صحیح ابن حبان
Ibn Hibban
كتاب الرقائقBook of Heart-Softeners
باب قراءة القرآن - ذكر مثل المؤمن والفاجر إذا قرآ القرآن
Chapter on Recitation of the Quran – On the example of the believer and the sinner when they recite the Quran
Hadith 770
أَخْبَرَنَا أَبُو خَلِيفَةَ ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو الْوَلِيدِ الطَّيَالِسِيُّ ، حَدَّثَنَا هَمَّامٌ ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ ، عَنْ أَنَسٍ ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ ، قَالَ : " مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الأُتْرُجَّةِ ، طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ التَّمْرَةِ ، طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَلا رِيحَ لَهَا ، وَمَثَلُ الْفَاجِرِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الرَّيْحَانَةِ ، رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ ، وَمَثَلُ الْفَاجِرِ الَّذِي لا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ كَمَثَلِ الْحَنْظَلَةِ ، طَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ ، وَلا رِيحَ لَهَا " .
Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the believer who recites the Qur'an is like that of a citron, whose taste is sweet and whose fragrance is pleasant. And the example of the believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like that of a date, whose taste is sweet but it has no fragrance. And the example of the wicked (i.e., hypocrite or disbeliever) who recites the Qur'an is like that of basil, whose fragrance is good but its taste is bitter. And the example of the wicked (i.e., disbeliever or hypocrite) who does not recite the Qur'an is like that of colocynth, whose taste is bitter and it has no fragrance."
