Chapter: The virtue of the one who memorizes the Qur’an

Hadith 797 Part A

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Abu Musa al-Ash'ari reported Allah's Messenger (ﷺ) as saying

A believer who recites the Qur'an is like an orange whose fragrance is sweet and whose taste is sweet; a believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like a date which has no fragrance but has a sweet taste; and the hypocrite who recites the Qur'an is like a basil whose fragrance is sweet, but whose taste is bitter; and a hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an is like the colocynth which has no fragrance and has a bitter taste.

Hadith 797 Part B

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This hadith has been narrated by Qatada with the same chain of transmitters but with one alteration that instead of the word

" hypocrite" (Munafiq), there it is" wicked" (fajir).