حَثْمَةُ بْنُ أَبِي حَثْمَةَ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ عَنْ عِمْرَانَ
[Machine] He passed by a storyteller and when he finished, he asked him. He said: "Verily, to Allah we belong and to Him is our return." I heard the Messenger of Allah ﷺ saying: "Recite the Quran and ask Allah through it before there comes a people who recite the Quran and ask the people through it."
أَنَّهُ مَرَّ عَلَى قَاصٍّ يَقُصُّ فَلَمَّا فَرَغَ سَأَلَهُ فَقَالَ إِنَّا لِلَّهِ وَإِنَّا إِلَيْهِ رَاجِعُونَ سَمِعْتُ رَسُولَ اللهِ ﷺ يَقُولُ «اقْرَءُوا الْقُرْآنَ وَاسْأَلُوا اللهَ بِهِ قَبْلَ أَنْ يَأْتِيَ قَوْمٌ يَقْرَءُونَ الْقُرْآنَ يَسْأَلُونَ بِهِ النَّاسَ»