It is well possible that if you live a long life, you will see a man who read the Qur’an from the tongue of Muhammad (S), repeating it and reciting it, treating its lawful as lawful and its prohibited as prohibited.  He will pass you on the way to his house, and his status in your eyes will be as insignificant as the head of a dead donkey.

—’Ubada b. al-Samit

[Ahmad #17140 with a da’if isnad]

(Read on pg 79, Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali and Abu Bakr al-Ajurri, The Journey of the Strangers. Daar as-Sunnah Publishers. Birmingham: 2009.)