Al-Kāfi - Volume 2


Book 3, Chapter 6

The Houses Wherein the Holy Quran is Read
3 Aḥadīth

1ـ عِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحَكَمِ عَنِ الْفُضَيْلِ بْنِ عُثْمَانَ عَنْ لَيْثِ بْنِ أَبِي سُلَيْمٍ رَفَعَهُ قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِيُّ (صَلَّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وآلِه) نَوِّرُوا بُيُوتَكُمْ بِتِلاوَةِ الْقُرْآنِ وَلا تَتَّخِذُوهَا قُبُوراً كَمَا فَعَلَتِ الْيَهُودُ وَالنَّصَارَى صَلَّوْا فِي الْكَنَائِسِ وَالْبِيَعِ وَعَطَّلُوا بُيُوتَهُمْ فَإِنَّ الْبَيْتَ إِذَا كَثُرَ فِيهِ تِلاوَةُ الْقُرْآنِ كَثُرَ خَيْرُهُ وَاتَّسَعَ أَهْلُهُ وَأَضَاءَ لأهْلِ السَّمَاءِ كَمَا تُضِي‏ءُ نُجُومُ السَّمَاءِ لأهْلِ الدُّنْيَا.


1. A number of our people have narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad from Ali ibn al-Hakam from al-Fudayl ibn ‘Uthman from Layth ibn abu Sulaym in a marfu’ manner from the Holy Prophet who has said the following: “Light up your homes by means of reading the Holy Quran and do not turn them into graves as the Jews and Christians had done. They pray in churches and synagogues and leave their homes of no use. If reading of the Holy Quran is more often in a house, goodness increases therein, its inhabitants receive expanded sustenance and it will shine to the inhabitants of the heaven just as stars shine for the people of this world (earth).’”

2ـ مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عِيسَى عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ خَالِدٍ وَالْحُسَيْنِ بْنِ سَعِيدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنِ النَّضْرِ بْنِ سُوَيْدٍ عَنْ يَحْيَى بْنِ عِمْرَانَ الْحَلَبِيِّ عَنْ عَبْدِ الأعْلَى مَوْلَى آلِ سَامٍ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ إِنَّ الْبَيْتَ إِذَا كَانَ فِيهِ الْمَرْءُ الْمُسْلِمُ يَتْلُو الْقُرْآنَ يَتَرَاءَاهُ أَهْلُ السَّمَاءِ كَمَا يَتَرَاءَى أَهْلُ الدُّنْيَا الْكَوْكَبَ الدُّرِّيَّ فِي السَّمَاءِ.


2. Muhammad ibn Yahya has narrated from Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Isa from Muhammad ibn Khalid and al-Husayn ibn Sa’id all from al-Nadr ibn Suwayd from Yahya ibn ‘Imran al-Halabi from ‘Abd al-‘Ala’ Mawla ‘Ale (family) S’am from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) who has said the following: “A house wherein a Muslim reads the Holy Quran is looked upon by the inhabitants of heavens, just as the inhabitants of earth like to look at a shining star in the skies.’”

3ـ مُحَمَّدٌ عَنْ أَحْمَدَ وَعِدَّةٌ مِنْ أَصْحَابِنَا عَنْ سَهْلِ بْنِ زِيَادٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عُبَيْدِ الله عَنِ ابْنِ الْقَدَّاحِ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ قَالَ أَمِيرُ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) الْبَيْتُ الَّذِي يُقْرَأُ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ وَيُذْكَرُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهِ تَكْثُرُ بَرَكَتُهُ وَتَحْضُرُهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وَتَهْجُرُهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ وَيُضِي‏ءُ لأهْلِ السَّمَاءِ كَمَا تُضِي‏ءُ الْكَوَاكِبُ لأهْلِ الأرْضِ وَإِنَّ الْبَيْتَ الَّذِي لا يُقْرَأُ فِيهِ الْقُرْآنُ وَلا يُذْكَرُ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ فِيهِ تَقِلُّ بَرَكَتُهُ وَتَهْجُرُهُ الْمَلائِكَةُ وَتَحْضُرُهُ الشَّيَاطِينُ.


3. Muhammad ibn Ahmad and A number of our people have narrated from have narrated from Sahl ibn Ziyad all from Ja’far ibn Muhammad ibn ‘Ubayd Allah from ibn al-Qaddah from Abu ‘Abdillah (a.s) who has said the following: “Amir al-Mu’minin, Ali ibn abu Talib (a.s) has said, ‘A house wherein the Holy Quran is read, Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, is spoken of, blessings therein increase, the angels come down therein and Satan keeps away from it. It shines to the inhabitants of the heaven just as stars shine to the people of the earth. A house where the Holy Quran is not read, and Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, is not spoken of, its blessings reduce, angels leave it and devils crowd therein.’”