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Status: Offline Posts: 10,237 Join Date: May 2005 Location: ...travelling to the hereafter.. Gender:  Way of Life: Muslim |  Re: Quran required in Arabic? or Translated? -
05-06-2008
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Originally Posted by SpeedInfusion  so is there a hadith that states that we get hassanath for reading in arabic? she thinks there is no point in reading in arabic while she has a english translation ( mind u, she CAN read arabic, she just feels like its a tradition and pointless)..i need to quote a quranic verse or hadith or she wont listen. | 
The Messenger of Allah (peace be upon him) said (translation of the meaning):
"A person who recites one harf (letter) of the Qur'an, obtains one virtue; each virtue multiplies to ten virtues. I am not saying that (Alif Laam Meem) is one harf [letter]. But, Alif in it is one harf; the Laam in it is one harf and the Meem in it is one harf." (Recorded in Tirmidhi, Darimi).
So for each letter we recite of Qur'an in arabic, the person gets 10 rewards. So if they recited Alif (10 rewards) Laam (10 rewards) Meem (10 rewards) = 30 rewards. Just for 3 letters. 
In regard to reading a translation of the Qur'ans meaning, then this is not Qur'an (its just a translation of its meaning i.e. a tafsir) so the reward will not be 10 rewards per letter, but the person will be rewarded for understanding the meaning of the Qur'an.
I've heard this in a fatwa programme on IslamQA.
And Allah knows best.
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