Bishr ibn al-Harith: I heard ‘Isa ibn Yunus (rahimahullah) say, ‘If a slave finishes the Qur’an (khatm), an Angel kisses him in-between his eyes.’ 1
Imam al-Aajuri: ‘Such a person should make the Qur’an a fountain for his heart, rectifying by it whatever has become corrupt in his heart. He should take on the qualities of the Qur’an and adorn himself with a beautiful character whereby he becomes distinguished from the rest of the people who do not recite or memorise the Qur’an.’
‘If he speaks, he speaks with knowledge… and were he to be silent, he is silent with knowledge… He does not involve himself in matters that do not concern him for he fears his tongue more than he fears his enemies. He imprisons his tongue just as he would imprison his enemy so that he may be safe from its evil and the evil of its consequences. His face is pleasant and his words are sweet.’ 2
Al-Hasan al-Basri: ‘Indeed those who came before you saw the Qur’an as personal letters from their Lord. So they would ponder over it by night and yearn for it by day.’ 3
‘Abdullah ibn ‘Umar (radhiallahu `anhuma): ‘Adhere to the Qur’an! Study it and teach it to your children for surely you shall be questioned about it and you shall be rewarded by it and it is sufficient as warner for the wise one.’ 4
Ibn Mas’ud (radhiallahu `anhu): ‘Verily, hearts are like vessels (i.e. made to embrace things) so occupy them with the Qur’an and do not engage them with other than it.’ 5
Ibn ‘Umar (radhiallahu `anhu): ‘The first thing that decreases in (a person’s) worship is Tahajjud (the night prayer) and reciting therein with an audible voice.’ 6
‘Abdullah ibn al-Mubarak: ‘I asked Sufyan al-Thawri, ‘If a man rises up for prayer, what should he intend by his recitation and prayer?’ He said, ‘He should intend thereby to beseech and implore his Lord.’ 7
Al-Hasan al-Basri: ‘Adhere to the Book of Allah `azza wa jall, follow what is in it of examples and become a people of insight by it.’ Then he said, ‘May Allah have mercy upon a slave who presents himself to the Book and acts upon it; if his deeds are in accordance to the Book of Allah, he praises Allah and if his deeds are in contrast to the Book of Allah, he rebukes himself and returns from a near distance.’
He (rahimahullah) also said, ‘Those who have the most right to this Qur’an are those who follow it even if they have not read it.’ 8
Imam al-Aajuri: ‘(O people), Do you not see how your Lord the Most Generous has encouraged His creation to reflect upon His Words? Whoever reflects upon His Words recognizes His Lord `azza wa jall and recognizes the greatness of His Power and Authority. He recognizes His immense Favour on the believers and recognizes what has been mandatory upon him in His worship. So he adheres to the obligatory deeds, warns himself from what His Lord has warned him of and he desires only what His Lord has desired for him.
And so whoever has these attributes at the time when he is reciting the Qur’an or listening to it being recited by others, then for him the Qur’an is a cure. He is enriched but not by wealth, honoured but not by the people and he is at peace and serenity when others are lonely.’ 9
‘The best of you is the one who learns the Qur’an and teaches it.’ [al-Bukhari]
Abu ‘Abd al-Rahman al-Sullami: ‘It is this (the above hadith) that has caused me to sit in my place here.’ – He (rahimahullah) sat and taught in the main mosque from the time of ‘Uthman’s khilafah until the dictatorship of Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.
Tawus: ‘Those with the most beautiful voices when reciting the Qur’an are those who fear Allah the most.’ 10
‘Umar ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz wrote to his workers ordering that none be placed as governors except the people of Qur’an. His workers wrote to him saying, ‘We have placed the people of Qur’an in charge but we found (some of) them to be unreliable!’ So he wrote back to them, ‘Do not put anyone in charge of the masses except the people of Qur’an. If there is no good in them, then it’s even more-so the case that there’ll be no good in other than them.’ 11
جعلنا الله وإياكم من صالحي أهل القرآن
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References:
1] Hilyat al-Awliya, by Abu Nu’aym (8/355)
2] Akhlaq Hamalat al-Qur’an, by Abu Bakr al-Aajuri (pg. 154)
3] Al-Tibyan fi Adab Hamalat al-Qur’an, by Imam al-Nawawi
4] Mashkal al-Athar, by Imam al-Tahawi
5] Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah
6] Khalq Af’al al-‘Ibad
7] Ta’dhim Qadr al-Salah
8] Qa’idah fi Fadha’il al-Qur’an, by Ibn Taymiyyah
9] Akhlaq Hamalat al-Qur’an (pg. 109)
10] Bid’ al-Qurra, by Bakr Abu Zayd
11] Al-Aadab al-Shar’iyyah, by Ibn Muflih al-Maqdisi
jazakAllahukhair. This has increased my Iman!
ma sha allah wonderful, may Allah reward your efforts. I’ve been craving a post for so long!
jazaaki Allahu khairan lil hadhi at-tadkhirah al-jameelah.
Walekum salaam wa rahmatuallahi wa barakatuhu ukhti
I love this so much
I love you for Allah’s sake
I want to learn more about Bishr.
Ameen, jazaaki Allahu khayran ukhti! SubhanAllah.
ukhti, I found in my copy of Tibyaan that it was Al Hasan Al Basri who said the 3rd quote:
وعن الحسن البصريُّ رحمه الله قال : إن من كَان قبلكم رأوا القُرآن رسائل من ربهم فكانوا يتدبرونها بالليل، وينفذونها بالنهار.
Allahu a’lam, do you have Al Hasan ibn Ali?
mashallah thanks sis!!
Saira, وما أجمل التذكرة! صدقوا في أقوالهم وصدقوا الله في أعمالهم فرضي عنهم وبلّغ عنهم 🙂
Amatullah, the statement was in one of my other books ‘Mafatih fi Tadabbur al-Qur’an (by al-Lahim). I didn’t have my copy of Tibyan to double check, but if it has Al-Hasan al-Basri in there than I’ll assume it was a mistake here, wallahu a’lam. Jazakillahu khayran for the correction.
H, ahabbakillah al-ladhi ahbabtini lah.
ukhti what does this mean”ahabbakillah al-ladhi ahbabtini lah & what do i say after that?
Also tell me what do i have to write to say “I love you for Allah’s sake”
And for this one as well. I’ll try and not ask for anything else in terms of you typing the Arabic as well. Sorry for any trouble, and may Allah reward you!
Assalamu alaykum,
I was just wondering if it would be poss. for you to put the Arabic of the actual sayings up as well here…please!
JazakAllahu khairan katheera
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah
Sister Fajr, I love your blog!
I guess I am sort of a revert because my moms is not very religious but we still say salaams in the shops. I get the whole lonely in the crowd thing, especially when I decided to wear the hijaab. Moms was not very happy and the negativity at home and at school almost made me re-revert. Then I found your blog and I just felt like you recalled the awesome history of the din and the struggles of the Prophet (pbuh) and the beauty of the lugha. So I mean – if they can do it so can I, right? Bidhanallah
Do you mind if I use some of your writing on my Facebook page? I made a new one that I sort of hope reflects the new me and I sometimes think that your writing expresses my innermost thoughts even when I struggle with the words. Maybe if I can point people to your blog, then they can benefit from it as much as I have!
Jazakallah Khayran wa salaam.
Beautiful…
Wa `alaykumusalam wa rahmatullah
It means ‘May the One for Whose Sake you’ve loved me, love you too.’ There’s no recommended response to it, but you’re more than welcome to make a nice du’a for me 🙂
To say, “I love you for the Sake of Allah” = ‘Uhibbuki fillah’
Anon, unfortunately the quotes were taken straight out of books so it’s a bit difficult to go back to them and type up the Arabic. Maybe you can search an online copy of the books and search for the names and certain key-words? It might work out well.
Leyali, alhamdulillah it’s great to hear you benefited from the blog! 🙂 Yes by all means, feel free to use the posts. I pray your situation eases up for you, don’t feel saddened by what people may say about you and the fact that you’ve started practising, you’ve taken a path beloved to Allah and that’s all that matters because you’ll be the one who gains happiness in the end – make your focus fixed upon the Hereafter and remember the words and lives of the pious before us when they also felt estranged, hopefully it’ll put your heart at rest to know that you’re not alone.
Jazakallahu khair ukhtee
A nice dua would be ..O Allah ,bless Fajr ukhti with right Aqeedah & righteousness.Always.
Ameen.
As-salamu `alaykum wa rahmatullah
jazaki allah khayran sis for your support you really are an inspiration 🙂
i tried to be helpful and answer bro anon’s questions on the arabic texts but i could not even find a place with the arabic! everything is in english which i guess is good for me since thats what i speak but i still want to look and see if i can understand some of it
do you know a good website for original texts? i found http://www.islamicmanuscript.org and http://digital.library.ucla.edu/minasian/librarian?SEARCH but its like 600 texts not the ones you want! can you give me a hint for where i can find some? then inshallah ill help answer bro anon’s question and get a little more ‘ilm in the process 🙂
jazallah khayaran ukhti wa salaam
… i almost forgot!
وَإِن كَرَّمتَها وَنَظَرتَ مِنها بِإِجلالٍ فَنَفسَكَ قَد أَهَنتا
you were kind to her and considered her solemnly and your soul was joyful
its probly not good but its a start.
**Khali nafsik tuhin** you get it? thanx for the link to adab! 😉
H, Ameen to the du’a! Jazakillahu khayran 🙂
Leyali, barakallahu feeki sis. You can download the original books at most online libraries – check out the ones listed on the right hand side of the blog –>
Assalaamu alaykum wa rahmatullaahi wa barakaatuh,
A very beneficial article sister ma sha Allaah. I really look forward to reading your posts. May Allaah reward and protect you for your efforts and enable us to implement this knowledge into our lives. Ameen.
Assalaamu alaykum
P.S. Apologies for the late comment. I have been distracted somewhat by all various commitments but insha Allaah trying hard to make Deeni commitments no. 1.
Assalamu alaikum
Anon, unfortunately the quotes were taken straight out of books so it’s a bit difficult to go back to them and type up the Arabic. Maybe you can search an online copy of the books and search for the names and certain key-words? It might work out well.
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I’ve just spent ages doing this looking for the first quote you mentioned. Is it the correct reference given because the version of Hilyah al-Awliyah I’ve got on my PC only goes up to seven volumes. :/
Brilliant blog by the way, masha Allah. 🙂
It is mentioned towards the end of the 8th volume:
حدثنا ابو احمد محمد بن أحمد الغطريفي ثنا عبد الرحمن بن محمد بن المغيرة ثنا ابي ثنا بشر بن الحارث ثنا يحيى بن اليمان عن سفيان عن حبيب بن أبي جمرة قال إذا ختم الرجل القرآن قبله الملك بين عينيه
أسند بشر عن أعلام عن الرواة مع كراهيته للرواية ورغبته عنها
I initially took the quote from Al-Ajuri’s book ‘Akhlaq Ahl al-Qur’an’ and in there it was attributed to ‘Isa ibn Yunus, but here it is attributed to Habib ibn Abi Jumra.
By the way, the Hilyah is usually published in 10 volumes.
Jazakallahu khair. Found it.