Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 305-310 Chapter 43: The virtue of al-Fatihah and the closing verse of Surat al-Baqarah; and the encouragement to recite the two verses at the end of Surat al-Baqarah. Ibn ‘Abbas reported that while Gabriel…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 300-304 Chapter 41: The virtue of reciting the Qur’an in prayer and learning it. Abu Huraira reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: Would any one of you like, when he returns to his family,…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 292-299 Chapter 39: It is recommended to recite the Qur’an to people of virtue who are skilled in its recitation, even if the reciter is better than the one to whom it is recited.…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 288-291 Chapter 37: The virtue of the one who memorizes the Qur’an. Abu Musa al-Ash’ari reported Allah’s Messenger (ﷺ) as saying: A believer who recites the Qur’an is like an orange whose fragrance is…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 284-287 Chapter 36: The descent of tranquility (sakinah) when the Qur’an is recited. Al-Bara’ reported that a person was reciting Surat al-Kahf and there was a horse tied with two ropes at his side,…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 281-283 Chapter 35: Mentioning the recitation of the Prophet (saws) of Surat al-Fath on the day of the conquest of Makkah. Mu’awiya b. Qurra reported ‘Abdullah b. Mughaffal al-Muzani as saying: The Apostle of…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 273-280 Chapter 34: It is recommended to make one’s voice beautiful when reciting Qur’an. Abu Huraira reported this directly from the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ): God has not listened to anything as He listens…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 265-272 Chapter 33: The command to keep refreshing one’s knowledge of the Qur’an and that it is disliked to say I have forgotten such-and-such a verse, but it is permissible to say I have…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 259-264 Chapter 31: The command to one who becomes sleepy while praying, or who starts to falter in his recitation of the Qur’an or statements of remembrance, to lie down or sit down until…
Sahih Muslim Book 6 – Hadith 255-258 Chapter 30: The virtue of a deed that is done persistently, whether it be Qiyam al-Lail or anything else. The command to be moderate in worship, which means adopting what one can persist…