Sayyiduna Abu Musa (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "The example of the person who is given the Qur'an and faith is like that of a pear, whose taste is good and whose fragrance is also good. And the example of the person who is given neither the Qur'an nor faith is like the colocynth plant, whose taste is bitter and which has no fragrance." The example of the person who is given faith but not (knowledge of) the Qur'an is like that of a date, whose taste is good but which has no fragrance. And the example of the person who is given (knowledge of) the Qur'an but not faith is like the sweet basil plant, whose taste is bitter but whose fragrance is good.

Sayyiduna Abu Shurayh Khuza'i (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: Once the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) came to us and said: "Accept glad tidings. Accept glad tidings. Do you not bear witness that there is no deity except Allah, and indeed I am the Messenger of Allah?" The people replied: "Yes!" So the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, this Qur'an is like a rope, one end of which is in the Hand of Allah the Exalted, and the other end is in your hands. Hold firmly to it, and after that you will never go astray nor be destroyed."

Yazid bin Hayan narrates about Sayyiduna Zaid bin Arqam (may Allah be pleased with him): Once we presented ourselves before him, and we requested him, "You have seen goodness, you have been with the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). You have performed prayers following the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)." He replied, "Yes! The Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) addressed us in a sermon and said: 'I am leaving among you the Book of Allah; it is the rope of Allah. Whoever follows it will remain on guidance, and whoever abandons it will be on the path of misguidance.'"

Sayyiduna Jabir (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates this statement of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him): "The Qur'an is such an intercessor whose intercession will be accepted, and such a disputant (i.e., it will argue in the court of Allah for its reciter) whose testimony will be confirmed. Whoever makes it his leader, it will lead him to Paradise, and whoever puts it behind his back, it will drive him to Hell."

(Imam Ibn Hibban, may Allah have mercy on him, says:) Whoever does not have expertise in the science of hadith, this wording of the narration may cause him to fall into the misunderstanding that the Qur'an is created and is a creature, whereas this is not the case. The meaning of these words is: as we have written in our books, the Arabs in their idiom sometimes apply the name of a thing to its cause, just as they apply the name of the cause to the thing itself. So when acting upon the Qur'an leads a person to Paradise, the name of acting upon the Qur'an is applied to its cause, i.e., the Qur'an itself. This does not mean that the Qur'an is created.

Salim narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Envy is permitted only towards two types of people. One is the person whom Allah has granted knowledge of the Qur'an, and he remains engaged with it day and night; and the other is the person whom Allah has granted wealth, and he spends it day and night."

Salim bin Abdullah narrates from his father, Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Umar (may Allah be pleased with him), that the Prophet Muhammad (peace be upon him) said: "Envy is permitted only towards two types of people. One is the person to whom Allah has given knowledge of His Book, and he remains engaged with it day and night; and the other is the person to whom Allah has given wealth, and he spends it in charity day and night."

Sayyiduna Zaid bin Khalid al-Juhani (may Allah be pleased with him) narrates: He asked Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) about a person who has intercourse but does not ejaculate, so Sayyiduna Uthman (may Allah be pleased with him) said: Nothing, that is, ghusl, is obligatory upon him. Then Sayyiduna Uthman Ghani (may Allah be pleased with him) said: I heard this from the tongue of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him). Zaid bin Khalid says: After this, I asked Sayyiduna Ali bin Abi Talib (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Zubair bin al-Awwam (may Allah be pleased with him), Sayyiduna Talhah bin Ubaidullah (may Allah be pleased with him), and Sayyiduna Ubayy bin Ka'b (may Allah be pleased with him): and these gentlemen also gave a similar answer. The narrator named Abu Salamah says: Urwah bin Zubair told me that he asked Sayyiduna Abu Ayyub Ansari (may Allah be pleased with him) about this: so he also gave a similar answer on the authority of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him).