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Ahadith on reciting and memorising the Qur'an


• Imam Sadiq (P) said:  "A believer should not die before learning the Qur'an, or trying to learn it."    (Usul-e-Kafi, vol.2, Pg.607)


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  Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said: "Those who recite Qur'an and those who  listen it, deserve equal virtuous reward."    (Al-Faqih vol4, p.399, Amali-e-Saduq, Ma'iul-Akhbar, p.177-178, Khesal, vol.1, p.7)


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  Holy Prophet (s.a.w.) said:  "Allah will not punish such heart that contains Qur'an". (Amaali-e-Tusi, vol.1, p.5-6)


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  Imam Jaffer-e-Sadiq (P) said  "Whoever memorises the Qur'an and  inspite of his bad memory works hard to learn it, is entitled to a double reward one for the memorization and the other for the hard work." (Kaafi, vol.2, p.606, Sawaab-ul-Aamaal, p.127)


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  The Prophet (s.a.w.) said: "The number of stations in the heaven conform with the number of verses in the Qur'an. When a reciter of the Qur'an will enter the heaven, he will be told: 'Ascend and need, for every verse has a station.' There is no station above the station of one who knows the whole Qur'an by heart."