Jami' at-Tirmidhi — Hadith #29077

Al-Hasan bin Arafa told us, he said: Ismail bin Ayyash told us, on the authority of Buhair bin Saad, on the authority of Khalid bin Ma’dan, on the authority of Kathir bin Murrah Al-Hadrami, on the authority of Uqba bin Amir, said: I heard the Messenger of God, may God bless him and grant him peace, saying, “The one who recites the Qur’an openly is like the one who openly recites alms and charity.” “With the Qur’an is like one who is pleased with charity.” Abu Issa said: This is a good and strange hadith. The meaning of this hadith is that the one who is pleased with the recitation of The Qur’an is better than one who recites the Qur’an aloud, because secret charity is better among the people of knowledge than public charity. The meaning of this according to the people of knowledge is that a man may be safe from shame, because he who is pleased with work is not afraid of shame as much as he is afraid of shame. His publicity...