It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Masood (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: They said to me: Recite the Holy Qur'an to me. I said: Did I not learn the Holy Qur'an from you and did you not teach us? They said: One day I came to the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) and he (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Recite the Holy Qur'an to me. I said: O Messenger of Allah! Was it not revealed to you and did we not learn from you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Yes, of course, but I like to hear it from others.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him), he says: The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said to me: Recite the Holy Qur’an to me. I said: O Messenger of Allah! How can I recite it to you, while the Qur’an has been revealed to you? He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: My desire is that I hear it from others. So I began reciting Surah An-Nisa. When I reached this verse {فَکَیْفَ إِذَا جِئْنَا مِنْ کُلِّ أُمَّۃٍ بِشَہِیدٍ وَجِئْنَا بِکَ عَلَی ہَؤُلَاءِ شَہِیدًا} (What will be the condition when We bring a witness from every nation and, O Prophet, We bring you as a witness over all of them), I looked towards the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), and tears were flowing from his eyes.

Sayyiduna Abu Hurairah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Whoever listens attentively to one verse from the Book of Allah, his good deed will be written multiplied many times, and whoever recites it himself, it will be a light for him on the Day of Resurrection.

Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas’ud (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: It is a bad thing that a man should say: I have forgotten such-and-such verse. Rather, he should say: I have been made to forget it. Keep the Qur’an memorized, by the One in Whose hand is my soul! This Qur’an slips away from people’s hearts faster than a camel that breaks loose from its tether.

(Second chain) The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: Safeguard the Noble Qur’an, for this Qur’an slips away from people’s hearts faster than a camel that breaks loose from its tether. The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) also said: None of you should say: I have forgotten such-and-such verse, rather he should say: It has been made to be forgotten by me.

Sayyiduna Abu Musa Ash'ari (may Allah be pleased with him) has also narrated a similar hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

. Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The example of the companion of the Qur'an is like the owner of a tied camel; if he keeps it tied, he will keep hold of it, and if he lets it loose, it will run away.

. (Second chain) The Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The example of the Qur'an is that when its reciter takes care of it and recites it day and night, it will remain with him. This example is like that of a man who has camels; if he keeps them tied, he will keep hold of them, and if he lets them go, they will go away. This is the example of the companion of the Qur'an.

Sayyiduna Sa’d bin ‘Ubadah (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates that the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: The leader and responsible person of ten people will come on the Day of Resurrection in such a state that he will be bound in iron (chains); the thing that will free him from this captivity will be his justice and fairness. And the person who, after reading the Noble Qur’an, forgets it, will meet Allah Almighty in such a state that his hand will be cut off (or afflicted with leprosy).

Sayyiduna Ubadah bin Samit (may Allah be pleased with him) narrated a similar hadith from the Noble Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him).

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.