Abdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said: When a man amongst us learned ten verses [of the Quran], he would not move on [to the next verses] until he had understood their meanings and how to act by them. Al-Ṭabarī, Al-Tafsīr 1:80. Shaykh Aḥmad Shākir graded its chain of transmission ṣaḥīḥ. […]
The Three Men and the Valley [example of the munafiq]
It is reported that ‘Abdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said:
مُّذَبْذَبِينَ بَيْنَ ذَٰلِكَ لَآ إِلَىٰ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ وَلَآ إِلَىٰ هَـٰٓؤُلَآءِ ۚ
Ibn Abī Ḥātim, Al-Tafsīr article 6144.
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It is reported that ‘Abdullāh b. Masʿūd – Allāh be pleased with him – said: The house in which the Qur’ān is not recited is like a derelict house that has no one to maintain it. It is also reported that he said: Verily the emptiest of houses are those that are empty of the […]
It is reported that a man came to ʿAbdullāh b. Mas’ūd – Allāh be pleased with him – and asked, “Teach me some comprehensive and beneficial words.” He replied, “Worship Allāh and do not associate any partners with Him, and be with the Qur’ān wherever it is. And whoever comes to you with some truth […]