Volume 6, Book 61, Number 550:
Narrated Abdullah:
The Prophet said, “It is a bad thing that some of you say, ‘I have forgotten such-and-such verse of
the Qur’an,’ for indeed, he has been caused (by Allah) to forget it. So you must keep on reciting the
Qur’an because it escapes from the hearts of men faster than camel do.”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 551:
Narrated Abdullah:
I heard the Prophet saying… (as above, no. 550).
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 552:
Narrated Abu Musa:
The Prophet said, “Keep on reciting the Qur’an, for, by Him in Whose Hand my life is, Quran runs
away (is forgotten) faster than camels that are released from their tying ropes.”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 553:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin Mughaffal:
I saw Allah’s Apostle reciting Surat-al-Fath on his she-camel on the day of the Conquest of Mecca.
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 554:
Narrated Said bid Jubair:
Those Suras which you people call the Mufassal, are the Muhkam. And Ibn ‘Abbas said, “Allah’s
Apostle died when I was a boy of ten years, and I had learnt the Muhkam (of the Qur’an).
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 555:
Narrated Said bin Jubair:
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Ibn ‘Abbas said, “I have learnt all the Muhkam Suras during the life time of Allah’s Apostle.” I said
to him, ‘What is meant by the Muhkam?” He replied, “The Mufassal.”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 556:
Narrated Aisha:
The Prophet heard a man reciting the Qur’an in the mosque and said, “May Allah bestow His
Mercy on him, as he has reminded me of such-and-such Verses of such a Surah.”
Volume 6, Book 61, Number 541:
Narrated Abu Huraira: Allah’s Apostle said, “Allah does not listen to a prophet as He listens to a
prophet who recites the Qur’an in a pleasant tone.” The companion of the sub-narrator (Abu Salama)
said, “It means, reciting it aloud.”