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2876. Abū Hurairah narrated: "The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ sent an expedition force [comprised] of many, and he asked each what he could recite, so each one of them mentioned what he could recite – meaning what he had memorized
of the Qur'ān. He came to one of the youngest men among them and said: 'What have you memorized O so-and-so?' He said: 'I memorized this and that and Sūrat Al-Baqarah.' He said: 'You memorized Sūrat Al-Baqarah?' He said: 'Yes.' He said: 'Then go, for you are their commander.' A man among their chief said: 'By Allāh [O Messenger of Allāh]! Nothing prevented me from learning Sūrat Al-Baqarah except fearing that I would not be able to stand with (in voluntary night prayer).' The Messenger of Allāh ﷺ said: 'Learn the Qur'ān to recite it, for indeed the parable of the Qur'ān for the one who recites it and stands with it (in prayer) is that of a bag full of musk whose scent fills the air all around. And the parable of the one who learns it then sleeps while it is in his memory is that of a bag containing musk that is tied shut.'" (Hasan)
[Abū 'Eisā said:] This Hadīth is Hasan. [Al-Laith bin Sa'd] reported similar to this Hadīth from Sa'eed Al-Maqburī, from 'Aṭā the freed slave of Abū Aḥmad from the Prophet ﷺ in Mursal form.
(Another chain) from 'Aṭā the freed slave of Abū Aḥmad, from the Prophet ﷺ in Mursal form and it is similar in meaning, and he did not mention: "From Abū Hurairah" in it. There is something on this topic from Ubayy bin Ka'b.
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Learning the words of the Qur'an and its meaning, reading and reciting it, reciting it in the night prayer (Tahajjud) and to act upon it is like filling fragrance into one's heart and mind with such a musk, that a person's own heart and mind gets fragranced, and the person's behavior, character and manners and his surrounding reflect this.
