CHAPTER: DESIRABILITY OF RECITING THE QUR'AN IN A SWEET VOICE
No. 1728
Abu Huraira reported this directly from the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam): God has not listened to anything as He listens to a Prophet reciting the Qur'an in a sweet voice.
No. 1729
This hadith has been narrated by Ibn Shihab with the same chain of transmitters with words:" As He listens to a Prophet reciting the Qur'an in a sweet voice."
No. 1730
Abu Huraira is reported to have heard Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Allaah does not listen to anything, (more approvingly) as He listens to a Prophet reciting loudly the Qur'an in a sweet voice.
No. 1731
This hadith has been narrated with the same chain of transmitters by Ibn al-Had except this that Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying and he did not say:" He heard it."
No. 1732
Abu Huraira reported Allaah's Messenger (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) as saying: Allaah has not heard anything (more pleasing) than listening to the Prophet reciting the Qur'an in a sweet loud voice.
No. 1733
This hadith has been narrated by another chain of transmitters but with a slight modification of words.
No. 1734
Buraida reported on the authority of his father that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had said: 'Abdullah b. Qais or al-Ash'ari has been gifted with a sweet melodious voice out of the voices of the family of David.
No. 1735
Abu Burda narrated on the authority of Abu Musa that the Messenger of Allaah (sallAllaahu alayhi wa sallam) had said to Abu Musa: If you were to see me, as I was listening to your recitation (of the Qur'an) yester-night (you would have felt delighted). You are in fact endowed with a sweet voice like that of David himself.