حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

The state of the Salaf with regard to the Qur’an: On the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him, he said: This Qur’an is the banquet of God, so whoever is able to learn something from it, let him do so. For the houses emptiest of good is the one in which there is nothing of the Book of God, and the house in which there is nothing of the Book of God is like a ruined house that has no inhabitant, and Satan leaves the house in which Surah Al-Baqarah is heard. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/119].

The state of the Salaf with regard to the Qur’an: On the authority of Abdullah bin Masoud, may God be pleased with him, he said: These hearts are vessels, so fill them with the Qur’an and do not fill them with anything else. [Al-Zuhd by Imam Ahmad / 298].

The way of the Salaf with the Qur’an: On the authority of Abu al-Bakhtari, he said: Ali bin Abi Talib was asked about Ibn Masoud, may God be pleased with him, and he said: He read the Qur’an and then stopped at it, and that is enough for him. [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/118].

The state of the Salaf with the Qur’an: On the authority of Ibn Abbas, may God be pleased with him, he said: “To read Surah Al-Baqarah in one night and reflect upon it is more beloved to me than to read the Qur’an in a hurried torrent (a profusion of words).” [Sifat As-Safwa 1/372].

The way of the early Muslims with the Qur’an: On the authority of Ubayd ibn Abi al-Ja’d, on the authority of a man from Ashja’. He said: The people of Mada’in heard that Salman al-Farisi, may God be pleased with him, was in the mosque, so they came to him and began to flock to him, until about a thousand had gathered around him. He said: So he stood up and began to say: Sit down, sit down. When they sat down, he began to recite Surah Yusuf, and they began to disperse and leave until only about a hundred remained. So he became angry and said: Did you want to hear embellished speech? Then I recited the Book of God to you and you left! [Al-Hilya (its abridgment) 1/163].