The Shaykh (Imam al-Bayhaqi) (may Allah have mercy on him) said: "It has been narrated from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) that he (peace and blessings be upon him) said: 'Allah Almighty does not listen to anything as attentively as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an with a beautiful, melodious voice.'"
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / Q21040
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that he heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Allah does not listen to anything as attentively as He listens to a prophet with a beautiful voice who recites the Qur'an aloud."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21040
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah does not listen to anything as attentively as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an melodiously." One of his companions added: "reciting it aloud."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21041
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Allah does not listen to anything as attentively as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an melodiously."
(b) The preserved wording in this narration is "ka-adhanihi" (as He listens), and some say "ka-idhnihi" (as He permits). Abu Ubayd said: His saying "ka-adhanihi" means that Allah does not listen to anything as attentively as He listens to a prophet who recites the Qur'an melodiously; and he was not satisfied with the narration of those who narrated "ka-idhnihi". He said: And his saying "yataghanna bil-Qur'an" (recites the Qur'an melodiously), in our view, means reciting it in a moving, sorrowful tone (tahzin). He said: And of this kind is his other hadith, namely:
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21042
Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I saw the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) on the day of the Conquest of Makkah; he was reciting Surah al-Fath [Surah al-Fath: 1] in a melodious voice. Abdullah bin Mughaffal (may Allah be pleased with him) also recited it in a beautiful voice. Abu Iyas (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Were it not that I fear people would gather around me, I too would recite in the manner of the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him).
(b) Abu Ubayd (may Allah have mercy on him) said: This is the interpretation of his (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Beautify the Qur'an with your voices when you recite it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21043
Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Beautify the Qur'an with your voices when you recite it."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21044
Sayyiduna al-Bara' bin Azib (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah Almighty sends down mercy, and His angels pray, upon those in the first row." He said: I think he (also) said: "Beautify the Qur'an with your beautiful voices."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21045
Sayyiduna Abu Hurayrah (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does not recite the Qur'an in a beautiful voice has nothing to do with us."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21046
Sayyiduna Sa'd bin Abi Waqqas (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Whoever does not recite the Qur'an melodiously has nothing to do with us."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21047
Ubaydullah bin Abi Nahik said: I came to Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him), and he asked me: Who are you? I told him about my livelihood, and Sayyiduna Sa'd (may Allah be pleased with him) said: (You are) merchants who earn. I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Whoever does not recite the Qur'an melodiously has nothing to do with us." Sufyan said: That is, to be free of need through it.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21048
Al-Rabi' bin Sulayman (may Allah have mercy on him) said: I heard Imam al-Shafi'i (may Allah have mercy on him) saying: "Whoever does not recite the Qur'an melodiously has nothing to do with us." A man said: (Does it mean) to be free of need through it? He said: That is not its meaning; rather, it means reciting it fluently (hadr) and in a moving, sorrowful tone (tahzin).
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21049
Sayyiduna Abu Lubabah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever does not recite the Qur'an melodiously has nothing to do with us." I said to Ibn Abi Mulaykah (may Allah have mercy on him): What if the voice is not beautiful? He said: Let him make his voice as beautiful as he can.
The chain of this hadith is disputed on Ibn Abi Mulaykah: it is narrated from him in these two ways, and it is also said: from him from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both), and: from him from Sayyidah Aishah (may Allah be pleased with her), and otherwise.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21050
Sayyiduna Fadalah bin Ubayd al-Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) said that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Allah listens more attentively to a man with a beautiful voice reciting the Qur'an than the owner of a singing slave-girl listens to his singing girl."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21051
Sayyiduna Fadalah (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "Allah listens more attentively to one with a beautiful voice reciting the Qur'an than the owner of a singing slave-girl listens to his singing girl."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21052
Abdullah bin Buraydah bin Husayb narrates from his father (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), while he was reciting in a corner of the mosque: "Allah has given this man a beautiful voice like (that of) the family of Dawud."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21053
Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: "If only you had seen me while I was listening to your recitation last night! You have indeed been given a beautiful voice like (that of) the family of Dawud." He said: "Had I known, I would have made the recitation even more beautiful for you."
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21054
Abu Salamah (may Allah have mercy on him) said: Whenever Sayyiduna Umar (may Allah be pleased with him) sat with Sayyiduna Abu Musa al-Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him), he would say to him: O Abu Musa, remind us! And he would recite the Qur'an to him.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21055
Ibn Jurayj (may Allah have mercy on him) narrates from Ibn Shihab al-Zuhri (may Allah have mercy on him) concerning the saying of Allah Almighty: "He increases in creation whatever He wills" [Surah Fatir: 1], that what is meant by it is a beautiful voice.
Hadith Referenceالسنن الكبرى للبيهقي / كتاب الشهادات / 21056