رياض الصالحين
Riyad as-Salihin Hadith 1003
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Chapter 2
Chapter context: Warning against forgetting the Qur'an
باب الأمر بتعهد القرآن والتحذير من تعريضه للنسيان:
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Original Arabic
وعن ابن عمر رضي الله عنهما أن رسول الله صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
إنما مثل صاحب القرآن كمثل الإبل المعقلة، إن عاهد عليها أمسكها، وإن أطلقها، ذهبت
متفق عليه.
Translation
English translation
Ibn 'Umar (May Allah be pleased with them) reported:
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: "The parable of one who knows the Qur'an by heart is as the parable of an owner of hobbled camel. If he remains vigilant, he will retain it; and if he neglects it, it will go away." [Al-Bukhari and Muslim].
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This is Hadith 1003 in Riyad as-Salihin. It appears in Book 9, The Book of Virtues, as in-book entry 13 under the chapter “Warning against forgetting the Qur'an.”
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