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.
Summary of Meaning
The Prophet (peace be upon him) tells us in this hadith that the best of people is a person who learns the Qur’an, memorizing it, learns its recitation and interpretation, etc. then teaches it to other people.
