al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4207

✧ The Punishment of One Who Learns the Qur'an Then Forgets It

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قَالَ الْحَارِثُ: حَدَّثَنَا دَاوُدُ بْنُ الْمُحَبَّرِ، ثَنَا مَيْسَرَةُ بْنُ عَبْدِ رَبِّهِ، عَنْ أَبِي عَائِشَةَ السَّعْدِيِّ، عَنْ يَزِيدَ بْنِ عَمْرٍو، عَنْ أَبِي سَلَمَةَ بْنِ عَبْدِ الرَّحْمَنِ، عَنْ أَبِي هُرَيْرَةَ، وَابْنِ عَبَّاسٍ ؓ قَالَا:

خَطَبَنَا رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ، فَذَكَرَ الْحَدِيثَ، وَفِيهِ: « وَمَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ نَسِيَهُ مُتَعَمِّدًا لَقِيَ اللهَ مَجْذُومًا مَغْلُولًا، وَسَلَّطَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عَلَيْهِ بِكُلِّ آيَةٍ حَيَّةً تَنْهَشُهُ فِي النَّارِ، وَمَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ فَلَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِهِ وَآثَرَ عَلَيْهِ حُطَامَ الدُّنْيَا وَزِينَتَهَا، اسْتَوْجَبَ سَخَطَ اللهِ تَعَالَى، وَكَانَ فِي دَرَجَةِ الْيَهُودِ وَالنَّصَارَى الَّذِينَ نَبَذُوا كِتَابَ اللهِ ( عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ) وَرَاءَ ظُهُورِهِمْ وَاشْتَرَوْا بِهِ ثَمَنًا قَلِيلًا، وَمَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً أَوْ يُرِيدُ بِهِ الدُّنْيَا لَقِيَ اللهَ ( تَعَالَى ) وَوَجْهُهُ عَظْمٌ لَيْسَ عَلَيْهِ لَحْمٌ، وَدَعَّ الْقُرْآنُ فِي قَفَاهُ حَتَّى يَقْذِفَهُ فِي النَّارِ فَيَهْوِي فِيهَا مَعَ مَنْ هَوَى، وَمَنْ قَرَأَهُ وَلَمْ يَعْمَلْ بِهِ حَشَرَهُ اللهُ تَعَالَى يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَى، فَيَقُولُ لَهُ: رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِي أَعْمَى وَقَدْ كُنْتُ بَصِيرًا ؟ فَيَقُولُ رَبُّكَ: كَذَلِكَ أَتَتْكَ آيَاتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا، وَكَذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ تُنْسَى، ثُمَّ يُؤْمَرُ بِهِ إِلَى النَّارِ. وَمَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ ابْتِغَاءَ وَجْهِ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَتَفَقُّهًا فِي دِينِ اللهِ ( عَزَّ وَجَلَّ ) كَانَ لَهُ مِنَ الثَّوَابِ مِثْلُ جَمِيعِ مَا أَعْطَى اللهُ تَعَالَى الْمَلَائِكَةَ وَالْأَنْبِيَاءَ وَالرُّسُلَ، وَمَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ رِيَاءً وَسُمْعَةً لِيُمَارِيَ بِهِ السُّفَهَاءَ، وَيُبَاهِيَ بِهِ الْعُلَمَاءَ، وَيَطْلُبَ بِهِ الدُّنْيَا، بَدَّدَ اللهُ تَعَالَى عِظَامَهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ، وَكَانَ مِنْ أَشَدِّ النَّاسِ عَذَابًا، وَلاَ يَبْقَى مِنْهَا ( شَيْءٌ ) مِنْ أَنْوَاعِ الْعَذَابِ إِلاَّ عُذِّبَ بِهِ؛ لِشِدَّةِ عَذَابِ اللهِ تَعَالَى وَسَخَطِهِ عَلَيْهِ

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Chain of narrators

al-Ḥārith
Dāwud b. al-Muḥabbar
Maysarah b. ʿAbd Rabbih
Abū ʿĀʾishah al-Saʿdī
Yazīd b. ʿAmr
Abū Salamah b. ʿAbd al-Raḥman
Abū Hurayrah Wāb. ʿAbbās

✧ The Messenger of Allah ﷺ delivered a sermon to us, and he mentioned the hadith, and in it: "Whoever learns the Qur'an then deliberately forgets it will meet Allah afflicted with leprosy and in chains, and Allah Almighty will set upon him for every verse a serpent that will bite him in the Fire. And whoever learns the Qur'an but does not act upon it, preferring the debris of this world and its adornment over it, has made himself deserving of Allah's wrath and will be in the rank of the Jews and Christians who cast the Book of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) behind their backs and sold it for a small price. And whoever recites the Qur'an for show and reputation, or desiring thereby the world, will meet Allah (Almighty) with his face a bone with no flesh upon it, and the Qur'an will shove him from behind until it hurls him into the Fire, and he will fall into it with those who fall. And whoever recites it but does not act upon it, Allah Almighty will raise him on the Day of Resurrection blind, and he will say: 'My Lord, why have You raised me blind when I used to see?' Your Lord will say: 'Thus Our signs came to you, but you forgot them; and thus today you will be forgotten.' Then he will be commanded to the Fire. And whoever learns the Qur'an seeking the face of Allah Almighty and understanding in the religion of Allah (Mighty and Majestic) will have a reward like all that Allah Almighty has given the angels, the prophets, and the messengers. And whoever learns the Qur'an for show and reputation, to argue with the foolish, boast over the scholars, and seek thereby the world, Allah Almighty will scatter his bones on the Day of Resurrection, and he will be among the people most severely punished, and no type of punishment will remain but he will be punished with it, due to the severity of Allah's punishment and His wrath upon him."

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