Al-Kafi 3549

Translation

A number of our companions, from Sahl Bin Ziyad, from one of his companions, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza who said, ‘I went over to Abu Abdullah^asws, and Abu Baseer said to him^asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! Should I recite the (whole) Quran in a Month of Ramazan in a night?’ So he^asws said: ‘No’. He said, ‘So in two nights?’ He^asws said: ‘No’. He said, ‘So in three?’ He^asws said: ‘Ha!’, and gestured by his^asws hand. Then he^asws said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! For (the Month of) Ramazan there is a right and a sanctity. Nothing resembles it from the (other) months; and it was so that the companions of Muhammad^saww, one of them would recite the (whole) Quran during a month, or less. The Quran is not to be recited jabbering, but it is to be recited slowly and with clarity (as it ought to be recited). So whenever you pass by a Verse wherein is a Mention of the Paradise, so pause at it and ask Allah^azwj Mighty and Majestic for the Paradise; and whenever you pass by a Verse wherein is Mention of the Fire, so pause at it and seek Refuge with Allah^azwj from the Fire’.

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