Cigaal
يا نبي سلام عليك
At the beginning and during recitation, one's state should be that of humility and reflection. There is boundless evidence for this. [This state] is the sought-after objective, through which breasts are opened and hearts illuminated.
God Mighty and Majestic said, will they not reflect upon the Quran? (Quran, 4:82); [This is] a book that We have sent down to you, full of blessing, that they may reflect upon its signs (Quran, 38:29). The hadiths concerning this topic are numerous, and the sayings of the Righteous Forebears are well known.
Once a number of the Righteous Forebears spent the night reciting a single verse, pondering and repeating it until the morning. A number of them were overwhelmed when reciting [it], and some actually died.
We related that Bahz ibn Hakim said that the noble Successor Zurar ibn Awfa (god be well pleased with them), led them in the morning prayer; he recited [Sura 74] until he reached the passage, For when the trumpet sounds, surely that day will be a day of distress (Quran, 74:8-9), at which point he fell to the ground dead. Bahz said, "I was among those who carried him"
Ahmad ibn Abi al Hawari (Gos be pleased with him), the splendor of Syria, was just as Abu al-Qasim al-Junayd (God grant him mercy) had said: when the Quran was recited to him he would cry out and faint. Ibn Abi Dawud said that al-Qasim ibn 'Uthman al-Ju'i (God grand him mercy) would scold ibn Abi al Hawari for this. Al-Ju'i, one of Damascus' outstanding hadith specialists, whose superiority is put before ibn Abi al-Hawari, said, "Abu al-Jawza', Qays ibn Habtar, and others likewise scolded him." I say that it is correct not to scold them, except for someone who admits behaving this way artificially. And God knows best. Ibrahim al-Khawwas (God be pleased with him), the noble master of spiritual gifts and experiences, said: "there are five medicines for the heart: reciting the Quran with Pondering, emptying the stomach, standing at night [in prayer], supplicating during the last part of the night, and sitting with the righteous."
(Al Tibyan fi Adab Hamalat al-Qur'an translation by Musa Furber, pg 42-43)
God Mighty and Majestic said, will they not reflect upon the Quran? (Quran, 4:82); [This is] a book that We have sent down to you, full of blessing, that they may reflect upon its signs (Quran, 38:29). The hadiths concerning this topic are numerous, and the sayings of the Righteous Forebears are well known.
Once a number of the Righteous Forebears spent the night reciting a single verse, pondering and repeating it until the morning. A number of them were overwhelmed when reciting [it], and some actually died.
We related that Bahz ibn Hakim said that the noble Successor Zurar ibn Awfa (god be well pleased with them), led them in the morning prayer; he recited [Sura 74] until he reached the passage, For when the trumpet sounds, surely that day will be a day of distress (Quran, 74:8-9), at which point he fell to the ground dead. Bahz said, "I was among those who carried him"
Ahmad ibn Abi al Hawari (Gos be pleased with him), the splendor of Syria, was just as Abu al-Qasim al-Junayd (God grant him mercy) had said: when the Quran was recited to him he would cry out and faint. Ibn Abi Dawud said that al-Qasim ibn 'Uthman al-Ju'i (God grand him mercy) would scold ibn Abi al Hawari for this. Al-Ju'i, one of Damascus' outstanding hadith specialists, whose superiority is put before ibn Abi al-Hawari, said, "Abu al-Jawza', Qays ibn Habtar, and others likewise scolded him." I say that it is correct not to scold them, except for someone who admits behaving this way artificially. And God knows best. Ibrahim al-Khawwas (God be pleased with him), the noble master of spiritual gifts and experiences, said: "there are five medicines for the heart: reciting the Quran with Pondering, emptying the stomach, standing at night [in prayer], supplicating during the last part of the night, and sitting with the righteous."
(Al Tibyan fi Adab Hamalat al-Qur'an translation by Musa Furber, pg 42-43)
