Fazail-e-Qur’aan Virtues of Qur’aan By Shaykhul-Hadeeth Maulana Mohammed Zakariyya Kandhalwi (RA) Note: please report all errors and omissions with page numbers (& all relevant details) to [email protected] http://www.central-mosque.com/ Page 1 of 54 Table of Contents Foreword ...................................................................................................................................................................... 4 Rules of Reverence for reading the Holy Qur'an ...................................................................................................... 6 Rules of External Reverence ................................................................................................................................. 6 Rules of Internal Reverence .................................................................................................................................. 7 A Religious Principle ................................................................................................................................................. 7 Part I: 40 Ahadith .......................................................................................................................................................... 8 1. Who is the best person? ....................................................................................................................................... 8 2. Blessing of recitation and virtues of the Word of Allah ....................................................................................... 8 3. Reward of two, three and four ayaat ................................................................................................................... 9 4. Rewards for fluent recitation and for faltering recitation .................................................................................. 10 5. Two things for which jealously is permissible .................................................................................................... 10 6. Similitude of those who recite the Holy Qur'an and those who do not ............................................................. 11 7. Rise and fall of nations by reason of the Holy Qur'an ........................................................................................ 11 8. Three things shall be under 'Arsh (of Allah) on the Day of Judgement Reading it completely twice a year is the right of the Holy Qur'an Commentary requires expert knowledge of fifteen sciences ......................................... 12 9. Elevated stage in Paradise by virtue of the Holy Qur'an .................................................................................... 12 10.A reward of ten virtues for every word of the Holy Qur'an .............................................................................. 14 11. Parents of one who recites the Holy Qur'an and acts according To it, shall wear a crown more brilliant than the sun .................................................................................................................................................................... 14 12. Fire does not burn the Holy Qur'an .................................................................................................................. 15 13. One who memorizes and acts upon the Holy Qur'an shall be granted The right to intercede on behalf of ten persons ................................................................................................................................................................... 16 14. Similitude of one who learns and recites the Qur'an is like a bag full of musk ................................................ 16 15. A heart devoid of the Holy Qur'an is like a deserted house ............................................................................. 17 16. Recitation of the Holy Qur'an in Salaat is more virtuous ................................................................................. 17 17. The reward of reciting three ayaat in Salaat .................................................................................................... 17 18. Rewards of visual recitation and recitation by memory .................................................................................. 18 19. Recitation of Qur'an cleans the rust of hearts. ................................................................................................ 18 20. The Holy Qur'an is the honor and distinction of Muslims ................................................................................ 19 21. Recitation of the Holy Qur'an is Nur (effulgence) in the life and a provision in the Hereafter Houses of recitation shine like the moon and stars, for those in Heaven Number and subject-matter of Heavenly Booklets and Divine books .................................................................................................................................................... 20 22. Descent of Sakinah and mercy upon, and the surrounding by Angels of, A group engaged in recitation of the Holy Qur'an ............................................................................................................................................................. 21 23. Those seeking nearness to Allah have no act more effective than recitation Of the Holy Qur'an The dream of Imam Ahmad ibn-e-Hambal A means of attaining the stage of 'Ihsan' .................................................................. 23 24. Men of Qur'an are of the household of Allah ................................................................................................... 24 http://www.central-mosque.com/ Page 2 of 54 25. Allah's special attention towards the Prophet who recites the Holy Qur'an in a sweet tone. ........................ 25 26. Allah's special attention towards recitation by a Qari Hadrat 'Abdullah ibn-e-Mas'ud and a singer .............. 25 27. The Holy Prophet's exhortation for reciting the Holy Qur'an day and night.................................................... 26 28. The Holy Qur'an contains the essence of all previous Revelations and more ................................................. 27 29. The Holy Prohpet sits in the company of poor Muhajarin ............................................................................... 27 30. The reward for reciting and listening to recitation of the Holy Qur'an ............................................................ 28 31. Rewards of loud and silent recitation ............................................................................................................... 29 32. Qur'an as an interceder .................................................................................................................................... 29 33. Intercession of Fast and the Holy Qur'an Stories of recitation Rules for completing the reading of the Holy Qur'an ..................................................................................................................................................................... 31 34. No interceder shall be better than the Holy Qur'an Protection afforded by the Qur'an in the grave ............. 32 35. One who reads the Holy Qur'an secures in his heart the knowledge of Prophethood.................................... 32 36. Three persons shall be strolling on mounds of musk ....................................................................................... 32 37. Learning of one ayat is more rewarding than hundred rak'aat of Nafl salaat ................................................. 33 38. One who recites ten ayaat shall not be reckoned among the neglectful......................................................... 33 39. One steadfast in Salaat is not of the neglectful ................................................................................................ 33 40. The Book of Allah is protection against evil disorders ..................................................................................... 33 PART 2- CONCLUDING SECTION ................................................................................................................................. 35 1. Surah Fatihah as a balm for all ailments Virtues of Surah Fatihah and some other Sowar and ayaat .............. 35 2. Blessings of Surah Yasin ...................................................................................................................................... 36 3. Blessings of Surah Waqi'ah ................................................................................................................................. 37 4. Blessings of Surah Tabarak-al-lazi ....................................................................................................................... 37 5. Which is the most virtuous act? ......................................................................................................................... 38 6. Need for devotion to the Holy Qur'an ................................................................................................................ 39 PART 3 - FINAL NOTE .................................................................................................................................................. 41 PART 4- COMPLEMENTARY NOTE .............................................................................................................................. 52 http://www.central-mosque.com/ Page 3 of 54 Foreword All praise be to Allah Who created man, gave him the gift of