Hadith: The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it
عن عثمان رضي الله عنه عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم قال:
«خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ الْقُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ».
[صحيح] - [رواه البخاري] - [صحيح البخاري: 5027]
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‘Uthmān ibn ‘Affān (may Allah be pleased with him) reported: The Prophet (may Allah’s peace and blessings be upon him) said:
"The best of you are those who learn the Qur’an and teach it."
[Authentic hadith] - [Narrated by Bukhari] - [Sahih Bukhari - 5027]
The Prophet (may Allah's peace and blessings be upon him) informs that the best and higher-standing among Muslims in the sight of Allah are those who learn the Qur’an - in terms of recitation, memorization, tartīl (measured recitation), understanding, and interpretation - and teach others the knowledge of the Qur’an that they possess, along with acting upon it.
Benefits from the Hadith
- The Hadīth highlights the excellence of the Qur’an and that it is the best speech, for it is the word of Allah.
- The best learners are those who teach others and do not keep the knowledge to themselves only.
- Learning the Qur’an and teaching it comprises its recitation, meanings, and rulings.
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- Hadith: Keep on reciting the Qur’an, for by the One in Whose hand my life is, the Qur’an slips away from memory faster than camels escaping their tying ropes
- Hadith: Whoever recites a letter from the Book of Allah will be credited with a good deed, and the good deed receives a ten-fold reward
- Hadith: The example of a believer who recites the Qur’an is like that of a citron; it smells good and tastes good
- Hadith: Whoever does not recite the Qur’an with a melodious voice is not one of us
- Hadith: The one who reads the Qur'an skillfully will be in the company of the noble and righteous messenger-angels and the one who reads the Qur'an, but stutters and finds it difficult, receives a double reward
- Hadith: It will be said to the one devoted to the Qur’an: Read, ascend, and recite with deliberation
- Hadith: There should be no envy except in two (cases): A man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it in the right way, and a man whom Allah has given wisdom and he judges according to it and teaches it to others