Volume 6 Book 61 Hadith 542

Volume 6, Book 61, Number 542:
Narrated Abu Huraira: The Prophet I said, “Allah does not listen to a prophet as He listens to a
prophet who recites the Qur’an in a loud and pleasant tone.” Sufyan said, “This saying means: a
prophet who regards the Qur’an as something that makes hi

Volume 6 Book 61 Hadith 543

Volume 6, Book 61, Number 543:
Narrated ‘Abdullah bin ‘Umar:
Allah’s Apostle said, “Not to wish to be the like except of two men. A man whom Allah has given
the knowledge of the Book and he recites it during the hours of the night, and a man whom Allah
has given wealth, and he spends it in charity during the night and the hours of the day.”

Volume 6 Book 61 Hadith 544

Volume 6, Book 61, Number 544:
Narrated Abu Huraira:
Allah’s Apostle I said, “Not to wish to be the like of except two men: A man whom Allah has taught
the Qur’an and he recites it during the hours of the night and during the hours of the day, and his
neighbor listens to him and says, ‘I wish I had been given what has been given to so-and-so, so that I
might do what he does; and a man whom Allah has given wealth and he spends it on what is just
and right, whereupon an other man May say, ‘I wish I had been given what so-and-so has been giv –
en, for then I would do what he does.”