It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Learn the Book of Allah and then safeguard it, and recite it in a melodious voice, that is, recite it beautifully. By the One in Whose hand is my soul, this Qur’an slips away from the hearts faster than a camel that breaks free from its tether.

Narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: One day we were sitting in the Suffah when the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and asked: Who among you would like to go early every morning to the valley of Bathan or the valley of Aqeeq and bring back two beautiful, large-humped she-camels from there without committing any sin or severing ties of kinship? We said: O Messenger of Allah! Each one of us would like that. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: If any one of you goes to the mosque in the morning and learns two verses from the Book of Allah, it is better for him than two she-camels, and three verses are better than three she-camels, and four are better than four, and so on according to the number of verses, as many camels.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates a similar hadith from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) sent Sayyiduna Mu'adh (may Allah be pleased with him) and Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) towards Yemen and instructed them to teach the people the Holy Qur'an.