Reciting the Qur’aan at Night
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I begin by seeking aid in Allaah, the most Merciful, the One Who bestows Mercy
Verily, all praises are due to Allaah, and may the Salaah and Salaam of Allaah be upon His messenger. To proceed:
Reciting the Qur’aan at Night
[Eemaan Booster]
It is proven in the saheeh Sunnah that the Qur’aan will intercede for those who read it at night, as Ahmad (6626) narrated from ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Amr that the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Fasting and the Qur’aan will intercede for a person on the Day of Resurrection. Fasting will say, ‘O Lord, I deprived him of his food and his desires during the day, so let me intercede for him.’ And the Qur’aan will say: ‘I deprived him of his sleep at night so let me intercede for him.’ Then they will intercede.”
[Ahmad]
The Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) stated that reading the Qur’aan at night is one of the blessings that the believer is to be envied for. He said: “There should be no envy except in two cases: a man to whom Allaah teaches the Qur’aan, so he recites it during the night and during the day, and his neighbour hears him and says, ‘Would that I had been given what So and so has been given and I could do what he does, and a man to whom Allaah gives wealth so he spends it all for the sake of the truth, and a man says, ‘Would that I had been given what So and so has been given and I could do what he does.’”
[al-Bukhaaree]
Reading Qur’aan at night saves one from negligence, as the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever reads ten verses at night will not be recorded as one of the negligent.”
[al-Haakim]
And the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Whoever observes these prescribed prayers regularly will not be recorded as one of the negligent, and whoever reads one hundred verses in a night will be recorded as one of the devout.”
[Ibn Khuzaymah and al-Haakim]
Allaah has described the pious as follows (interpretation of the meaning):
“They used to sleep but little by night [invoking their Lord (Allaah) and praying, with fear and hope].
And in the hours before dawn, they were (found) asking (Allaah) for forgiveness”
[al-Dhaariyaat 51:17-18]
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Narrated Aboo Moosa Al-Ash’ari radiAllaahu ‘anhu:
The Prophet sallaAllaahu ‘alayhi wa sallam said, “The example of him (a believer) who recites the Qur’aan is like that of a citron which tastes good and smells good. And he (a believer) who does not recite the Qur’aan is like a date which is good in taste but has no smell. And the example of a dissolute wicked person who recites the Qur’aan is like the Raihana (sweet basil) which smells good but tastes bitter. And the example of a dissolute wicked person who does not recite the Qur’aan is like the colocynth which tastes bitter and has no smell.”
[al-Bukhaaree]
jazakallahu khayran for the reminder