Science of Hadith

QURANIC RECITATION

Chant the Quran

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 He is not of us who does not chant nicely with the recitation of the Quran

(Bukhari)

Meaning of this Hadith

Chain here refers to “tarteel” in Arabic word. It also means recite the Quran with measured rhythmic tones, (aloud) in a slow, (pleasant tone and) style. The hadith says “chant nicely” means to recite the Quran the best one can do. Recitation must not be taken as a light task. Indeed, one must try his level best and work equally hard towards achieving this goal. For example, no screaming, no grunting, no speed reading.

Chain of Narrators

This hadith was said by Prophet Muhammad s.a.w, then narrated by Abu Hurairah and then compiled by Bukhari.

Besides that, there were a few narrators who narrated this hadith. He is Saad ibn Abu Waqas who narrated it from the Prophet Muhammad s.a.w.

The other one is from Ibn al-Qayyum who narrated this hadith from Prophet Muhammad s.a.w

AbuLubabah also was narrated this hadith from Prophet Muhammad s.a.w. Then it was heard by Ubaydullah ibn Yazid from AbuLubabah.

Brief Account of Narrator

Abu Hurairah was a companion of the Prophet Muhammad and the narrator of Hadith most quoted in the isnad by Sunnis. Next to him come the names of such companions as Abdullah ibn Umar, Anas ibn Malik, Jabir ibn Abdullah and Abu Said al-Khudri all of whom transmitted over a thousand sayings of Muhammad. His real name was Abdul al-Rahman ibn Sakhr al-Azdi. Abu Hurairah was born in Baha, Yemen . His father had died, leaving him with only his mother and no other relatives. His name at birth was Abd al-Shams (servant of the sun). However, as a child, he had a cat and became known as "Abu Hurairah" (which literally means "Father of the Kitten" or more idiomatically "Of the kitten"). A majority of the Sunni scholars consider Abu Hurairah to be one of the major trustworthy narrators of Hadith. They believe that he was blessed with an unfailing memory, a miracle from God that was bestowed upon him after Islamic prophet Muhammad prayed for him. Abu Hurairah died in 681 at the age of 78.

Lesson ~ Contemporary Issue

From this hadith we know that, anyone who recite the Quran without the right way that is not beautify the Quran with his voices, will be not admit by the Prophet Muhammad as one of his ummah. So here, we can see that how important is to recite the Quran according to rules of pronunciation, intonation, and caesuras established by the Prophet Muhammad.

Nowadays, we can see that how many people much more prefer to learn and know about music if compared to learn and know about Quran study. They also were willing to memorize the lyrics of the song rather than the ayah in the Quran. That is reality in our life today. There were many programmes about music that teach people on how to be good in singing than the programme that can help people to learn about Quran study