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Shaddad bin Ma'qil and I entered upon Ibn `Abbas. Shaddad bin Ma'qil asked him, "Did the Prophet (ﷺ)
leave anything (besides the Quran)?" He replied. "He did not leave anything except what is Between
the two bindings (of the Quran)." Then we visited Muhammad bin Al-Hanafiyya and asked him (the
same question). He replied, "The Prophet (ﷺ) did not leave except what is between the bindings (of the
Quran).
Sahih al-Bukhari Book 66, Hadith 41
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That while he was reciting Surat Al-Baqara (The Cow) at night, and his
horse was tied beside him, the horse was suddenly startled and
troubled. When he stopped reciting, the horse became quiet, and when
he started again, the horse was startled again. Then he stopped
reciting and the horse became quiet too. He started reciting again and
the horse was startled and troubled once again. Then he stopped
reciting and his son, Yahya was beside the horse. He was afraid that
the horse might trample on him. When he took the boy away and looked
towards the sky, he could not see it. The next morning he informed the
Prophet who said, "Recite, O Ibn Hudair! Recite, O Ibn Hudair!" Ibn
Hudair replied, "O Allah's Messenger (ﷺ)! My son, Yahya was near the horse
and I was afraid that it might trample on him, so I looked towards the
sky, and went to him. When I looked at the sky, I saw something like a
cloud containing what looked like lamps, so I went out in order not to
see it." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Do you know what that was?" Ibn Hudair
replied, "No." The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "Those were Angels who came near to
you for your voice and if you had kept on reciting till dawn, it would
have remained there till morning when people would have seen it as it
would not have disappeared.
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The Prophet (ﷺ) said, "The example of him (a believer) who recites the Quran is like that of a citron
which tastes good and smells good. And he (a believer) who does not recite the Quran is like a date
which is good in taste but has no smell. And the example of a dissolute wicked person who recites the
Quran is like the Raihana (sweet basil) which smells good but tastes bitter. And the example of a
dissolute wicked person who does not recite the Quran is like the colocynth which tastes bitter and
has no smell.