The Salaf and the Quran in Ramadan
It is reported that
Al-Aswad [b. Yazīd Al-Nakha’ī] used to complete the recitation of the Quran in
Ramadan every two nights; sleeping between al-maghrib and al-‘ishā. Outside of
Ramaḍān, he used to complete a recitation every
six nights. (Abū Nu’aym, Ḥilyatu Al-Awliyā` 1:250.)
It is related from
Al-Rabī’ b. Sulaymān, “Muḥammad b. Idrīs Al-Shāfi’ī used to complete
reciting the Quran in the month of Ramadan sixty times, all in the prayer.” (Ibid.
4:107)
It is reported that
Abul-Ash-hab said, “Abū Al-Rajā` [Al-Aṭārudī] would complete
with us a recitation of the Quran in the night prayers of Ramadan every ten
days.” (Ibid. 1:348)
It is reported that Qatādah used to complete a
recitation of the Quran once every seven nights, and when Ramadan
came, once every three nights. During the last ten nights, he would complete a
recitation every night. (Ibid. 1:364)
It is reported that Al-Bukhārī used to complete a recitation [of
the Quran] once a day in Ramadan, and would pray after Tarāwīḥ every night, completing another recitation every three nights. (Al-Dhahabī,
Siyar A’lām Al-Nubalā` 12:439)
Notes
After mentioning some similar examples from the Salaf, Ibn Rajab
says in Laṭā`if Al-Ma’ārif p319: The prohibition of
reciting the Quran in less than three days [found in some
ahadith] refers to doing so regularly [throughout the year]. As for virtuous
times, like Ramadan – especially the nights in which it is hoped Laylatu
Al-Qadr will occur – or virtuous places, like Makkah – for those who enter it and
are not residents there, then it is recommended to increase in reciting the
Quran, making the most of the time and the place. This is the position of
[Imam] Aḥmad, Isḥāq [ibn Rāhūyah] and
other Imams, and the practice of others [from the Salaf] indicates [they
held the same position].
Translation by Owais Al-Hashimi (hafithahullaah)
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