Al-Kafi 3552

Translation

Muhammad Bin Yahya, from Ahmad Bin Muhammad, from Ali Bin Al Hakam, from Ali Bin Abu Hamza who said, ‘Abu Baseer asked Abu Abdullah^asws, and I was present. So he said to him^asws, ‘May I be sacrificed for you^asws! Should I recite (the whole) Quran in a night?’ so he^asws said: ‘No’. So he said, ‘In two nights?’ So he^asws said: ‘No’. Until it reached six nights. So he^asws gestured by his^asws hand, and he^asws said: ‘Ha!’ Then Abu Abdullah^asws said: ‘O Abu Muhammad! The ones who were before you from the companions of Muhammad^saww used to recite the (whole) Quran in a month, and less. The Quran is such that it should not be recited by jabbering, but slowly and with clarity (as it ought to be recited). Whenever you pass by a Verse wherein is a Mention of the Fire, pause at it and seek Refuge with Allah^azwj from the Fire’. So Abu Baseer said, ‘Should I recite (the whole) Quran in one night of the Month of Ramazan?’ So he^asws said: ‘No’. So he said, ‘In two nights?’ So he^asws said: ‘No’. So he said, ‘In three?’ So he^asws said: ‘Ha!’, and gestured by his^asws hand, ‘Yes, the Month of Ramazan is such that nothing resembles it from the (other) months. For it is a right and a sanctity. Frequent from the <span class="iTxt">Salāt</span>, whatever your capacity may be’.

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