Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Some people from my Ummah will certainly recite the Noble Qur’an, but they will exit from Islam just as an arrow passes through its prey.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: After sixty years, such incompetent people will emerge who will neglect the prayers and follow their desires. Allah the Exalted says: {اَضَاعُوا الصَّلَاۃَ وَاتَّبَعُوا الشَّہَوَاتِ فسَوْفَ یُلْقَوْنَ غَیًّا} … Then there succeeded them successors who neglected prayer and pursued desires; so they are going to meet evil. Then after them will come incompetent ones, who will recite the Noble Qur'an, but it will not go below their collarbones. There are three types of people who recite the Noble Qur'an: the believer, the hypocrite, and the wicked. The narrator Basheer said: I asked Waleed: Who are these three people? He said: The hypocrite is actually a denier of the Noble Qur'an, the wicked one eats through it, and the believer brings faith upon it.

Sayyiduna Abu Sa'id Khudri (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed the people in the year of Tabuk and said, while he (peace be upon him) was leaning against a date-palm tree: The worst among the people is the one who is wicked and bold, who recites the Book of Allah Almighty, but does not invite towards anything from it.

Sayyiduna Imran bin Husain (may Allah be pleased with him) passed by a man who was reciting the Noble Qur’an to the people. When he finished, he asked the people for something. Upon seeing this situation, they said: "Indeed we belong to Allah, and indeed to Him we will return." Verily, I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) say: "Whoever recites the Noble Qur’an, let him ask Allah Almighty through it. Soon there will come people who will recite the Noble Qur’an, but will ask the people through it."

Narrated from Sayyiduna Abdur Rahman bin Shibl Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Recite the Noble Qur'an, do not make it a means of livelihood, do not amass abundant wealth through it, do not become hard-hearted regarding it, and do not be excessive or harsh in its matters.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Uqbah bin Amir (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Most of the hypocrites of my Ummah will be among the reciters (Qurra).

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with both of them) narrated a similar hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).