8.3 Merit of Reciting the Quran in a Pleasant Manner
٨۔٣ باب استحباب تحسين الصوت بالقرآن
and the desire for having it recited by one with a nice voice and listening to it.
وطلب القراءة من حسن الصوت والاستماع لها
8. Book of Virtues
٨۔ كتاب الفضائل
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah does not listen to a prophet as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an in a pleasant tone." The companion of the sub-narrator (Abu Salama) said, "It means, reciting it aloud."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لَمْ يَأْذَنِ اللَّهُ لِشَىْءٍ مَا أَذِنَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَتَغَنَّى بِالْقُرْآنِ وَقَالَ صَاحِبٌ لَهُ يُرِيدُ يَجْهَرُ بِهِ
Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, "Allah never listens to anything as He listens to the Prophet ﷺ reciting Qur'an in a pleasant sweet sounding voice." A companion of Abu Huraira said, "He means, reciting the Qur'an aloud."
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ مَا أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لِشَىْءٍ مَا أَذِنَ لِلنَّبِيِّ ﷺ يَتَغَنَّى بِالْقُرْآنِ وَقَالَ صَاحِبٌ لَهُ يُرِيدُ أَنْ يَجْهَرَ بِهِ
that he heard the Prophet ﷺ saying, "Allah does not listen to anything as He listens to the recitation of the Qur'an by a Prophet who recites it in attractive audible sweet sounding voice."
أَنَّهُ سَمِعَ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقُولُ مَا أَذِنَ اللَّهُ لِشَىْءٍ مَا أَذِنَ لِنَبِيٍّ حَسَنِ الصَّوْتِ بِالْقُرْآنِ يَجْهَرُ بِهِ
If you were to see me, as I was listening to your recitation (of the Qur'an) yester-night (you would have felt delighted). You are in fact endowed with a sweet voice like that of David himself.
قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ ﷺ لأَبِي مُوسَى لَوْ رَأَيْتَنِي وَأَنَا أَسْتَمِعُ لِقِرَاءَتِكَ الْبَارِحَةَ لَقَدْ أُوتِيتَ مِزْمَارًا مِنْ مَزَامِيرِ آلِ دَاوُدَ
I heard the Prophet ﷺ reciting wa t-teeni wa z-zaitun" (95) in the ʿIsha' prayer, and I never heard a sweeter voice or a better way of recitation than that of the Prophet.
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ {وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ} فِي الْعِشَاءِ وَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا أَحْسَنَ صَوْتًا مِنْهُ أَوْ قِرَاءَةً
I heard the Prophet ﷺ reciting Surat at-Tin waz Zaitun (By the Fig and the Olive) in the ʿIsha' prayer and I have never heard anybody with a better voice or recitation than his.
سَمِعْتُ النَّبِيَّ ﷺ يَقْرَأُ فِي الْعِشَاءِ {وَالتِّينِ وَالزَّيْتُونِ} فَمَا سَمِعْتُ أَحَدًا أَحْسَنَ صَوْتًا أَوْ قِرَاءَةً مِنْهُ