Mishkat
al-Masabih

مشكاة المصابيح

08

The Excellent Qualities of the Qur'an

كتاب فضائل القرآن

 

Chapter :

الفصل الأول

Mishkat al-Masabih 2113

Ibn ‘Umar reported Allah's Messenger ﷺ as saying, “Envy is justified only regarding two types

a man who, having been given [knowledge of] the Qur’ān by Allah, stands reciting it during the night and during the day; and a man who having been given property by Allah, spends on others from it during the night and during the day.” (Bukhārī and Muslim.)

وَعَنِ ابْنِ عُمَرَ قَالَ: قَالَ رَسُولُ اللَّهِ صَلَّى اللَّهُ عَلَيْهِ وَسَلَّمَ: " لَا حَسَدَ إِلَّا على اثْنَيْنِ: رَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ الْقُرْآنَ فَهُوَ يَقُومُ بِهِ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَارِ وَرَجُلٌ آتَاهُ اللَّهُ مَالًا فَهُوَ يُنْفِقُ مِنْهُ آنَاءَ اللَّيْلِ وَآنَاءَ النَّهَار "