043 – Repetition for Deliberation | Sacred Gathering Around the Qur’an | Striving In, For & By Allah

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In this episode, Shaykh Faraz Rabbani covers hadiths twenty-one and twenty-two from Imam Nabahani’s set of hadiths on the virtues of the Qur’an and its recitation. In hadith twenty-one, we learn about the Prophetic practice of repeating verses of the Qur’an during recitation in order to deepen their meaning and impact. Shaykh Faraz further explains how this sunnah of repetition applies to other acts of worship, including supplication and prayer. Hadith twenty-two details the consequences of gathering in a house of Allah Most High to recite and study the Qur’an. Shaykh Faraz explains what is meant by “houses of Allah”, providing practical examples of how we can of bring this hadith into our lives. Shaykh Faraz then begins the chapter on Striving, Consistency and High Resolve from Imam Zarnuji’s “Instruction of the Student”. We begin by considering the importance of these qualities, highlighting that some of the greatest scholars never studied full-time. We learn that a seeker of knowledge must make excuses for knowledge and not from knowledge, and that the pathways to Allah Most High are numerous.