Musannaf Ibn Abi Shaybah 37551 — The words of Abu Musa

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: Indeed this Qur'an will be a reward for you, and it will be a remembrance for you, and it will be a burden upon you. So follow the Qur'an, and do not make the Qur'an follow behind you. For whoever follows the Qur'an, it will bring him down into the gardens of Paradise, and whomever the Qur'an follows behind, it seizes him by the nape of his neck and casts him into Hell.