” When he intended to leave, he said: “Al-ḥamdu lillāhi rabbi l-ʿālamīn. It is the seven oft-repeated verses and the great Qur’an that you were given.”

67. Sunan ad-Darimi 3415Sahih

    «فَاتِحَةُ الْكِتَابِ هِيَ السَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي»

    ✧ “The Fātiḥah of the Book is the seven oft-repeated verses.”

68. Sunan ad-Darimi 3416Hasan

    «مَا أُنْزِلَتْ فِي التَّوْرَاةِ وَلَا فِي الْإِنْجِيلِ وَالزَّبُورِ وَالْقُرْآنِ مِثْلُهَا يَعْنِي أُمَّ الْقُرْآنِ وَإِنَّهَا لَسَبْعٌ مِنَ الْمَثَانِي وَالْقُرْآنُ الْعَظِيمُ الَّذِي أُعْطِيتُ»

    ✧ “Nothing like it was sent down in the Torah, nor in the Gospel, nor in the Psalms, nor in the Qur’an—meaning the Mother of the Qur’an (Umm al-Qur’an). Indeed it is seven of the oft-repeated verses and the great Qur’an which I was given.”

69. Sunan ad-Darimi 3417Sahih

    «الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ أُمُّ الْقُرْآنِ وَأُمُّ الْكِتَابِ وَالسَّبْعُ الْمَثَانِي»

    ✧ “Al-ḥamdu lillāh is the Mother of the Qur’an, the Mother of the Book, and the seven oft-repeated verses.”

70. Sunan ad-Darimi 3418Weak

    «مَا مِنْ بَيْتٍ تُقْرَأُ فِيهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ وَلَهُ ضَرِيطٌ»

    ✧ “There is no house in which Sūrat al-Baqarah is recited except that the devil leaves it, and he has a farting sound (ḍarīṭ).”

71. Sunan ad-Darimi 3419No grade recorded

    «سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ تَعَلُّمُهَا بَرَكَةٌ وَتَرْكُهَا حَسْرَةٌ وَلَا تَسْتَطِيعُهَا الْبَطَلَةُ وَهِيَ فُسْطَاطُ الْقُرْآنِ»

    ✧ Surat Al-Baqarah: learning it is a blessing and abandoning it is a regret, and the idle ones cannot master it, and it is the canopy of the Qur'an.

72. Sunan ad-Darimi 3420Hasan

    «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ سَنَامًا وَإِنَّ سَنَامَ الْقُرْآنِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ وَإِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ لُبَابًا وَإِنَّ لُبَابَ الْقُرْآنِ الْمُفَصَّلُ»

    ✧ Indeed, everything has a peak, and the peak of the Qur'an is Surat Al-Baqarah. And indeed, everything has a pure essence, and the pure essence of the Qur'an is the Mufassal.

73. Sunan ad-Darimi 3421Hasan

    «مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ تُوِّجَ بِهَا تَاجًا فِي الْجَنَّةِ»

    ✧ Whoever recites Surat Al-Baqarah will be crowned with it as a crown in Paradise.

74. Sunan ad-Darimi 3422No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ إِذَا سَمِعَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ تُقْرَأُ فِي بَيْتٍ خَرَجَ مِنْهُ»

    ✧ Indeed, when Satan hears Surat Al-Baqarah being recited in a house, he leaves it.

75. Sunan ad-Darimi 3423No grade recorded

    قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَيُّ سُورَةِ الْقُرْآنِ أَعْظَمُ؟ قَالَ «قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ» قَالَ فَأَيُّ آيَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ أَعْظَمُ؟ قَالَ آيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ {اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ} [البقرة 255] قَالَ فَأَيُّ آيَةٍ يَا نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ تُحِبُّ أَنْ تُصِيبَكَ وَأُمَّتَكَ؟ قَالَ «خَاتِمَةُ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فَإِنَّهَا مِنْ خَزَائِنِ رَحْمَةِ اللَّهِ مِنْ تَحْتِ عَرْشِهِ أَعْطَاهَا هَذِهِ الْأُمَّةَ لَمْ تَتْرُكْ خَيْرًا مِنْ خَيْرِ الدُّنْيَا وَالْآخِرَةِ إِلَّا اشْتَمَلَتْ عَلَيْهِ»

    ✧ A man said: 'O Messenger of Allah, which surah of the Qur'an is greatest?' He said: 'Say: He is Allah, the One.' He said: 'Then which verse in the Qur'an is greatest?' He said: 'The Verse of the Kursi: {Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence.} [Al-Baqarah 255].' He said: 'Then which verse, O Prophet of Allah, do you love to reach you and your nation?' He said: 'The conclusion of Surat Al-Baqarah, for it is from the treasures of Allah's mercy beneath His Throne; He gave it to this nation, and it has not left out any good from the good of this world or the Hereafter except that it encompasses it.'

76. Sunan ad-Darimi 3424No grade recorded

    لَقِيَ رَجُلٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ مُحَمَّدٍ ﷺ رَجُلًا مِنَ الْجِنِّ فَصَارَعَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ الْإِنْسِيُّ فَقَالَ لَهُ الْإِنْسِيُّ إِنِّي لَأَرَاكَ ضَئِيلًا شَخِيتًا كَأَنَّ ذُرَيِّعَتَيْكَ ذُرَيِّعَتَا كَلْبٍ فَكَذَاكَ أَنْتُمْ مَعْشَرَ الْجِنِّ أَمْ أَنْتَ مِنْ بَيْنِهِمْ كَذَلِكَ؟ قَالَ لَا وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي مِنْهُمْ لَضَلِيعٌ وَلَكِنْ عَاوِدْنِي الثَّانِيَةَ فَإِنْ صَرَعْتَنِي عَلَّمْتُكَ شَيْئًا يَنْفَعُكَ فَعَاوَدَهُ فَصَرَعَهُ قال هَاتِ عَلِّمْنِي قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ تَقْرَأُ {اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ} [البقرة 255]؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ قَالَ فَإِنَّكَ لَا تَقْرَؤُهَا فِي بَيْتٍ إِلَّا خَرَجَ مِنْهُ الشَّيْطَانُ لَهُ خَبَجٌ كَخَبَجِ الْحِمَارِ ثُمَّ لَا يَدْخُلُهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ

    ✧ A man from the companions of Muhammad ﷺ met a man from the Jinn and wrestled him, and the human threw him. The human said to him: 'I see you as small and feeble, as if your two forearms are the forearms of a dog. Is that how all of you Jinn are, or are you alone like that among them?' He said: 'No, by Allah, I am among them robust, but wrestle me a second time; if you throw me, I will teach you something that will benefit you.' So he wrestled him again and threw him. He said: 'Come, teach me.' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Do you recite {Allah - there is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence.} [Al-Baqarah 255]?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Indeed, you will not recite it in a house except that Satan leaves it with a sound like the braying of a donkey, and then he will not enter it until morning.'

77. Sunan ad-Darimi 3425No grade recorded

    مَنْ قَرَأَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ لَمْ يَدْخُلْ ذَلِكَ الْبَيْتَ شَيْطَانٌ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ أَرْبَعًا مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا وَآيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَآيَتَينِ بَعْدَهَا وَثَلَاثٌ خَوَاتِيمُهَا أَوَّلُهَا {لِلَّهِ مَا فِي السَّمَاوَاتِ وَمَا فِي الْأَرْضِ وَإِنْ تُبْدُوا مَا فِي أَنْفُسِكُمْ أَوْ تُخْفُوهُ يُحَاسِبْكُمْ بِهِ اللهُ فَيَغْفِرُ لِمَن يَّشَاءُ وَيُعَذِّبُ مَن يَشَاءُ وَاللَّهُ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ}

    ✧ Whoever recites ten verses from Surat Al-Baqarah in a night, no devil will enter that house that night until morning: four from its beginning, the Verse of the Kursi, two verses after it, and three at its end, the first of which is: {To Allah belongs whatever is in the heavens and whatever is in the earth. And whether you reveal what is within yourselves or conceal it, Allah will bring you to account for it. Then He will forgive whom He wills and punish whom He wills, and Allah is over all things competent.}

78. Sunan ad-Darimi 3426Weak

    مَنْ قَرَأَ أَرْبَعَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَآيَتَانِ بَعْدَ آيَةِ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَثَلَاثًا مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ لَمْ يَقْرَبْهُ وَلَا أَهْلَهُ يَوْمَئِذٍ شَيْطَانٌ وَلَا شَيْءٌ يَكْرَهُهُ وَلَا يُقْرَأْنَ عَلَى مَجْنُونٍ إِلَّا أَفَاقَ

    Whoever recites four verses from the beginning of Surah Al-Baqarah, Ayat Al-Kursi, two verses after Ayat Al-Kursi, and three verses from the end of Surah Al-Baqarah, Satan will not approach him or his family that day, and nothing will harm him. And it will not be recited over a person who is insane except that he will be cured.

79. Sunan ad-Darimi 3427Weak

    «مَا كُنْتُ أَرَى أَنَّ أَحَدًا يَعْقِلُ يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ هَؤُلَاءِ الْآيَاتِ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ وَإِنَّهُنَّ لَمِنْ كَنْزٍ تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ»

    ✧ I would not think that anyone who has reason would sleep until he recites these verses from the end of Surat Al-Baqarah, for they are from a treasure beneath the Throne.

80. Sunan ad-Darimi 3428Sahih

    مَنْ قَرَأَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْبَقَرَةِ عِنْدَ مَنَامِهِ لَمْ يَنْسَ الْقُرْآنَ أَرْبَعُ آيَاتٍ مِنْ أَوَّلِهَا وَآيَةُ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَآيَتَانِ بَعْدَهَا وَثَلَاثٌ مِنْ آخِرِهَا

    ✧ Whoever recites ten verses from Al-Baqarah at his sleep will not forget the Qur'an: four verses from its beginning, the Verse of the Kursi, two verses after it, and three from its end.

81. Sunan ad-Darimi 3429No grade recorded

    قال رسول الله ﷺ: «مَنْ قَرَأَ آيَةَ الْكُرْسِيِّ وَفَاتِحَةَ حم الْمُؤْمِنِ إِلَى قَوْلِهِ: ﴿غَافِرِ الذَّنبِ وَقَابِلِ التَّوْبِ شَدِيدِ الْعِقَابِ ذِي الطَّوْلِ لاَ إِلَهَ إِلاَّ هُوَ إِلَيْهِ الْمَصِيرُ﴾ [غافر 3]، لَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ، وَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا حِينَ يُمْسِي لَمْ يَرَ شَيْئًا يَكْرَهُهُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ»

    The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever recites Ayat al-Kursi and the opening of Ha-Mim al-Mumin up to His saying, "Forgiver of sin and Accepter of repentance, severe in punishment, Possessor of bounty. There is no god except Him; to Him is the destination," [Ghafir 40:3], will not see anything he dislikes until evening. And whoever recites it in the evening will not see anything he dislikes until morning."

82. Sunan ad-Darimi 3430Sahih

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ كَتَبَ كِتَابًا قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِأَلْفَيْ عَامٍ فَأَنْزَلَ مِنْهُ آيَتَيْنِ خَتَمَ بِهِمَا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَلَا تُقْرَآنِ فِي دَارٍ ثَلَاثَ لَيَالٍ فَيَقْرَبُهَا شَيْطَانٌ»

    ✧ Indeed, Allah wrote a Book two thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth, then He sent down from it two verses with which He sealed Surat Al-Baqarah. They are not recited in a house for three nights except that no devil approaches it.

83. Sunan ad-Darimi 3431Sahih

    «مَنْ قَرَأَ الْآيَتَيْنِ الْآخِرَتَيْنِ مِنْ سُورَةِ الْبَقَرَةِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كَفَتَاهُ»

    ✧ Whoever recites the last two verses of Surat Al-Baqarah in a night, they will suffice him.

84. Sunan ad-Darimi 3432Hasan

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ اسْمُ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمُ فِي هَاتَيْنِ الْآيَتَيْنِ {اللَّهُ لَا إِلَهَ إِلَّا هُوَ الْحَيُّ الْقَيُّومُ} [البقرة 255] {وَإِلَهُكُمْ إِلَهٌ وَاحِدٌ} [البقرة 163]

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The Greatest Name of Allah is contained in these two verses: 'Allah! There is no deity except Him, the Ever-Living, the Sustainer of existence' (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:255) and 'Your god is one God' (Surah Al-Baqarah, 2:163)."

85. Sunan ad-Darimi 3433No grade recorded

    «إِنَّ اللَّهَ خَتَمَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ بِآيَتَيْنِ أُعْطِيتُهُمَا مِنْ كَنْزِهِ الَّذِي تَحْتَ الْعَرْشِ فَتَعَلَّمُوهُنَّ وَعَلِّمُوهُنَّ نِسَاءَكُمْ فَإِنَّهُمَا صَلَاةٌ وَقُرْآنٌ وَدُعَاءٌ»

    ✧ Indeed, Allah sealed Surat Al-Baqarah with two verses that were given to me from His treasure beneath the Throne. So learn them and teach them to your women, for they are a prayer, a Qur'an, and a supplication.

86. Sunan ad-Darimi 3434Hasan

    كُنْتُ جَالِسًا عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يَقُولُ «تَعَلَّمُوا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَإِنَّ أَخْذَهَا بَرَكَةٌ وَتَرْكَهَا حَسْرَةٌ وَلَا يَسْتَطِيعُهَا الْبَطَلَةُ» ثُمَّ سَكَتَ سَاعَةً ثُمَّ قَالَ تَعَلَّمُوا سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ وَآلِ عِمْرَانَ فَإِنَّهُمَا الزَّهْرَاوَانِ وَإِنَّهُمَا تُظِلَّانِ صَاحِبَهُمَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ كَأَنَّهُمَا غَمَامَتَانِ أَوْ غَيَايَتَانِ أَوْ فِرْقَانِ مِنْ طَيْرٍ صَوَافَّ وَإِنَّ الْقُرْآنَ يَلْقَى صَاحِبَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ حِينَ يَنْشَقُّ عَنْهُ الْقَبْرُ كَالرَّجُلِ الشَّاحِبِ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ هَلْ تَعْرِفُنِي؟ فَيَقُولُ مَا أَعْرِفُكَ فَيَقُولُ أَنَا صَاحِبُكَ الْقُرْآنُ الَّذِي أَظْمَأْتُكَ فِي الْهَوَاجِرِ وَأَسْهَرْتُ لَيْلَكَ وَإِنَّ كُلَّ تَاجِرٍ مِنْ وَرَاءِ تِجَارَتِهِ وَإِنَّكَ الْيَوْمَ مِنْ وَرَاءِ كُلِّ تِجَارَةٍ فَيُعْطَى الْمُلْكَ بِيَمِينِهِ وَالْخُلْدَ بِشِمَالِهِ وَيُوضَعُ عَلَى رَأْسِهِ تَاجُ الْوَقَارِ وَيُكْسَى وَالِدَاهُ حُلَّتَيْنِ لَا يُقَوَّمُ لَهُمَا الدُّنْيَا فَيَقُولَانِ بِمَ كُسِينَا هَذَا؟ فيُقَالُ لَهُمَا بِأَخْذِ وَلَدِكُمَا الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ يُقَالُ لَهُ اقْرَأْ وَاصْعَدْ فِي دَرَجِ الْجَنَّةِ وَغُرَفِهَا فَهُوَ فِي صُعُودٍ مَا دَامَ يَقْرَأُ هَذًّا كَانَ أَوْ تَرْتِيلًا

    ✧ I was sitting with the Prophet (pbuh) and I heard him say, "Learn Surah Al-Baqarah, for its recitation is a blessing, and its abandonment is a source of remorse. It is not easily overcome by falsehood." Then he remained silent for a while, and then said, "Learn Surahs Al-Baqarah and Al-Imran, for they are the two radiant ones and they will shade their companion on the Day of Resurrection, like two clouds, or two gardens, or two flocks of birds spreading their wings. Indeed, the Quran will come to its companion on the Day of Resurrection, when the grave opens up for him, in the form of a pale man, and will say to him, 'Do you recognize me?' He will reply, 'I do not recognize you.' It will then say, 'I am your companion, the Quran, who made you thirsty in the heat and kept you awake at night. Every trader will have behind his merchandise, and today you will have behind every transaction.' The person will then be presented with the kingdom in his right hand, and immortality in his left hand. A crown of honor will be placed on his head, and his parents will be clothed in two garments that the world will not equal. They will say, 'Why have we been dressed in this?' It will be said to them, 'Because of your child's recitation of the Quran.' Then it will be said to him, 'Recite and ascend through the ranks of Paradise and its chambers.' So he will continue to ascend as long as he recites, whether in a measured tone or melodiously."

87. Sunan ad-Darimi 3435Weak

    إِنَّ أَخًا لَكُمْ أُرِيَ فِي الْمَنَامِ أَنَّ النَّاسَ يَسْلُكُونَ فِي صَدْعِ جَبَلٍ وَعْرٍ طَوِيلٍ وَعَلَى رَأْسِ الْجَبَلِ شَجَرَتَانِ خَضْرَاوَانِ تَهْتِفَانِ هَلْ فِيكُمْ مَنْ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ؟ هَلْ فِيكُمْ مَنْ يَقْرَأُ سُورَةَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ؟ فَإِذَا قَالَ الرَّجُلُ نَعَمْ دَنَتَا بِأَعْذَاقِهِمَا حَتَّى يَتَعَلَّقَ بِهِمَا فَتَخْطِرَانِ بِهِ الْجَبَلَ

    ✧ Indeed a brother of yours saw in a dream that people were traversing a long rugged mountain pass, and at the top of the mountain were two green trees calling out: Is there any among you who recites Surah al-Baqarah? Is there any among you who recites Surah Al-Imran? When a man said yes, they lowered their branches until he clung to them, and they carried him across the mountain.

88. Sunan ad-Darimi 3436Weak

    قرأ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ فَقَالَ «قَرَأْتَ سُورَتَيْنِ فِيهِمَا اسْمُ اللَّهِ الْأَعْظَمُ الَّذِي إِذَا دُعِيَ بِهِ أَجَابَ وَإِذَا سُئِلَ بِهِ أَعْطَى»

    ✧ A man read at the house of Abdullah Al-Baqara and Al-Imran, then he said, "I have read two surahs in which is the greatest name of Allah. When invoked with it, he answers, and when asked with it, he gives."

89. Sunan ad-Darimi 3437Weak

    مَنْ قَرَأَ الْبَقَرَةَ وَآلَ عِمْرَانَ جَاءَتَا يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ تَقُولَانِ رَبَّنَا لَا سَبِيلَ عَلَيْهِ

    ✧ Whoever recites al-Baqarah and Al-Imran, they will come on the Day of Resurrection saying: Our Lord, there is no way against him.

90. Sunan ad-Darimi 3438Accepted

    «مَنْ قَرَأَ آلَ عِمْرَانَ فَهُوَ غَنِيٌّ وَالنِّسَاءُ مُحَبِّرَةٌ»

    ✧ Whoever recites Al-Imran is wealthy, and al-Nisa' is adorned.

91. Sunan ad-Darimi 3439Weak

    «مَنْ قَرَأَ آخِرَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِيَامُ لَيْلَةٍ»

    ✧ Whoever recites the end of Al-Imran in a night, the standing of a night is written for him.

92. Sunan ad-Darimi 3440Sahih

    «مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ»

    ✧ Whoever recites Surah Al-Imran on Friday, the angels will send blessings upon him until nightfall.

93. Sunan ad-Darimi 3441Sahih

    «نِعْمَ كَنْزُ الصُّعْلُوكِ سُورَةُ آلِ عِمْرَانَ يَقُومُ بِهَا فِي آخِرِ اللَّيْلِ»

    ✧ What a good treasure for the poor is Surah Al-Imran; he stands with it at the end of the night.

94. Sunan ad-Darimi 3442Weak

    فَأَوَى إِلَى وَادِي مَجَنَّةٍ وَادٍ لَا يَمْشِِي فِيهِ أَحَدٌ إِلَّا أَصَابَتْهُ جِنَّةٌ وَعَلَى شَفِيرِ الْوَادِي رَاهِبَانِ فَلَمَّا أَمْسَى قَالَ أَحَدُهُمَا لِصَاحِبِهِ هَلَكَ وَاللَّهِ الرَّجُلُ قَالَ فَافْتَتَحَ سُورَةَ آلِ عِمْرَانَ قَالَا فَقَرَأَ سُورَةً طَيِّبَةً لَعَلَّهُ سَيَنْجُو قَالَ «فَأَصْبَحَ سَلِيمًا» قَالَ أَبُو مُحَمَّد «أَبُو السَّلِيلِ ضُرَيْبُ بْنُ نُقَيْرٍ» ويقال ابن نقير

    ✧ He sought refuge in the valley of Majannah, a valley where no one walked except that he was afflicted by jinn, and on the edge of the valley were two monks. When evening came, one of them said to his companion: By Allah, the man is doomed. He said: Then he began Surah Al-Imran. They said: He recited a good surah; perhaps he will be saved. He said: And he awoke safe. Abu Muhammad said: Abu al-Salil is Durayb b. Nuqayr, and it is said Ibn Nuqayr.

95. Sunan ad-Darimi 3443Weak

    «السَّبْعُ الطُّوَلُ مِثْلُ التَّوْرَاةِ وَالْمِئِينَ مِثْلُ الْإِنْجِيلِ وَالْمَثَانِي مِثْلُ الزَّبُورِ وَسَائِرُ الْقُرْآنِ بَعْدُ فَضْلٌ»

    ✧ The seven long ones are like the Torah, the hundreds are like the Gospel, the repeated ones are like the Psalms, and the rest of the Quran after that is a merit.

96. Sunan ad-Darimi 3444Accepted

    «الْأَنْعَامُ مِنْ نَوَاجِبِ الْقُرْآنِ»

    ✧ Al-An'am is among the required parts of the Quran.

97. Sunan ad-Darimi 3445Sahih

    «فَاتِحَةُ التَّوْرَاةِ الْأَنْعَامُ وَخَاتِمَتُهَا هُودٌ»

    ✧ The opening of the Torah is al-An'am and its conclusion is Hud.

98. Sunan ad-Darimi 3446Weak

    أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ قَالَ «اقْرَءُوا سُورَةَ هُودٍ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ»

    ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said: Recite Surah Hud on Friday.

99. Sunan ad-Darimi 3447Weak

    قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اقْرَءُوا سُورَةَ هُودٍ يَوْمَ الْجُمُعَةِ»

    ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: Recite Surah Hud on Friday.

100. Sunan ad-Darimi 3448No grade recorded

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ مِنَ الْكَهْفِ لَمْ يَخَفِ الدَّجَّالَ»

     ✧ “Whoever recites ten verses from al-Kahf will not be harmed by the Dajjal.”

101. Sunan ad-Darimi 3449Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ آخِرَ سُورَةِ الْكَهْفِ لِسَاعَةٍ يُرِيدُ يَقُومُ مِنَ اللَّيْلِ قَامَهَا» قَالَ عَبْدَةُ «فَجَرَّبْنَاهُ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ كَذَلِكَ»

     ✧ “Whoever recites the end of Surah al-Kahf at an hour he intends to rise during the night, he will rise at it.” ‘Abdah said, “We tried it and found it to be so.”

102. Sunan ad-Darimi 3450Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ سُورَةَ الْكَهْفِ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ أَضَاءَ لَهُ مِنَ النُّورِ فِيمَا بَيْنَهُ وَبَيْنَ الْبَيْتِ الْعَتِيقِ»

     ✧ "Whoever recites Surah Al-Kahf on the night of Friday, a light will shine for him from among his own light until the next Friday."

103. Sunan ad-Darimi 3451No grade recorded

     اقْرَءُوا الْمُنَجِّيَةَ وَهِيَ الم تَنْزِيلُ فَإِنَّهُ بَلَغَنِي أَنَّ رَجُلًا كَانَ يَقْرَؤُهَا مَا يَقْرَأُ شَيْئًا غَيْرَهَا وَكَانَ كَثِيرَ الْخَطَايَا فَنَشَرَتْ جَنَاحَهَا عَلَيْهِ وَقَالَتْ رَبِّ اغْفِرْ لَهُ فَإِنَّهُ كَانَ يُكْثِرُ قِرَاءَتِي فَشَفَّعَهَا الرَّبُّ فِيهِ وَقَالَ اكْتُبُوا لَهُ بِكُلِّ خَطِيئَةٍ حَسَنَةً وَارْفَعُوا لَهُ دَرَجَةً

     ✧ Recite the delivering one, which is alif lam mim tanzil, for it has reached me that a man used to recite it and nothing else, and he had many sins. It spread its wing over him and said, “Lord, forgive him, for he used to recite me often.” So the Lord made it intercede for him and said, “Write for him a good deed for every sin and raise him a degree.”

104. Sunan ad-Darimi 3452Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ تَنْزِيلُ السَّجْدَةَ وََ تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ كُتِبَ لَهُ سَبْعُونَ حَسَنَةً وَحُطَّ عَنْهُ بِهَا سَبْعُونَ سَيِّئَةً وَرُفِعَ لَهُ بِهَا سَبْعُونَ دَرَجَةً»

     ✧ “Whoever recites tanzil al-sajdah and tabaraka alladhi bi yadihi al-mulk, seventy good deeds are written for him, seventy sins are removed from him, and he is raised seventy degrees.”

105. Sunan ad-Darimi 3453Weak

     إِنَّ الم تَنْزِيلُ الْكِتَابِ لَا رَيْبَ فِيهِ مِنْ رَبِّ الْعَالَمِينَ تُجَادِلُ عَنْ صَاحِبِهَا فِي الْقَبْرِ تَقُولُ اللَّهُمَّ إِنْ كُنْتُ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ فَشَفِّعْنِي فِيهِ وَإِنْ لَمْ أَكُنْ مِنْ كِتَابِكَ فَامْحُنِي عَنْهُ وَإِنَّهَا تَكُونُ كَالطَّيْرِ تَجْعَلُ جَنَاحَهَا عَلَيْهِ فَيُشْفَعُ لَهُ فَتَمْنَعُهُ مِنْ عَذَابِ الْقَبْرِ وَفِي تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي بِيَدِهِ الْمُلْكُ وَهُوَ عَلَى كُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَدِيرٌ مِثْلَهُ فَكَانَ خَالِدٌ لَا يَبِيتُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ بِهِمَا

     ✧ Indeed, alif lam mim tanzil al-kitab, no doubt about it, from the Lord of the worlds, will argue on behalf of its companion in the grave, saying: “O Allah, if I am from Your Book, make me intercede for him; and if I am not from Your Book, erase me from him.” And it becomes like a bird, placing its wing over him, and it intercedes for him and protects him from the punishment of the grave. And in tabaraka alladhi bi yadihi al-mulk there is the like of it. So Khalid did not sleep until he had recited both of them.

106. Sunan ad-Darimi 3454Weak

     كَانَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ «لَا يَنَامُ حَتَّى يَقْرَأَ الم وَتَبَارَكَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ “would not sleep until he recited alif lam mim and tabaraka.”

107. Sunan ad-Darimi 3455Weak

     «فُضِّلَتَا عَلَى كُلِّ سُورَةٍ فِي الْقُرْآنِ بِسِتِّينَ حَسَنَةً»

     ✧ “They were given excellence over every surah in the Quran by sixty good deeds.”

108. Sunan ad-Darimi 3456Sahih

     سَمِعْتُ مُرَّةَ يَقُولُ «أُتِيَ رَجُلٌ فِي قَبْرِهِ فَأُتِيَ من جَانِبُ قَبْرِهِ فَجَعَلَتْ سُورَةٌ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ ثَلَاثُونَ آيَةً تُجَادِلُ عَنْهُ» حَتَّى قَالَ «فَنَظَرْنَا أَنَا وَمَسْرُوقٌ فَلَمْ نَجِدْ فِي الْقُرْآنِ سُورَةً ثَلَاثِينَ آيَةً إِلَّا تَبَارَكَ»

     ✧ I heard Murrah say, “A man was approached in his grave, and it was approached from the side of his grave. Then a surah of the Quran of thirty verses began to argue on his behalf,” until he said, “So Masruq and I looked and we did not find in the Quran a surah of thirty verses except tabaraka.”

109. Sunan ad-Darimi 3457No grade recorded

     إِنَّ اللَّهَ تَبَارَكَ وَتَعَالَى قَرَأَ طه وْ يس قَبْلَ أَنْ يَخْلُقَ السَّمَاوَاتِ وَالْأَرْضَ بِأَلْفِ عَامٍ فَلَمَّا سَمِعَتِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ الْقُرْآنَ قَالَتْ طُوبَى لِأُمَّةٍ يَنْزِلُ هَذَا عَلَيْهَا وَطُوبَى لِأَجْوَافٍ تَحْمِلُ هَذَا وَطُوبَى لِأَلْسِنَةٍ تَتَكَلَّمُ بِهَذَا

     ✧ Indeed, Allah, blessed and exalted, recited Taha and Yasin a thousand years before He created the heavens and the earth. When the angels heard the Quran, they said, “Glad tidings to a nation upon whom this is sent down, glad tidings to hearts that carry this, and glad tidings to tongues that speak this.”

110. Sunan ad-Darimi 3458Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ يس فِي لَيْلَةٍ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ أَوْ مَرْضَاةِ اللَّهِ غُفِرَ لَهُ» وَقَالَ «بَلَغَنِي أَنَّهَا تَعْدِلُ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّهُ»

     ✧ “Whoever recites Yasin in a night seeking the countenance of Allah, he will be forgiven.” And he said, “It has reached me that it equals the entire Quran.”

111. Sunan ad-Darimi 3459No grade recorded

     «إِنَّ لِكُلِّ شَيْءٍ قَلْبًا وَإِنَّ قَلْبَ الْقُرْآنِ يس مَنْ قَرَأَهَا فَكَأَنَّمَا قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ»

     ✧ “Indeed, everything has a heart, and the heart of the Quran is Yasin. Whoever recites it, it is as if he recited the Quran ten times.”

112. Sunan ad-Darimi 3460Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ يس فِي لَيْلَةٍ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللَّهِ غُفِرَ لَهُ فِي تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةِ»

     ✧ “Whoever recites Yasin in a night seeking the countenance of Allah will be forgiven in that night.”

113. Sunan ad-Darimi 3461Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ يس فِي صَدْرِ النَّهَارِ قُضِيَتْ حَوَائِجُهُ»

     ✧ Whoever recites Yā Sīn at the beginning of the day, his needs will be fulfilled.

114. Sunan ad-Darimi 3462Hasan

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ يس حِينَ يُصْبِحُ أُعْطِيَ يُسْرَ يَوْمِهِ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا فِي صَدْرِ لَيْلِهِ أُعْطِيَ يُسْرَ لَيْلَتِهِ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ»

     ✧ Whoever recites Yā Sīn in the morning is granted ease for his day until evening, and whoever recites it at the beginning of his night is granted ease for his night until morning.

115. Sunan ad-Darimi 3463Sahih

     «أُخْبِرْتُ أَنَّهُ مَنْ قَرَأَ حم الدُّخَانَ لَيْلَةَ الْجُمُعَةِ إِيمَانًا وَتَصْدِيقًا بِهَا أَصْبَحَ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ»

     ✧ "Whoever recites Surah Ad-Dukhan on the night of Friday with faith and belief in it, shall be forgiven."

116. Sunan ad-Darimi 3464Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ حم فِي لَيْلَةِ الْجُمُعَةِ أَصْبَحَ مَغْفُورًا لَهُ وَزُوِّجَ مِنَ الْحُورِ الْعِينِ»

     Whoever recites Sūrat Ḥā Mīm on the night of Friday will wake up forgiven, and will be married to the wide-eyed maidens (al-ḥūr al-ʿīn).

117. Sunan ad-Darimi 3465Sahih

     «كُنَّ الْحَوَامِيمُ يُسَمَّيْنَ الْعَرَائِسَ»

     ✧ The Ḥawāmīm are called the brides.

118. Sunan ad-Darimi 3466Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ ثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْحَشْرِ إِذَا أَصْبَحَ فَمَاتَ مِنْ يَوْمِهِ ذَلِكَ طُبِعَ بِطَابَعِ الشُّهَدَاءِ وَإِنْ قَرَأَ إِذَا أَمْسَى فَمَاتَ مِنْ لَيْلَتِهِ طُبِعَ بِطَابَعِ الشُّهَدَاءِ»

     ✧ Whoever recites three verses from the end of Sūrat al-Ḥashr in the morning and dies that day is sealed with the seal of the martyrs, and if he recites them in the evening and dies that night is sealed with the seal of the martyrs.

119. Sunan ad-Darimi 3467Sahih

     كَانَ يَقْرَأُ الْمُسَبِّحَاتِ عِنْدَ النَّوْمِ وَيَقُولُ «إِنَّ فِيهِنَّ آيَةً تَعْدِلُ أَلْفَ آيَةٍ»

     ✧ He used to recite the Musabbiḥāt at bedtime and said, "Verily in them is a verse that equals a thousand verses."

120. Sunan ad-Darimi 3468Hasan

     مَنْ قَالَ حِينَ يُصْبِحُ أَعُوذُ بِاللَّهِ السَّمِيعِ الْعَلِيمِ مِنَ الشَّيْطَانِ الرَّجِيمِ وَثَلَاثَ آيَاتٍ مِنْ آخِرِ سُورَةِ الْحَشْرِ وَكَّلَ اللَّهُ بِهِ سَبْعِينَ أَلْفَ مَلَكٍ يُصَلُّونَ عَلَيْهِ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَإِنْ قَالَهَا مَسَاءً فَمِثْلُ ذَلِكَ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ

     ✧ Whoever says in the morning: I seek refuge with Allah, the All-Hearing, the All-Knowing, from the accursed Shayṭān, and recites three verses from the end of Sūrat al-Ḥashr, Allah appoints seventy thousand angels over him to send blessings upon him until evening; and if he says it in the evening, the like of that until morning.

121. Sunan ad-Darimi 3469Sahih

     جَاءَ رَجُلٌ زَمَنَ زِيَادٍ إِلَى الْكُوفَةِ فَسَمِعْتُهُ يُحَدِّثُ أَنَّهُ كَانَ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فِي مَسِيرٍ لَهُ قَالَ وَرُكْبَتِي تُصِيبُ أَوْ تَمَسُّ رُكْبَتَهُ فَسَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ قَالَ «بَرِئَ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ» وَسَمِعَ رَجُلًا يَقْرَأُ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ قَالَ «غُفِرَ لَهُ»

     ✧ A man came to Kufa in the time of Ziyād, and I heard him narrate that he was with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ on a journey of his. He said: My knee touched or grazed his knee, and he heard a man reciting Qul yā ayyuhā al-kāfirūn. He said, "He is free of shirk." And he heard a man reciting Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad. He said, "He is forgiven."

122. Sunan ad-Darimi 3470Sahih

     «مَجِيءٌ مَا جَاءَ بِكَ» قَالَ جِئْتُ لِتُعَلِّمَنِي شَيْئًا أَقُولُهُ عِنْدَ مَنَامِي قَالَ «فَإِذَا أَخَذْتَ مَضْجَعَكَ فَاقْرَأْ قُلْ يَا أَيُّهَا الْكَافِرُونَ ثُمَّ نَمْ عَلَى خَاتِمَتِهَا فَإِنَّهَا بَرَاءَةٌ مِنَ الشِّرْكِ»

     ✧ What has brought you? He said: I came so that you may teach me something I say at bedtime. He said, "When you take to your bed, recite Qul yā ayyuhā al-kāfirūn, then sleep upon its conclusion, for it is a disavowal of shirk."

123. Sunan ad-Darimi 3471No grade recorded

     «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَزَّأَ الْقُرْآنَ عَلَى ثَلَاثَةِ أَجْزَاءٍ فَجَعَلَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ»

     ✧ Indeed, Allah divided the Qur'an into three parts, and He made Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad one third of the Qur'an.

124. Sunan ad-Darimi 3472Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ عَشْرَ مَرَّاتٍ بُنِيَ لَهُ بِهَا قَصْرٌ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ قَرَأهاَ عِشْرِينَ مَرَّةً بُنِيَ لَهُ بِهَا قَصْرَانِ فِي الْجَنَّةِ وَمَنْ قَرَأَهَا ثَلَاثِينَ مَرَّةً بُنِيَ لَهُ بِهَا ثَلَاثَةُ قُصُورٍ فِي الْجَنَّةِ» فَقَالَ عُمَرُ بْنُ الْخَطَّابِ وَاللَّهِ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ إِذَنْ لَنَكْثُرَنَّ قُصُورُنَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «اللَّهُ أَوْسَعُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ»

     ✧ Whoever recites Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad ten times, a palace is built for him in Paradise; whoever recites it twenty times, two palaces are built for him in Paradise; and whoever recites it thirty times, three palaces are built for him in Paradise. 'Umar b. al-Khaṭṭāb said: By Allah, O Messenger of Allah, then we will increase our palaces. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah is more expansive than that."

125. Sunan ad-Darimi 3473Sahih

     «أَنَّهُ كَانَ إِذَا قَرَأَ سُورَةً فَخَتَمَهَا أَتْبَعَهَا بِقُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ»

     ✧ When he recited a surah and completed it, he would follow it with Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad.

126. Sunan ad-Darimi 3474Sahih

     «أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ؟» قَالُوا نَحْنُ أَعْجَزُ وَأَضْعَفُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ فَقَالَ «إِنَّ اللَّهَ جَزَّأَ الْقُرْآنَ ثَلَاثَةَ أَجْزَاءٍ فَجَعَلَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ»

     ✧ Is any of you unable to recite one third of the Qur'an in a night? They said: We are more unable and weaker than that. He said, "Indeed, Allah divided the Qur'an into three parts, and He made Qul huwa Allāhu aḥad one third of the Qur'an."

127. Sunan ad-Darimi 3475Weak

     «قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ»

     ✧ “Say: He is Allah, the One” equals one third of the Quran.

128. Sunan ad-Darimi 3476Hasan

     «قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ تَعْدِلُ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ»

     ✧ “Say: He is Allah, the One” equals one third of the Quran.

129. Sunan ad-Darimi 3477Hasan

     حَدَّثَنَا عَمْرُو بْنُ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ حَمَّادِ بْنِ سَلَمَةَ عَنْ عَاصِمٍ عَنْ زِرٍّ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ مِثْلَهُ

     ✧ Amr b. Asim narrated to us from Hammad b. Salamah, from Asim, from Zirr, from Abdullah, the like of it.

130. Sunan ad-Darimi 3478Sahih

     أَنَّ رَجُلًا قَالَ وَاللَّهِ إِنِّي لَأُحِبُّ هَذِهِ السُّورَةَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «حُبُّكَ إِيَّاهَا أَدْخَلَكَ الْجَنَّةَ»

     ✧ A man said, “By Allah, I love this surah: ‘Say: He is Allah, the One.’” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, “Your love of it will admit you into Paradise.”

131. Sunan ad-Darimi 3479Hasan

     أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ سُئِلَ عَنْ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ فَقَالَ «ثُلُثُ الْقُرْآنِ أَوْ تَعْدِلُهُ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ was asked about “Say: He is Allah, the One,” and he said, “It is one third of the Quran, or it equals it.”

132. Sunan ad-Darimi 3480Sahih

     أَتَاهَا فَقَالَ أَلَا تَرَيْنَ إِلَى مَا جَاءَ بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَتْ رُبَّ خَيْرٍ قَدْ أَتَانَا بِهِ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَمَا هُوَ؟ قَالَ قَالَ لَنَا «أَيَعْجِزُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ ثُلُثَ الْقُرْآنِ فِي لَيْلَةٍ؟» قَالَ فَأَشْفَقْنَا أَنْ يُزِيدَنَا عَلَى أَمْرٍ نَعْجِزُ عَنْهُ فَلَمْ نَرْجِعْ إِلَيْهِ شَيْئًا حَتَّى قَالَهَا ثَلَاثَ مَرَّاتٍ ثُمَّ قَالَ «أَمَا يَسْتَطِيعُ أَحَدُكُمْ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ اللَّهُ الصَّمَدُ»

     ✧ He came to her and said, “Do you not see what the Messenger of Allah ﷺ has brought us?” She said, “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ has brought us much good. What is it?” He said, “He said to us: ‘Would one of you be unable to recite one third of the Quran in a night?’” He said, “We feared that he would impose upon us something we could not do, so we did not respond to him at all until he said it three times. Then he said: ‘Is not one of you able to recite: “Say: He is Allah, the One, Allah, the Eternal Refuge”?’”

133. Sunan ad-Darimi 3481No grade recorded

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ قُلْ هُوَ اللَّهُ أَحَدٌ خَمْسِينَ مَرَّةً غَفَرَ اللَّهُ لَهُ ذُنُوبَ خَمْسِينَ سَنَةً»

     ✧ “Whoever recites ‘Say: He is Allah, the One’ fifty times, Allah forgives his sins of fifty years.”

134. Sunan ad-Darimi 3482Sahih

     تَعَلَّقْتُ بِقَدَمِ رَسُولِ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَقُلْتُ لَهُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَقْرِئْنِي سُورَةَ هُودٍ وَسُورَةَ يُوسُفَ فَقَالَ لِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ «يَا عُقْبَةُ إِنَّكَ لَنْ تَقْرَأَ مِنَ الْقُرْآنِ سُورَةً أَحَبَّ إِلَى اللَّهِ وَلَا أَبْلَغَ عِنْدَهُ مِنْ قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ»

     ✧ I clung to the foot of the Messenger of Allah ﷺ and said to him, “O Messenger of Allah, teach me Surah Hud and Surah Yusuf.” The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said to me, “O Uqbah, you will never recite a surah of the Quran more beloved to Allah, nor more effective in His sight, than ‘Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak.’”

135. Sunan ad-Darimi 3483Sahih

     مَشَيْتُ مَعَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَقَالَ لِي «قُلْ يَا عُقْبَةُ» فَقُلْتُ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ فَسَكَتَ عَنِّي ثُمَّ قَالَ «يَا عُقْبَةُ قُلْ» فَقُلْتُ أَيَّ شَيْءٍ أَقُولُ؟ قَالَ «قُلْ أَعُوذُ بِرَبِّ الْفَلَقِ» فَقَرَأْتُهَا حَتَّى جِئْتُ عَلَى آخِرِهَا فَقَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ عِنْدَ ذَلِكَ «مَا سَأَلَ سَائِلٌ وَلَا اسْتَعَاذَ مُسْتَعِيذٌ بِمِثْلِهَا»

     ✧ I walked with the Prophet ﷺ and he said to me, “Say, O Uqbah.” I said, “What should I say?” He fell silent for a moment, then said, “O Uqbah, say.” I said, “What should I say?” He said, “Say: I seek refuge in the Lord of the daybreak.” So I recited it until I reached its end. The Messenger of Allah ﷺ then said, “No one has ever asked with anything like it, nor has anyone sought refuge with anything like it.”

136. Sunan ad-Darimi 3484Sahih

     «لَقَدْ أُنْزِلَ عَلَيَّ آيَاتٌ لَمْ أَرَ أَوْ لَمْ يُرَ مِثْلَهُنَّ»

     ✧ “There have been revealed to me verses the like of which has never been seen, or the like of which has never been seen.”

137. Sunan ad-Darimi 3485Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ فِي لَيْلَةٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ»

     ✧ “Whoever recites ten verses in a night will not be recorded among the heedless.”

138. Sunan ad-Darimi 3486Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ بِعَشْرِ آيَاتٍ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْمُصَلِّينَ»

     ✧ “Whoever recites ten verses in a night will be recorded among the devoted worshippers.”

139. Sunan ad-Darimi 3487Hasan

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ بِعَشْرِ آيَاتٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites ten verses will not be recorded among the heedless.»

140. Sunan ad-Darimi 3488No grade recorded

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بِعَشْرِ آيَاتٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites ten verses in a night will not be recorded among the heedless.»

141. Sunan ad-Darimi 3489Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بِخَمْسِينَ آيَةً لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites fifty verses in a night will not be recorded among the heedless.»

142. Sunan ad-Darimi 3490Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ خَمْسِينَ آيَةً فِي لَيْلَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْحَافِظِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites fifty verses in a night will be recorded among the preservers.»

143. Sunan ad-Darimi 3491Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ فِي لَيْلَةٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites one hundred verses in a night will not be recorded among the heedless.»

144. Sunan ad-Darimi 3492Hasan

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites one hundred verses in a night will be recorded among the devoutly obedient.»

145. Sunan ad-Darimi 3493Hasan

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قُنُوتُ لَيْلَةٍ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites one hundred verses in a night will have the devout obedience of a night recorded for him.»

146. Sunan ad-Darimi 3494Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites one hundred verses will be recorded among the devoutly obedient.»

147. Sunan ad-Darimi 3495Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites one hundred verses in a night will be recorded among the devoutly obedient.»

148. Sunan ad-Darimi 3496Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites one hundred verses in a night will be recorded among the devoutly obedient.»

149. Sunan ad-Darimi 3497Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ»

     ✧ «Whoever recites one hundred verses will not be recorded among the heedless.»

150. Sunan ad-Darimi 3498Sahih

     سَمِعْتُ أَبَا أُمَامَةَ يَقُولُ «مَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَتَيْ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ»

     ✧ I heard Abu Umamah say: «Whoever recites two hundred verses will be recorded among the devoutly obedient.»

151. Sunan ad-Darimi 3499No grade recorded

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ مِائَتَيْ آيَةٍ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ»

     ✧ "Whoever recites two hundred verses in a night will be recorded among the devoutly obedient."

152. Sunan ad-Darimi 3500No grade recorded

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ لَمْ يُكْتَبْ مِنَ الْغَافِلِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ بِمِائَتَيْ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْفَائِزِينَ»

     ✧ "Whoever recites ten verses in a night will not be recorded among the heedless, and whoever recites one hundred verses in a night will be recorded among the devoutly obedient, and whoever recites two hundred verses will be recorded among the successful."

153. Sunan ad-Darimi 3501Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ عَشْرَ آيَاتٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الذَّاكِرِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ بِمِائَةِ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ مِنَ الْقَانِتِينَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ بِخَمْسِ مِائَةِ آيَةٍ إِلَى الْأَلْفِ أَصْبَحَ وَلَهُ قِنْطَارٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ» قِيلَ وَمَا الْقِنْطَارُ؟ قَالَ «مِلْءُ مَسْكِ الثَّوْرِ ذَهَبًا»

     ✧ "Whoever recites ten verses in a night will be recorded among those who remember Allah, and whoever recites one hundred verses will be recorded among the devoutly obedient, and whoever recites five hundred verses up to one thousand will enter the morning with a qintar of reward." It was asked, "And what is the qintar?" He said, "A bull's hide filled with gold."

154. Sunan ad-Darimi 3502Weak

     أَنَّ نَبِيَّ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مِائَةَ آيَةٍ لَمْ يُحَاجَّهُ الْقُرْآنُ تِلْكَ اللَّيْلَةَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ مِائَتَيْ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قُنُوتُ لَيْلَةٍ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ خَمْسَ مِائَةِ آيَةٍ إِلَى الْأَلْفِ أَصْبَحَ وَلَهُ قِنْطَارٌ فِي الْآخِرَةِ» قَالُوا وَمَا الْقِنْطَارُ؟ قَالَ «اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا»

     ✧ The Prophet of Allah ﷺ said: "Whoever recites one hundred verses in a night, the Quran will not dispute with him that night; and whoever recites two hundred verses in a night, the devotion of a night will be recorded for him; and whoever recites five hundred verses up to one thousand in a night will enter the morning with a qintar in the Hereafter." They asked, "And what is the qintar?" He said, "Twelve thousand."

155. Sunan ad-Darimi 3503Sahih

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ فِي لَيْلَةٍ ثَلَاثَ مِائَةِ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِنْطَارٌ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ سَبْعَ مِائَةِ آيَةٍ» لَا أَدْرِي أَيَّ شَيْءٍ قَالَ فِيهَا أَبُو نُعَيْمٍ

     ✧ "Whoever recites three hundred verses in a night will have a qintar recorded for him, and whoever recites seven hundred verses" — I do not know what Abu Nu'aym said about it.

156. Sunan ad-Darimi 3504Sahih

     مَنْ قَرَأَ أَلْفَ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِنْطَارٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ وَالْقِيرَاطُ مِنْ ذَلِكَ الْقِنْطَارِ لَا تَفِي بِهِ دُنْيَاكُمْ

     ✧ "Whoever recites one thousand verses will have a qintar of reward recorded for him, and a qirat of that qintar cannot be matched by your worldly possessions."

157. Sunan ad-Darimi 3505Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ أَلْفَ آيَةٍ فِي لَيْلَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِنْطَارٌ وَالْقِيرَاطُ مِنَ الْقِنْطَارِ خَيْرٌ مِنَ الدُّنْيَا وَمَا فِيهَا وَاكْتَسَبَ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ مَا شَاءَ اللَّهُ»

     ✧ "Whoever recites one thousand verses in a night will have a qintar recorded for him, and a qirat of the qintar is better than the world and whatever is in it, and he will gain reward as much as Allah wills."

158. Sunan ad-Darimi 3506No grade recorded

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ أَلْفَ آيَةٍ كُتِبَ لَهُ قِنْطَارٌ مِنَ الْأَجْرِ الْقِيرَاطُ مِنْهُ مِثْلُ التَّلِّ الْعَظِيمِ»

     ✧ "Whoever recites one thousand verses will have a qintar of reward recorded for him, a qirat of which is like a great mountain."

159. Sunan ad-Darimi 3507Hasan

     الْقِنْطَارُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا

     ✧ "The qintar is twelve thousand."

160. Sunan ad-Darimi 3508Sahih

     الْقِنْطَارُ مِلْءُ مَسْكِ ثَوْرٍ ذَهَبًا

     ✧ "The qintar is a bull's hide filled with gold."

161. Sunan ad-Darimi 3509Weak

     «الْقِنْطَارُ أَرْبَعُونَ أَلْفًا»

     ✧ "The qintar is forty thousand."

162. Sunan ad-Darimi 3510Sahih

     «الْقِنْطَارُ دِيَةُ أَحَدِكُمُ اثْنَا عَشَرَ أَلْفًا»

     ✧ "The qintar is the blood money of one of you: twelve thousand."

163. Sunan ad-Darimi 3511Hasan

     الْقِنْطَارُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ دِينَارٍ

     ✧ The quintal is seventy thousand dinars.

164. Sunan ad-Darimi 3512No grade recorded

     «الْقِنْطَارُ أَلْفُ أُوقِيَّةٍ وَمِائَتَا أُوقِيَّةٍ»

     ✧ The quintal is one thousand uqiyyahs and two hundred uqiyyahs.

165. Sunan ad-Darimi 3513Weak

     «الْقِنْطَارُ سَبْعُونَ أَلْفَ مِثْقَالٍ»

     ✧ The quintal is seventy thousand mithqals.

166. Sunan ad-Darimi 3514Weak

     «مَنْ شَهِدَ الْقُرْآنَ حِينَ يُفْتَحُ فَكَأَنَّمَا شَهِدَ فَتْحًا فِي سَبِيلِ اللَّهِ وَمَنْ شَهِدَ خَتْمَهُ حِينَ يُخْتَمُ فَكَأَنَّمَا شَهِدَ الْغَنَائِمَ حِينَ تُقْسَمُ»

     ✧ Whoever attends the Quran when it is commenced, it is as if he attended a conquest in the path of Allah, and whoever attends its completion when it is completed, it is as if he attended the spoils when they are distributed.

167. Sunan ad-Darimi 3515Weak

     «كَانَ رَجُلٌ يَقْرَأُ فِي مَسْجِدِ الْمَدِينَةِ وَكَانَ ابْنُ عَبَّاسٍ قَدْ وَضَعَ عَلَيْهِ الرَّصَدَ فَإِذَا كَانَ يَوْمُ خَتْمِهِ قَامَ فَتَحَوَّلَ إِلَيْهِ»

     ✧ A man used to recite in the mosque of Madinah, and Ibn Abbas had placed someone to watch for him, so when it was the day of his completion, he stood and went over to him.

168. Sunan ad-Darimi 3516Weak

     «كَانَ أَنَسُ بْنُ مَالِكٍ إِذَا أَشْفَى عَلَى خَتْمِ الْقُرْآنِ بِاللَّيْلِ بَقَّى مِنْهُ شَيْئًا حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ فَيَجْمَعَ أَهْلَهُ فَيَخْتِمَهُ مَعَهُمْ»

     ✧ When Anas b. Malik was close to completing the Quran at night, he would leave some of it until morning, then gather his family and complete it with them.

169. Sunan ad-Darimi 3517Sahih

     «كَانَ أَنَسٌ إِذَا خَتَمَ الْقُرْآنَ جَمَعَ وَلَدَهُ وَأَهْلَ بَيْتِهِ فَدَعَا لَهُمْ»

     ✧ When Anas completed the Quran, he gathered his children and the people of his household and supplicated for them.

170. Sunan ad-Darimi 3518Sahih

     «إِذَا خَتَمَ الرَّجُلُ الْقُرْآنَ بِنَهَارٍ صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَإِنْ فَرَغَ مِنْهُ لَيْلًا صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ»

     ✧ When a man completes the Quran during the day, the angels send blessings upon him until evening, and if he finishes it at night, the angels send blessings upon him until morning.

171. Sunan ad-Darimi 3519Weak

     أَنَّ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ سُئِلَ أَيُّ الْعَمَلِ أَفْضَلُ؟ قَالَ «الْحَالُّ الْمُرْتَحِلُ» قِيلَ وَمَا الْحَالُّ الْمُرْتَحِلُ؟ قَالَ «صَاحِبُ الْقُرْآنِ يَضْرِبُ مِنْ أَوَّلِ الْقُرْآنِ إِلَى آخِرِهِ وَمِنْ آخِرِهِ إِلَى أَوَّلِهِ كُلَّمَا حَلَّ ارْتَحَلَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked which deed is best. He said, "The one who alights and then sets out again." It was said, "And what is the one who alights and then sets out again?" He said, "The companion of the Quran who strikes from the beginning of the Quran to its end, and from its end to its beginning; whenever he alights, he sets out again."

172. Sunan ad-Darimi 3520Sahih

     «إِذَا قَرَأَ الرَّجُلُ الْقُرْآنَ نَهَارًا صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ وَإِنْ قَرَأَهُ لَيْلًا صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ» قَالَ سُلَيْمَانُ «فَرَأَيْتُ أَصْحَابَنَا يُعْجِبُهُمْ أَنْ يَخْتِمُوهُ أَوَّلَ النَّهَارِ وَأَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ»

     ✧ When a man recites the Quran during the day, the angels send blessings upon him until evening, and if he recites it at night, the angels send blessings upon him until morning. Sulayman said, "I saw our companions like to complete it at the beginning of the day and the beginning of the night."

173. Sunan ad-Darimi 3521Sahih

     حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يُوسُفَ الْفِرْيَابِيُّ عَنْ سُفْيَانَ عَنْ الْأَعْمَشِ عَنْ إِبْرَاهِيمَ «مِثْلَهُ إِلَّا أَنَّهُ لَيْسَ فِيهِ قَوْلُ سُلَيْمَانَ»

     ✧ Muhammad b. Yusuf al-Firyabi narrated to us from Sufyan from al-Amash from Ibrahim, something similar, except that it does not contain the statement of Sulayman.

174. Sunan ad-Darimi 3522Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ عَنْ ظَهْرِ قَلْبِهِ كَانَتْ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ فِي الدُّنْيَا أَوْ فِي الْآخِرَةِ»

     ✧ Whoever recites the Quran from memory has a supplication in this world or in the Hereafter.

175. Sunan ad-Darimi 3523No grade recorded

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ لَيْلًا أَوْ نَهَارًا صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ إِلَى اللَّيْلِ» وَقَالَ الْآخَرُ «غُفِرَ لَهُ»

     ✧ “Whoever recites the Quran at night or by day, the angels send blessings upon him until nightfall.” And the other said, “He is forgiven.”

176. Sunan ad-Darimi 3524Weak

     «مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ دَعَا أَمَّنَ عَلَى دُعَائِهِ أَرْبَعَةُ آلَافِ مَلَكٍ»

     ✧ “Whoever recites the Quran and then supplicates, four thousand angels say Amin to his supplication.”

177. Sunan ad-Darimi 3525Sahih

     بَعَثَ إِلَيَّ مُجَاهِدٌ قَالَ إِنَّمَا دَعَوْنَاكَ أَنَّا أَرَدْنَا أَنْ نَخْتِمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَإِنَّهُ بَلَغَنَا أَنَّ الدُّعَاءَ يُسْتَجَابُ عِنْدَ خَتْمِ الْقُرْآنِ قَالَ «فَدَعَوْا بِدَعَوَاتٍ»

     ✧ Mujahid sent for me, saying, “We only invited you because we wanted to complete the Quran, and it has reached us that supplication is answered at the completion of the Quran.” He said, “They made supplications.”

178. Sunan ad-Darimi 3526Weak

     «إِذَا وَافَقَ خَتْمُ الْقُرْآنِ أَوَّلَ اللَّيْلِ صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يُصْبِحَ وَإِنْ وَافَقَ خَتْمُهُ آخِرَ اللَّيْلِ صَلَّتْ عَلَيْهِ الْمَلَائِكَةُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ فَرُبَّمَا بَقِيَ عَلَى أَحَدِنَا الشَّيْءُ فَيُؤَخِّرَهُ حَتَّى يُمْسِيَ أَوْ يُصْبِحَ»

     ✧ “If the completion of the Quran coincides with the beginning of the night, the angels send blessings upon him until morning. If its completion coincides with the end of the night, the angels send blessings upon him until evening. Perhaps one of us would have a portion left, so he would delay it until evening or morning.”

179. Sunan ad-Darimi 3527Weak

     «حَمَلَةُ الْقُرْآنِ عُرَفَاءُ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ»

     ✧ “The bearers of the Quran are the leaders of the people of Paradise.”

180. Sunan ad-Darimi 3528Sahih

     كَانَ يَخْتِمُ الْقُرْآنَ كُلَّ لَيْلَتَيْنِ»

     ✧ "He used to complete the recitation of the Quran every two nights."

181. Sunan ad-Darimi 3529Weak

     قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ فِي كَمْ أَخْتِمُ الْقُرْآنَ؟ قَالَ «اخْتِمْهُ فِي شَهْرٍ» قُلْتُ يَا رَسُولَ اللَّهِ أَنَا أُطِيقُ قَالَ «اخْتِمْهُ فِي خَمْسٍ وَعِشْرِينَ» قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ قَالَ «اخْتِمْهُ فِي عِشْرِينَ» قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ قَالَ «اخْتِمْهُ فِي خَمْسَ عَشْرَةَ» قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ قَالَ «اخْتِمْهُ فِي عَشْرٍ» قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ قَالَ «اخْتِمْهُ فِي خَمْسٍ» قُلْتُ إِنِّي أُطِيقُ قَالَ «لَا»

     ✧ I said, “O Messenger of Allah, in how many days should I complete the Quran?” He said, “Complete it in a month.” I said, “O Messenger of Allah, I can do more.” He said, “Complete it in twenty-five.” I said, “I can do more.” He said, “Complete it in twenty.” I said, “I can do more.” He said, “Complete it in fifteen.” I said, “I can do more.” He said, “Complete it in ten.” I said, “I can do more.” He said, “Complete it in five.” I said, “I can do more.” He said, “No.”

182. Sunan ad-Darimi 3530No grade recorded

     «أَمَرَنِي رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ أَنْ لَا أَقْرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي أَقَلَّ مِنْ ثَلَاثٍ»

     ✧ “The Messenger of Allah ﷺ commanded me not to recite the Quran in less than three days.”

183. Sunan ad-Darimi 3531Sahih

     «لَيْسَ مِنَّا مَنْ لَمْ يَتَغَنَّ بِالْقُرْآنِ»

     ✧ “He is not one of us who does not chant the Quran.”

184. Sunan ad-Darimi 3532Weak

     سُئِلَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ أَيُّ النَّاسِ أَحْسَنُ صَوْتًا لِلْقُرْآنِ وَأَحْسَنُ قِرَاءَةً؟ قَالَ «مَنْ إِذَا سَمِعْتَهُ يَقْرَأُ أُرِيتَ أَنَّهُ يَخْشَى اللَّهَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ was asked, “Which of the people has the best voice for the Quran and the best recitation?” He said, “The one whom, when you hear him recite, you think he fears Allah.”

185. Sunan ad-Darimi 3533No grade recorded

     «لَمْ يَأْذَنِ اللَّهُ لِشَيْءٍ مَا أَذِنَ لِنَبِيٍّ يَتَغَنَّى بِالْقُرْآنِ»

     ✧ “Allah has not permitted for anything what He has permitted for a Prophet to chant the Quran.”

186. Sunan ad-Darimi 3534Weak

     «مَا أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لِشَيْءٍ كَمَا أَذِنَ لِنَبِيٍّ يَتَغَنَّى بِالْقُرْآنِ»

     ✧ “Allah has not permitted for anything as He has permitted for a Prophet to chant the Quran.”

187. Sunan ad-Darimi 3535Weak

     كَانَ يَقُولُ لِأَبِي مُوسَى وَكَانَ حَسَنَ الصَّوْتِ بِالْقُرْآنِ «لَقَدْ أُوتِيَ هَذَا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ»

     ✧ He used to say to Abu Musa, who had a beautiful voice for the Quran, “This one has been given one of the flutes of the family of Dawud.”

188. Sunan ad-Darimi 3536Weak

     أَنَّ عُمَرَ بْنَ الْخَطَّابِ كَانَ إِذَا رَأَى أَبَا مُوسَى قَالَ «ذَكِّرْنَا رَبَّنَا يَا أَبَا مُوسَى» فَيَقْرَأُ عِنْدَهُ

     ✧ When ʿUmar b. al-Khaṭṭāb saw Abū Mūsā, he would say, “Remind us of our Lord, O Abū Mūsā,” and he would recite in his presence.

189. Sunan ad-Darimi 3537Weak

     «لَا أُلْفِيَنَّ أَحَدَكُمْ يَضَعُ إِحْدَى رِجْلَيْهِ عَلَى الْأُخْرَى يَتَغَنَّى وَيَدَعُ أَنْ يَقْرَأَ سُورَةَ الْبَقَرَةِ فَإِنَّ الشَّيْطَانَ يَفِرُّ مِنَ الْبَيْتِ يُقْرَأُ فِيهِ سُورَةُ الْبَقَرَةِ وَإِنَّ أَصْفَرَ الْبُيُوتِ الْجَوْفُ يَصْفَرُ مِنْ كِتَابِ اللَّهِ»

     ✧ “Let me not find any one of you placing one leg over the other, singing, and neglecting to recite Sūrat al-Baqarah, for Satan flees from a house in which Sūrat al-Baqarah is recited. And the emptiest of houses is the hollow one, empty of the Book of Allah.”

190. Sunan ad-Darimi 3538Weak

     قَدِمَ سَلَمَةُ الْبَيْذَقُ الْمَدِينَةَ فَقَامَ يُصَلِّي بِهِمْ فَقِيلَ لِسَالِمٍ لَوْ جِئْتَ فَسَمِعْتَ قِرَاءَتَهُ فَلَمَّا كَانَ بِبَابِ الْمَسْجِدِ سَمِعَ قِرَاءَتَهُ رَجَعَ فَقَالَ «غِنَاءٌ غِنَاءٌ»

     ✧ Salamah al-Bayḍaq came to Madinah and stood to lead them in prayer. It was said to Sālim, “If you would come and listen to his recitation.” When he was at the door of the mosque, he heard his recitation and turned back, saying, “Singing, singing.”

191. Sunan ad-Darimi 3539Weak

     أَنَّ أَبَا مُوسَى كَانَ يَأْتِي عُمَرَ فَيَقُولُ لَهُ عُمَرُ «ذَكِّرْنَا رَبَّنَا» فَيَقْرَأُ عِنْدَهُ

     ✧ Abū Mūsā would come to ʿUmar, and ʿUmar would say to him, “Remind us of our Lord,” and he would recite in his presence.

192. Sunan ad-Darimi 3540Hasan

     «مَا أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لِشَيْءٍ كَأَذَنِهِ لِنَبِيٍّ يَتَغَنَّى بِالْقُرْآنِ يَجْهَرُ بِهِ»

     ✧ “Allah does not listen attentively to anything as He does to a prophet who chants the Quran, reciting it aloud.”

193. Sunan ad-Darimi 3541Sahih

     «لَقَدْ أُوتِيَ أَبُو مُوسَى مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ»

     ✧ The Prophet ﷺ said, "Abu Musa has indeed been given a flute from the flutes of the family of David."

194. Sunan ad-Darimi 3542Hasan

     دَخَلَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ فَسَمِعَ قِرَاءَةَ رَجُلٍ فَقَالَ «مَنْ هَذَا؟» قِيلَ عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ قَيْسٍ قَالَ «لَقَدْ أُوتِيَ هَذَا مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ»

     ✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ entered and heard a man reciting. He said, “Who is this?” It was said, “ʿAbdullāh b. Qays.” He said, “This one has been given a flute from the flutes of the family of Dāwūd.”

195. Sunan ad-Darimi 3543Sahih

     «زَيِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ»

     ✧ “Adorn the Quran with your voices.”

196. Sunan ad-Darimi 3544Sahih

     «حَسِّنُوا الْقُرْآنَ بِأَصْوَاتِكُمْ فَإِنَّ الصَّوْتَ الْحَسَنَ يَزِيدُ الْقُرْآنَ حُسْنًا»

     ✧ “Beautify the Quran with your voices, for a beautiful voice increases the Quran in beauty.”

197. Sunan ad-Darimi 3545Sahih

     «قَرَأَ رَجُلٌ عِنْدَ أَنَسٍ بِلَحْنٍ مِنْ هَذِهِ الْأَلْحَانِ فَكَرِهَ ذَلِكَ أَنَسٌ»

     ✧ “A man recited in the presence of Anas with one of these melodies, and Anas disliked that.”

198. Sunan ad-Darimi 3546Accepted

     «كَانُوا يَرَوْنَ هَذِهِ الْأَلْحَانَ فِي الْقُرْآنِ مُحْدَثَةً»

     ✧ “They used to consider these melodies in the Quran to be an innovation.”