It also narrated by Imaam Ahmad in his Musnad that the Prophet [Peace and Blessings of Allaah be Upon him] said, “The Quraan will split the grave of a person and will be eager to meet a person on the Day of Judgment and it will say to him, ‘Do you know me? I am your companion, the one you recited in seclusion making your lips dry, the one who kept you up during the night, all forms of trade has profit so today receive your reward’ and then a crown of veneration will be placed on him and then it will be said to him, ‘Recite and ascend to your place in Jannah.’”
There is also a similar narration that was narrated on the authority of ‘Ubaadah bin Saamit [May Allaah be Pleased with him].
Ibn Mas’ood [May Allaah be Pleased with him] said, “It is binding upon the one who recites the Quraan to recite it during the night whilst people are asleep, to recite it during the day whilst the people are eating, to cry over it whilst the people are laughing, to be secluded with it whilst the people are socialising, to be mannered with it whilst the people are cavorting, to be humbled by it whilst the people dispute over it, to be sorrowed by it whilst the people are rejoicing.”
Muhammad bin Ka’b [May Allaah have Mercy on him] said, “We used to recognize the recitor of the Quraan by the paleness of his skin. His skin colour would indicate that he was a person who had late nights and was industrious.”
Wuhayb bin al-Ward [May Allaah have Mercy on him] was asked by a man, “Don’t you sleep?” He replied by saying, “From the wonders of the Quraan is that it makes my sleep and slumbers disappear.”
This is the month of the Quraan, Oh Slave of Allaah, it is the month in which it was revealed and the month when the worshippers listen to it. This is the Book of Allaah, recite it and make it manifest, listen to the Quraan, the Book which had it been revealed upon a mountain, you would see the mountain crumble in humility. Based on this, we need to make our hearts humbled, our eyes filled with tears, and do not fast Ramadhaan whilst falling into Haraam so that your fasting will benefit you.
Leave the darkness of sins because darkness prevents you from seeing or hearing. Recite the Aayaat of the Quraan and prevent your hearts from being like rocks or even harder than rocks.
How many people have recited the Quraan in the month of Ramadhaan yet their state and mindset is still like those who commit sins. A youth recites it yet he still has passion, the old man recites it yet he still can’t restrain his evil traits.
Where do we stand? Are from those who listen to the Caller of Allaah and respond to him; so that when we hear the Aayat of Allaah their hearts soften and struck with fear. When they fast, they fast with their tongues and eyes. Aren’t these people an example for us?
The difference between us and them is that they are a degree far above us and there is No Strength or Might except with Allaah, and Allaah is Sufficient for us.
Chapter 37: The Virtue of Giving in Charity and Reciting the Quraan in Ramadhaan from Lataa'if al-Ma'aarif (Pg. 125-134) by Haafidh Ibn Rajab al-Hanbalee (d.795) [May Allaah have Mercy on him]
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