حياة السلف بين القول والعمل

The state of the early Muslims with the Qur’an: On the authority of Masruq, he said: A man from the people of Mecca said to me: This is the station of your brother Tamim al-Dari, may God be pleased with him. I saw him one night until morning or almost morning, reciting a verse, bowing and prostrating and weeping: “Or do those who do evil deeds think that they can outrun Us? How evil is their judgment!” [Al-Ankabut: 4]. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/256, 257].

The way of the early Muslims with the Qur’an: Tamim al-Dari, may God be pleased with him, recited this verse in the mosque after praying Isha: “And they will be therein grim-faced” [Al-Mu’minun: 104]. He would not move on from it until he heard the call to Fajr prayer. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/257].

The way of the early Muslims with the Qur’an: On the authority of Sa’id al-Qurashi, Ibn al-Zubayr, may God be pleased with him, used to recite the Qur’an in one night. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/323].

The state of the Salaf with regard to the Qur’an: Umar ibn Dharr, may God have mercy on him, said: Whoever wishes to see the Day of Resurrection in this world, let him read: “When the sun is folded up” [At-Takwir: 1]. [Ibn Abi Ad-Dunya Encyclopedia 6/137].

The state of the early Muslims with the Qur’an: Harun ibn Ri’ab al-Asadi, may God have mercy on him, used to get up at night to perform the Tahajjud prayer, and he would sometimes repeat this verse: “They will say, ‘Oh, would that we could be sent back and not deny the signs of our Lord and be among the believers’” [Al-An’am: 27], and he would weep. He would do this until a long night had passed. When he got up to perform the Tahajjud prayer, he would get up joyfully. [Ibn Abi al-Dunya Encyclopedia 1/257].