Musnad al-Tayalisi 496

Translation

✧ The example of the believer who recites the Quran is like that of the citron: its fragrance is pleasant and its taste is pleasant. The example of the believer who does not recite the Quran is like that of the date: its taste is pleasant but it has no fragrance. The example of the wicked person who recites the Quran is like that of the sweet basil: its fragrance is pleasant but its taste is bitter. The example of the wicked person who does not recite the Quran is like that of the colocynth: its taste is bitter and its fragrance is bitter.

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Other narrations of this report

Sahih Muslim 797bMusnad Ahmad 19614Sahih Ibn Hibban 770al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6716al-Sunan al-Kubra (al-Nasa'i) 6717

Narrators

1. 1
   Abū Mūsá al-Ashʿarī

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

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

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

   Trustworthy (thiqah), who sometimes erred (rubbamā wahima)d. 163 AH, or: 164 AH, also said: 165 AH
   هَمَّامٌثقة ربما وهم
   حدثنا
5. 5
   Abū Dāwūd

   trustworthy (thiqah), a retentive memorizer (ḥāfiẓ), who erred in some hadithsd. 203 AH, or 204 AH
   أَبُو دَاوُدَثقة حافظ , غلط في أحاديث

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