It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "On the Day of Resurrection it will be said to the companion of the Qur'an: Recite and ascend (through the ranks), and recite with measured recitation (tartil) just as you used to recite in the world, for your station is at the last verse that you recite."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "The first Book was revealed from a single gate in a single mode (harf), whereas the Qur'an was revealed from seven gates in seven modes (ahruf), containing restraint, command, the lawful, the unlawful, the clear (muhkam), the ambiguous (mutashabih) and parables. So regard its lawful as lawful, regard its unlawful as unlawful, do what you have been commanded, and refrain from what you have been forbidden, take lessons from its parables, act upon its clear verses, believe in its ambiguous verses, and say: 'We believe in it; all of it is from our Lord.'" [Surah Al Imran: 7] This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Mas'ud (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Keep up the recitation of this Qur'an, for it escapes (from the breasts); it escapes from people's breasts faster than a camel escapes from its tethering ropes. And let none of you ever say: I have forgotten such-and-such a verse; rather (let him say that) he was made to forget it." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he was reciting on the roof of his house, and he had a very beautiful voice. He came to the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) and said: I was reciting when suddenly something like a cloud covered me. My wife was in the house and the horse was tied in the courtyard, and I feared that (if the horse bolted) my wife might get hurt or the horse might break loose, so I stopped reciting. The Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said to him: "O Usayd, you should have kept reciting, for they were angels who had come to listen to the Qur'an."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he came to the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him), then he mentioned a similar hadith, in which it is stated that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Usayd, you should have kept reciting! O Usayd, you should have kept reciting! For they were angels listening to the Qur'an." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim), but they did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Usayd bin Hudayr (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: One night I was reciting Surah al-Baqarah. When I reached its end, I heard the sound of something falling behind me, and I thought that my horse had broken loose. He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "O Abu Atik, keep reciting." I turned around and saw something like lamps hanging between the heaven and the earth. He said: O Messenger of Allah, by Allah, I did not have the courage (to recite further). He (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Those were the angels who had descended for the recitation of the Qur'an. Had you kept reciting, you would have seen wonders."

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abdullah bin Amr (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Fasting and the Qur'an will intercede for the servant (on the Day of Resurrection). Fasting will say: O my Lord, I kept him away from food and desires during the day, so accept my intercession for him. And the Qur'an will say: I kept him away from sleep at night, so accept my intercession for him. So the intercession of both of them will be accepted." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Muslim, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Ibn Abbas (may Allah be pleased with them both) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "Indeed, the person in whose breast there is nothing of the Qur'an is like a ruined house." This hadith has a sahih (authentic) chain, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Mu'adh bin Jabal (may Allah be pleased with him) that he said: I heard the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) saying: "The one who recites the Qur'an aloud is like the one who gives charity openly, and the one who recites the Qur'an quietly is like the one who gives charity secretly." This hadith is sahih (authentic) on the condition of Imam Bukhari, but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.

It is narrated from Sayyiduna Abu Dharr al-Ghifari (may Allah be pleased with him) that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said: "You cannot turn to anything, in returning to Allah Almighty, that is better than that which came forth from Allah Himself," meaning the Glorious Qur'an. The chain of this hadith is sahih (authentic), but the two Shaykhs (Bukhari and Muslim) did not record it.