عَنْ أبي عبد الرحمن السُّلَمِيِّ، عن عثمانَ بنِ عفَّانَ رضي الله عنه، عن النبيِّ ﷺ قال: «خَيْرُكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ القُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ».
وفي رواية: «إِنَّ أَفْضَلَكُمْ مَنْ تَعَلَّمَ القُرْآنَ وَعَلَّمَهُ»
117 - The excellence of the Qur’an and the merit of learning and teaching it
Abu ꜤAbd al-Raḥmān al-Sulamī narrated from ꜤUthmān ibn ꜤAffān that the Prophet (peace be upon him) said:
1. ‘The best of you is the one who learns the Qur’an and teaches it’.
2. Abu ꜤAbd al-Raḥmān taught the recitation of the Qur’an during ꜤUthmān’s reign, up to al-Ḥajjāj’s time.
3. He said: This is what has placed me in this position of mine.
