Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 32008 — Holding fast to the Quran

Abu Kinanah said: Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) said: "This Qur'an is a reminder for you, or a source of reward for you, or a burden upon you. So follow the Qur'an, and let not the Qur'an pursue you, for whoever follows the Qur'an, it brings him into the gardens of Paradise, and whomever the Qur'an pursues, it pushes him from the back of his neck and throws him into Hell."