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[Machine] The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The likeness of the Quran, when its companion takes an oath to fulfill its rights and recites it day and night, is like a man who possesses camels. If he takes care of them, he will keep them, but if he neglects them, he will lose them. Similarly, is the case with the companion of the Quran."  

أحمد:٤٩٢٣ – حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ الرَّزَّاقِ أَخْبَرَنَا مَعْمَرٌ عَنْ أَيُّوبَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ

قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ مَثَلُ الْقُرْآنِ إِذَا عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهِ صَاحِبُهُ فَقَرَأَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ كَمَثَلِ رَجُلٍ لَهُ إِبِلٌ فَإِنْ عَقَلَهَا حَفِظَهَا وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَ عُقُلَهَا ذَهَبَتْ فَكَذَلِكَ صَاحِبُ الْقُرْآنِ  

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nasai-kubra:7989 – Qutaybah b. Saʿīd > Yaʿqūb > Mūsá b. ʿUqbah > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

[Machine] "That the Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: 'Verily the example of the Qur'an is like that of a tied camel. If its owner takes care of it, it remains with him, and if he neglects it, it goes away. Similarly, when a person establishes a relationship with the Qur'an and recites it day and night, he remembers it, but when he does not recite it, he forgets it.'"  

الكبرى للنسائي:٧٩٨٩ – أَخْبَرَنَا قُتَيْبَةُ بْنُ سَعِيدٍ قَالَ حَدَّثَنَا يَعْقُوبُ عَنْ مُوسَى بْنِ عُقْبَةَ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ قَالَ «إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ الْقُرْآنِ كَمَثَلِ الْإِبِلِ الْمُعَقَّلَةِ إِذَا عَاهَدَهَا صَاحِبُهَا عَلَى عُقُلِهَا أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِذَا أَغْفَلَهَا ذَهَبَتْ إِذَا قَامَ صَاحِبُ الْقُرْآنِ فَقَرَأَهُ بِاللَّيْلِ وَالنَّهَارِ ذَكَرَهُ وَإِذَا لَمْ يَقْرَأْهُ نَسِيَهُ»  

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السيوطي:١٩٨٠٢a –

"مَثَلُ القرآنِ إِذَا عَاهَدَ عَليه صاحِبُهُ فَقَرأَهُ باللَّيلِ والنَّهَارِ، كمَثَل رَجُلٍ لَهُ إِبِلٌ فإِنْ عقَلَهَا حَفِظَهَا، وإِنْ أَطْلَقَ عِقَالهَا ذَهَبَتْ، فَكَذَلِكَ صاحِبُ الْقُرآنِ".  

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