“Sa’d bin Abu Waqqas came to us when he had become blind. I greeted him with Salam and he said: ‘Who are you?’ So I told him, and he said: ‘Welcome, O son of my brother. I have heard that you recite Qur’an in a beautiful voice. I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ say: “This Qur’an was revealed with sorrow, so when you recite it, then weep. If you cannot weep then pretend to weep, and make your voice melodious in reciting it. Whoever does not make his voice melodious, he is not one of us.”

مَرْحَبًا بِابْنِ أَخِي بَلَغَنِي أَنَّكَ حَسَنُ الصَّوْتِ بِالْقُرْآنِ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللَّهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ نَزَلَ بِحُزْنٍ فَإِذَا قَرَأْتُمُوهُ فَابْكُوا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَبْكُوا فَتَبَاكَوْا وَتَغَنَّوْا بِهِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَتَغَنَّ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا

[AI] I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying, "Indeed, this Qur'an was revealed with sadness, so when you recite it, weep. And if you cannot weep, then pretend to weep." In the narration of Abu Abdullah, he said, "Sa'd ibn Abi Waqqas came to us, and his sight had been taken away. So I went to him as a Muslim, and he asked, 'Who are you?' I informed him, and he said, 'O son of my brother.' Then he mentioned it and added at the end, 'And be delighted with it, for whoever does not find delight in it is not one of us.'"

سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ إِنَّ هَذَا الْقُرْآنَ نَزَلَ بِحُزْنٍ فَإِذَا قَرَأْتُمُوهُ فَابْكُوا فَإِنْ لَمْ تَبْكُوا فَتَبَاكَوْا لَفْظُ حَدِيثِ السُّلَمِيِّ وَفِي رِوَايَةِ أَبِي عَبْدِ اللهِ قَالَ قَدِمَ عَلَيْنَا سَعْدُ بْنُ أَبِي وَقَّاصٍ وَقَدْ كُفَّ بَصَرُهُ فَأَتَيْتُهُ مُسَلِّمًا فَقَالَ مَنْ أَنْتَ؟ فَأَخْبَرْتُهُ فَقَالَ يَا ابْنَ أَخِي فَذَكَرَهُ وَزَادَ فِي آخِرِهِ وَتَغَنَّوْا بِهِ فَمَنْ لَمْ يَتَغَنَّ بِهِ فَلَيْسَ مِنَّا