سنن دارمي
Sunan ad-Darimi
من كتاب فضائل القرآنFrom the Book of Virtues of the Qur'an
باب مَثَلِ الْمُؤْمِنِ الذي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ:Chapter on the example of the believer who recites the Quran
Hadith 3395
حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو النُّعْمَانِ، حَدَّثَنَا أَبُو عَوَانَةَ، عَنْ قَتَادَةَ، عَنْ أَنَسِ بْنِ مَالِكٍ، عَنْ أَبِي مُوسَى الْأَشْعَرِيِّ، عَنِ النَّبِيِّ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ، قَالَ: "مَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، مَثَلُ الْأُتْرُجَّةِ، طَعْمُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَرِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُؤْمِنِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، مَثَلُ التَّمْرَةِ، طَعْمُهَا حُلْوٌ، وَلَيْسَ لَهَا رِيحٌ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، مَثَلُ الرَّيْحَانَةِ، رِيحُهَا طَيِّبٌ، وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ، وَمَثَلُ الْمُنَافِقِ الَّذِي لَا يَقْرَأُ الْقُرْآنَ، مَثَلُ الْحَنْظَلَةِ، لَيْسَ لَهَا رِيحٌ، وَطَعْمُهَا مُرٌّ".
It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The example of the believer who recites the Noble Qur'an is like that of an orange, whose taste is delicious and whose fragrance is excellent. And the example of the believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like that of a date, whose taste is good but it has no fragrance. And the example of the hypocrite who recites the Qur'an is like that of basil (a flower), whose fragrance is good but its taste is bitter. And the example of the hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an is like that of colocynth, whose taste is bitter and it has no fragrance."
