Posted Jan 06, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 6 Comments
This is something for all the students of the Qur’aan to ponder and think about.
How long does it take you?
Imaam Nawawi writes in his book at-Tibyaan fee aadaab hamalatil Qur’aan:
It is befitting to make special time for the tilawah of the Qur’aan and increase in it.
It was from the practise of the salaf - may Allah be pleased with them – that they used to finish the Qur’aan within different periods of time.
Ibn Abee Dawuud reports that some of the salaf used to finish one khatam (complete Qur’aan) in two months.
Others use to finish one khatam every month.
Some used to finish one khatam within ten days the likes of Hasan al-Basri. And some every eighth day such as the noble companion Ubayy bin Ka’b.
A great portion of them used to finish the Qur’aan within a week, people such as ‘Abdullah bin Mas’uud and ‘Alqamah bin Qays etc.
Some finished every six days such as al-Asuud bin Yazeed and others every five days.
A portion of them used to finish the Qur’aan every four days such as Aboo Dardaa’.
And even a greater portion used to finish the Qur’aan every three days like ‘Abdullah bin ’Amr.
Some every two nights such as ‘Ataa bin as-Saa-ib. And a big portion of them used to finish the Qur’aan every day like ‘Abdullah bin Zubayr.
Some even finished the Qur’aan twice, meaning every night and day! Such as ‘Abdur-Rahmaan bin al-Qaasim.
Some finished the Qur’aan three times a day, whereas others finished the Qur’aan eight times a day, four khatams during the day and four during the night.
As for those who used to finish the Qur’aan every day and night were the likes of ‘Uthmaan bin ’Affaan, at-Tameem ad-Daariyy, Sa’eed bin Jubair, Mujaahid, ash-Shaafi’ee amongst others.
Ibn Abee Dawuud reports with an authentic chain that Mujaahid used to finish the Qur’aan once during Ramadan between magrib and isha.
Some of the Taabi’een used to finish two khatams between magrib and isha during the month of Ramadan.
And it has also been reported that many of the salaf used to finish the entire Qur’aan in one raka’ah these were people like ‘Uthmaan bin ‘Affaan, at-Tameem ad-Daareyy and Sa’eed bin Jubair.
Masha’Allah. For them, the Qur’an was as easy as reading a 500 page chapter book. Something a person whose been reading all their lives can quickly do in one night. I’d replace such ability with the need to complete the Qur’aan. Subhana’Allah, they read it not like a chapter book, but like that of a personal dear diary. It meant more to them, it was a treasure that they delved into going to another world entirely.
…May Allah grant us all the oppertunity to be like them and learn the Qur’aan in that manner.
Ameen ya Rabbil Alameen.
Jazakumlah Kkhairan Khaldun
I read smwhr in a hadeeth tht d one who has read quran in less than tree days hasnt understood it.dnt rmmbr d reference though.so whts ur opinion on it.
Yes that is true, however certain scholars such as Haafidh Ibn Rajab stated that this prohibition does not include the blessed times such as Ramadan etc. Or the blessed places such as a person being in Makkah or Madeenah etc.
Also some scholars like Shaykh al-Albaanee said that there is a possibilty that some of the salaf where unaware of this particular hadith at that time.
JAzakallahu khair for the info.
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Mujaahid rahimahullaah finished reciting the entire Quraan in betweeen Maghrib and ‘Eesha? Allaahu Akbar. It’s just incomprehensible. I don’t think I can even finish Surah al-Baqarah in full within that time!