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Sunan Ibn Majah Hadith 214

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In-book entry
214

Chapter 38

Chapter context: The virtue of one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it

باب فَضْلِ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ

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Hadith text

Original Arabic

حَدَّثَنَا مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ بَشَّارٍ، وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ الْمُثَنَّى، قَالاَ حَدَّثَنَا يَحْيَى بْنُ سَعِيدٍ، عَنْ شُعْبَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ ـ صلى الله عليه وسلم ـ قَالَ ‏

‏ مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الأُتْرُجَّةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لاَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ التَّمْرَةِ طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلاَ رِيحَ لَهَا وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الرَّيْحَانَةِ رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي لاَ يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الْحَنْظَلَةِ طَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ وَلاَ رِيحَ لَهَا ‏

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Translation

English translation

It was narrated from Abu Musa Al-Ash'ari that:

The Prophet (ﷺ) said: "The likeness of the believer who recites the Qur'an is that of a citron, the taste and smell of which are good. The likeness of a believer who does not read the Qur'an is that of a date, the taste of which is good but it has no smell. The likeness of a hypocrite who reads the Qur'an is that of a sweet basil, the smell of which is good but its taste is bitter. And the likeness of a hypocrite who does not read the Qur'an is that of a colocynth (bitter apple), the taste of which is bitter and it has no smell.'"

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Where is this hadith found?

This is Hadith 214 in Sunan Ibn Majah. It appears in Book 0, The Book of the Sunnah, as in-book entry 214 under the chapter “The virtue of one who learns the Qur'an and teaches it.”

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Reference details

Collection
Sunan Ibn Majah
In-book entry
214

Source and grading notes

English : Vol. 1, Book 1, Hadith 214 Arabic : Book 1, Hadith 219

Al-Albani:
Sahih
Muhammad Fouad Abd al-Baqi:
Sahih
Shuaib Al Arnaut:
Sahih
Zubair Ali Zai:
Sahih Bukhari

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