RENAISSANCE NOVEMBER 2022

41 Monthly Renaissance November 2022 Ḥ ad ī th Studies Narrative on Reward of Qur’an Reading Dr Shehzad Saleem i. ‘Awf ibn M ā lik (rta) ﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎزﻳﺪﺑﻦﺣﺒﺎبﻋﻦﻣﻮ;:ﺑﻦﻋﺒﻴﺪةﻗﺎلﺣﺪﺛﻨﺎﻣﺤﻤﺪﺑﻦﻛﻌﺐﻋﻦﻋﻮف ﻓﺎ ﻣﻦ CÃ أ CR ﻋﻠﻴﻪ وﺳﻠﻢ ﻣﻦ ef ﷲ KL ﺻ ef ﻗﺎل ﻗﺎل رﺳﻮل ﷲ MÊ ٰٰﺑﻦ ﻣﺎﻟﻚ ﻵﻻﺷﺠ ﻟ ef ﻛﺘﺐ ﷲ ef ٰٰﻛﺘﺎب ﷲ وفﻣﻘﻄﻌﺔﻋﻦ C· ﻪﺣﺴﻨﺔ ﻵﻹ أﻗﻮل ﻟﻢ ذﻟﻚ ﻟﻜﺘﺎبوﻟﻜﻦ ﻟ ﻵﻻﻟﻒو ﻟﻶﻹمو ﻟﻤﻴﻢ ‘Awf ibn M ā lik state that God’s Messenger said: “He who read one letter of the Qur’ ā n, God will right one good deed for him in his account. I am not referring to words ﻟﻢ ذﻟﻚ ﻟﻜﺘﺎب ; in fact I am referring to each letter separately like ﻵﻻﻟﻒ و ﻟﻶﻹمو ﻟﻤﻴﻢ .” 1 Following is the schematic illustration of the isn ā d of this narrative’s variants: 1. Ibn Ab ī Shaybah, Mu ṣ annaf , vol. 6, 118, (no. 29933). See also: Al- Ṭ abar ā n ī , Al-Mu‘jam al-kab ī r , vol. 18, 76, (no. 141); Ibid., vol. 18, 77, (no. 142); Al- Ṭ abar ā n ī , Al-Mu‘jam al-awsa ṭ , vol. 1, 101-102, (no. 314); Al-Bazz ā r, Musnad , vol. 7, 192, (no. 2761); Al-Bayhaq ī , Shu‘ab al- ī m ā n , vol. 2, 341, (no. 1983); Al-Kha ṭī b al-Baghd ā d ī , Mu ḍ i ḥ awh ā m , vol. 2, 388-389. Al-Kha ṭī b has also specified that Mu ḥ ammad ibn Ab ī Mu ḥ ammad mentioned in some variants is the same as Mu ḥ ammad ibn Ka‘b al-Qurz ī .