Daily Hadith Sat 19-Apr-2014 - 19 Jumada al-Akhrah 1435 حديث اليوم
باب فضل قراءة القرآن
عن أَبي أُمامَةَ رضي اللَّه عنهُ قال : سمِعتُ رسولَ اللَّهِ صَلّى اللهُ عَلَيْهِ وسَلَّم يقولُ : « اقْرَؤُا القُرْآنَ فإِنَّهُ يَأْتي يَوْم القيامةِ شَفِيعاً لأصْحابِهِ » رواه مسلم .
991/180 - رياض الصالحين
The Excellence of Reciting the Qur'an
Abu Umamah (May Allah be pleased with him) reported: I heard the Messenger of Allah (PBUH) saying, "Read the Quran, for it will come as an intercessor for its reciters on the Day of Resurrection."[Muslim].


Commentary:
This Hadith tells the excellence of reciting the Qur'an and acting upon its injunctions. Intercession (in this Hadath) means that the Qur'an will be endowed with the power of speech by Allah and it will request Allah to forgive the sins of its reciters who acted upon its teachings. Allah will accept the request of the Qur'an, as signified in other Ahadith.
180/991 - Riyad Us-Saliheen (Gardens of the Righteous)
Sat 19-Apr-2014 - 19 Jumada al-Akhrah 1435