Bearers of Qur’an
Three Groups of Reciters
April 12, 2012
Become Righteous, Others Will Follow
April 12, 2012
It befits a bearer of the Qur’an to not be in need of any of the creatures, whether the caliph or anyone beneath him. Rather, it is fitting that the creatures should be in need of him.
—al-Fuḍayl b. ‘Iyāḍ [d. 187H]
(Read on pg 42, Imam Abu Baker Muhammad b. al-Husayn al-Ajurri, The Character of the Bearers and People of the Qur’an. Al-Quran Society. London:2002.)
