Reciting the Qur’an

Tameem ad-Dari (radiAllahu anhu) reported that
the Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi
wasalam) said, “Whoever recites (in prayer) with
a hundred verses in a night, it will be written for
him as devout obedience to Allah for the night.”
Abdullah bin Mas’ud (radiAllahu anhu) reported
that the Messenger (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
said, “Whoever recites one letter from the Book of
Allah then he will receive a good reward, and
every good deed is rewarded with ten times its
like. I do not say that Alif Laam Meem is one
word but Alif is one word, Laam is one word and
Meem is one word.”
Ibn Imran (radiAllahu anhu) reported that the
Messenger of Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam)
said, “Whoever recites the Qur’an then let him ask
from Allah by it, for there will come a people who
recite the Qur’an and will the ask from people by
it.”
A’isha (radiAllahu anha) that the Messenger of
Allah (salAllahu alayhi wasalam) said, ‘Reciting
the Qur’an during prayer is more excellent than
reciting it at other times, and reciting the Qur’an
at a time other than during prayer is more
excellent than extolling Allah and declaring His
greatness. Extolling Allah is more excellent than
sadaqah, sadaqah is more excellent than fasting,
and fasting is a protection from Hell.
[Bayhaqi Shu’ab al-Iman, Mishkat al-Masabih #
2166]