044 – Beautiful Recitation of the Qur’an | Striving & Exerting Oneself to Learn | The Frontline of Knowledge

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers hadiths twenty-three to twenty-six from Imam Nabahani’s set of hadiths on the virtues of the Qur’an and its recitation. In hadith twenty-three we learn about Allah Most High’s allowing for the Prophets to recite the Qur’an melodiously and exert themselves therein, more so than anything he has allowed for, and in hadith twenty-four, we learn about his allowing for a man to beautify his voice more than one with a female slave, with his female slave. Shaykh Faraz explains that reciting here refers to beautiful, melodious recitation. He also elaborates upon the social context of slavery and why it was present and permitted at the time of the Prophet (Peace and Blessings Be Upon Him). Hadith twenty-five commands the believers to adorn the Qur’an with their voices – due to the rights that the Qur’an has over us. Hadith twenty-six continues on the topic of beautiful and melodious recitation, indicating that one who fails to do this is not following as they should be. Here, we learn about the levels of beautifying one’s recitation of the Qur’an. Shaykh Faraz then continues with the section on Striving, Consistency, and High Resolve from Imam Zarnuji’s “Instruction of the Student”. We learn about three who require striving in learning and understanding: the student, the teacher, and the father. We then cover several lines of poetry, including al-Mutanabbi who said, “I do not see a fault among the faults of men like the imperfection of those able to reach perfection”. In addition, we learn about what it means for a student of knowledge to stay up at night, as well as the enormity of leaving learning.