The Best of You Are Those Who Learn the Qur'an and Teach It

Occasion: Transcription of a morning khatira delivered on 24 March 2018 Source: A transcription of a video khatira by Dr. Ahmed Abouseif — Watch the original video on YouTube

I have long reflected on the saying of the Prophet ﷺ: «خيركم من تعلّم القرآن وعلّمه» (The best of you are those who learn the Qur'an and teach it).^[1] And when I look at the matter in an objective, logical way, I find that whoever learns the noble Qur'an learns from it all the ethics required of a Muslim in his daily life: how to preserve the society in which he lives, how to preserve himself, how to preserve his character, and how to preserve the people who live around him.

And whoever learns the noble Qur'an and acts on it, his motive for teaching people is a motive of the heart and sincerity of soul, through which he tries to rescue the people who live far from the Book of our Lord.

--- ^[1]: Editor's documentation: The ḥadīth is in Ṣaḥīḥ al-Bukhārī, from the report of ʿUthmān ibn ʿAffān (may Allah be pleased with him).