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20803: Reward for memorizing Qur'aan
Question:
What is the reward for becoming a Haafiz?.
Answer:
Praise be to Allaah.
Whoever memorizes Qur'aan and acts upon it, Allaah will reward him and honour
him greatly for that, so that he will rise in status in Paradise to a level
commensurate with what he memorized of the Book of Allaah.
Al-Tirmidhi (2914) and Abu Dawood (1464) narrated from `Abd-Allaah ibn `Amr
that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "It will be
said to the companion of the Qur'aan: Recite and rise in status, recite as you
used to recite in the world, for your status will be at the last verse that you
recite." This hadeeth was classed as saheeh by al-Albaani in al-Silsilah
al-Saheehah, 5/218, no. 2240, after which he said:
Note that what is meant by the "companion of the Qur'aan" is the one who
memorizes it by heart, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said, "The one who knows more Qur'aan should lead the people in prayer,"
meaning the one who has memorized the most. The differentiation in status in
Paradise will depend on how much was memorized in this world, not how much one
will recite on that day as some people imagine. This clearly points to the
virtue of the hafiz who has memorized the Qur'aan, but that is subject to the
condition that he memorizes it for the sake of Allaah, not for worldly purposes
or financial gain. Otherwise the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon
him) said: "Most of the hypocrites of my ummah are among those who have
memorized Qur'aan."
Concerning the virtue of the hafiz who memorizes the Qur'aan, al-Bukhaari
(4937) narrated from `Aa'ishah that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah
be upon him) said: "The likeness of the one who reads Qur'aan and memorizes it
is that he is with the righteous honourable scribes. The likeness of the one
who reads it and tries hard to memorize it even though it is difficult for him,
he will have two rewards."
For the hafiz who has memorized the Qur'aan, praying qiyaam al-layl is easy.
And the Qur'aan will intercede for him on the Day of Resurrection, because the
Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: "Fasting and the
Qur'aan will intercede for a person on the Day of Resurrection. Fasting will
say, `O Lord, I deprived him of food and desires during the day, so let me
intercede for him.' The Qur'aan will say, `O Lord I deprived him of his sleep
at night, so let me intercede for him.' Then they will both intercede for him."
Narrated by Ahmad, al-Tabaraani and al-Haakim; classed as saheeh by al-Albaani
in Saheeh al-Jaami', no. 3882
And Allaah knows best.
It should be noted here that there is a weak (da'eef) hadeeth that is quoted
concerning the virtue of memorizing Qur'aan. This hadeeth says, "The bearer of
the Qur'aan, if he regards what it permits as halaal and what it forbids as
haraam, he will intercede for ten of his family members on the Day of
Resurrection, all of whom deserved to enter Hell." This was narrated by
al-Bayhaqi in Shu'ab al-Eemaan (The Branches of Faith) from Jaabir; it was
classed as da'eef by al-Albaani in Da'eef al-Jaami'.
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{Invite (mankind, O Muhammad ) to the Way of your Lord (i.e. Islam) with wisdom
(i.e. with the Divine Inspiration and the Qur'an) and fair preaching, and argue
with them in a way that is better. Truly, your Lord knows best who has gone
astray from His Path, and He is the Best Aware of those who are guided.} (Holy
Quran-16:125)
{And who is better in speech than he who [says: "My Lord is Allah (believes in
His Oneness)," and then stands straight (acts upon His Order), and] invites
(men) to Allah's (Islamic Monotheism), and does righteous deeds, and says: "I
am one of the Muslims."} (Holy Quran-41:33)
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) said: "By Allah, if
Allah guides one person by you, it is better for you than the best types of
camels." [al-Bukhaaree, Muslim]
The prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) also said, "Whoever
calls to guidance will have a reward similar to the reward of the one who
follows him, without the reward of either of them being lessened at all."
[Muslim, Ahmad, Aboo Daawood, an-Nasaa'ee, at-Tirmidhee, Ibn Maajah]
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