Sunan ad-Darimi — Hadith #56169

Abu Al-Numan told us, Abu Awanah told us, on the authority of Qatada, on the authority of Anas bin Malik, on the authority of Abu Musa Al-Ash’ari, on the authority of the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace. He, peace and blessings be upon him, said: “The example of a believer who reads the Qur’an is like a citrus fruit, its taste is good, and its scent is pleasant, and the example of a believer is The one who does not recite the Qur’an is like a date, its taste is sweet, but it has no scent, and the likeness of the hypocrite who reads the Qur’an is like the basil, its scent is “It is good, but its taste is bitter, and the example of a hypocrite who does not read the Qur’an is like cocoa, it has no fragrance, and its taste is bitter.”