Friday, July 22, 2016

Holy Qur'aan has been revealed to create a deep grief and restlessness. So when you recite it, weep



Holy Qur'aan has been revealed to create a deep grief and restlessness. So when you recite it, weep













 Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri RadiyAllaahu Ta’aalaa ‘anhu narrated that Usaid ibne- Hudair was reciting Qur’aan one night in his courtyard; when his mare suddenly began to shy and started to move around. He continued to recite, and the mare once again moved around, but he continued to recite, and the mare continued to move around. Usaid RadiyAllaahu Ta’aalaa ‘anhu says: I feared that the mare might trample my son Yahyaa. So I stood near the mare and saw something like a canopy above my head, with what seemed to be lamps in it. Then this (object) started ascending towards sky; until I could not see it any more. He said: I went to RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) in the morning and I said: O RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam)! Late last night I was reciting (the Qur’aan) in my courtyard, when my mare started to shy and move around. RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) said: You should have kept reciting, Ibne-Hudair! He replied: I kept on reciting, and the mare moved around again. So RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) said: You should have kept on reciting, Ibne-Hudair! He submitted: So, I kept on reciting, and the mare moved around again. RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) said: You should have kept on reciting, Ibne-Hudair! He said: Then I turned towards it, as I was afraid that it might trample my son Yahyaa, who was near to it, and saw above my head something like a canopy, with what seemed to be lamps in it. Then this (object) ascended towards the sky, until I could not see it anymore. RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) said: Those were the Angels who came to listen to your recitation of the Qur’aan, and if you would have continued reciting, the people would have seen them in the morning, and they could not have stayed hidden from the people. (Muslim)

70.  Abu Sa’id Al-Khudri RadiyAllaahu Ta’aalaa ‘anhu narrated: I was sitting in a group of destitute Muhaajiriin (Emigrants from Makkah), and some of them had taken cover behind others as they did not have enough clothes on them, and one of them was reciting the Qur’aan to us, when RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) entered and stood (close) by us. At this, the one who was reciting the Qur’aan became silent. RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) greeted (us) and then said: What were you all doing? We said: RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) , one of our reciters was reciting and we were listening attentively to the Book of Allaah Ta’aalaaRasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) said: All Praises be to Allaah Who has created in my Ummah such a people, with whom I have been ordained to sit. Then RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) sat amongst us, to be equidistant from everyone. Then he gestured with his hand, and we sat in a circle with all of us facing him. (Abu Sa’iid says) I noticed that RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) did not recognize any of them other than me. RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) said: O community of destitute Muhaajiriin, glad tidings for you of a perfect Nuur (Light) on the Day of Resurrection. You will enter the Paradise half-a-day before the rich people (Muslims), and that (half-a-day) is (the span of) five hundred years. (Abu Daawood)

71.  Sa’d Ibne- Abi Waqaas RadiyAllaahu Ta’aalaa ‘anhu said that he heard RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) saying: Indeed, this Qur’aan has been revealed to create a deep grief and restlessness. So when you recite it, weep; and if you are unable to weep, then make a weeping face. And recite it with a pleasing voice, as one who does not (try to) recite with a pleasant voice is not from us. (Ibne- Maajah)

Note: Some scholars have also given another interpretation to this Hadith; that the one who does not become contented and free from want of what others have, by the blessing of the Qur’aan, in fact has not properly benefitted from it and hence is not from us.

72.  Abu Hurairah RadiyAllaahu Ta’aalaa ‘anhu narrates that RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) said: Allaah never pays so much attention to anything as He pays to the voice of a Prophet reciting the Qur’aan in a sweet tone. (Muslim)

73.  Baraa RadiyAllaahu Ta’aalaa ‘anhu narrates that RasuulUllaah (SallAllaahu ‘alaihi wa ‘aalihii wasallam) said: Beautify the Qur’aan with your voices. For indeed, a beautiful voice adds to the beauty of the Qur’aan. (Mustadrak Haakim)

Note:  It means that the beauty of the Qur’aan is made even more evident by the beautiful voice.

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