al-Matalib al-'Aliyah 4208
✧ The Punishment of One Who Learns the Qur'an Then Forgets It
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وَقَالَ أَحْمَدُ فِي الزُّهْدِ: حَدَّثَنَا زَيْدُ بْنُ الْحُبَابِ، ثَنَا خَالِدُ بْنُ دِينَارٍ قَالَ: سَمِعْتُ أَبَا الْعَالِيَةِ يَقُولُ:
كُنَّا نَعُدُّ مِنْ أَعْظَمِ الذُّنُوبِ أَنْ يَتَعَلَّمَ الرَّجُلُ الْقُرْآنَ ثُمَّ يَنَامُ عَنْهُ حَتَّى يَنْسَاهُ
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- Aḥmad Fī al-Zuhd
- Zayd b. al-Ḥubāb
- Khālid b. Dīnār
- Abū al-ʿĀliyah
✧ We used to consider among the greatest of sins that a man learns the Qur'an then sleeps away from it until he forgets it.
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