66. Virtues of the Quran

٦٦۔ كتاب فضائل القرآن

66.23 The learning of the Qur'an by heart and the reciting of it repeatedly

٦٦۔٢٣ باب اسْتِذْكَارِ الْقُرْآنِ وَتَعَاهُدِهِ

bukhari:5031ʿAbdullāh b. Yūsuf > Mālik > Nāfiʿ > Ibn ʿUmar

Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "The example of the person who knows the Qur'an by heart is like the owner of tied camels. If he keeps them tied, he will control them, but if he releases them, they will run away."  

البخاري:٥٠٣١حَدَّثَنَا عَبْدُ اللَّهِ بْنُ يُوسُفَ أَخْبَرَنَا مَالِكٌ عَنْ نَافِعٍ عَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ ؓ

أَنَّ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ قَالَ إِنَّمَا مَثَلُ صَاحِبِ الْقُرْآنِ كَمَثَلِ صَاحِبِ الإِبِلِ الْمُعَقَّلَةِ إِنْ عَاهَدَ عَلَيْهَا أَمْسَكَهَا وَإِنْ أَطْلَقَهَا ذَهَبَتْ  

bukhari:5032Muḥammad b. ʿArʿarah > Shuʿbah > Manṣūr > Abū Wāʾil > ʿAbdullāh

The Prophet ﷺ said, "It is a bad thing that some of you say, 'I have forgotten such-and-such verse of the Qur'an,' for indeed, he has been caused (by Allah) to forget it. So you must keep on reciting the Qur'an because it escapes from the hearts of men faster than camel do."  

البخاري:٥٠٣٢حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ عَرْعَرَةَ حَدَّثَنَا شُعْبَةُ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ أَبِي وَائِلٍ عَنْ عَبْدِ اللَّهِ قَالَ

قَالَ النَّبِيُّ ﷺ بِئْسَ مَا لأَحَدِهِمْ أَنْ يَقُولَ نَسِيتُ آيَةَ كَيْتَ وَكَيْتَ بَلْ نُسِّيَ وَاسْتَذْكِرُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَإِنَّهُ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنْ صُدُورِ الرِّجَالِ مِنَ النَّعَمِ  

bukhari:5032bʿUthmān > Jarīr > Manṣūr > Tābaʿah Bishr > Ibn al-Mubārak > Shuʿbah And Tābaʿah Ibn Jurayj > ʿAbdah > Shaqīq > ʿAbdullāh

I heard the Prophet ﷺ saying... (as above, no. 550).  

البخاري:٥٠٣٢bحَدَّثَنَا عُثْمَانُ حَدَّثَنَا جَرِيرٌ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ مِثْلَهُ تَابَعَهُ بِشْرٌ عَنِ ابْنِ الْمُبَارَكِ عَنْ شُعْبَةَ وَتَابَعَهُ ابْنُ جُرَيْجٍ عَنْ عَبْدَةَ عَنْ شَقِيقٍ سَمِعْتُ عَبْدَ اللَّهِ

سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ  

bukhari:5033Muḥammad b. al-ʿAlāʾ > Abū Usāmah > Burayd > Abū Burdah > Abū Mūsá

The Prophet ﷺ said, "Commit yourself to the Qur'an, for by Him in whose Hand is my soul, it is surely more prone to break away than a camel in its bind.  

البخاري:٥٠٣٣حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْعَلاَءِ حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو أُسَامَةَ عَنْ بُرَيْدٍ عَنْ أَبِي بُرْدَةَ عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى

عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ تَعَاهَدُوا الْقُرْآنَ فَوَالَّذِي نَفْسِي بِيَدِهِ لَهُوَ أَشَدُّ تَفَصِّيًا مِنَ الإِبِلِ فِي عُقُلِهَا