4.   After the Ijtima’, I will approach people to say Salam, shake hands and preach to them through personal endeavour.

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                  صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Dear Islamic brothers! The topic of our Bayan today is ‘The excellence of learning and teaching the Quran,’ in which we will hear the accounts of the Noble Sahabah teaching the Quran, the study circles of those who learnt the Quran, the reward of teaching the Quran, the harms in the Hereafter of not acting upon the Quran, the virtues of reciting the Quran which have been mentioned in the Quran and Hadith, the accounts of the pious predecessors in relation to reciting the Quran, and many more valuable points. May Allah Almighty allow us to listen to the entire Bayan with good intentions. آمین

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب                                                                             صَلَّى اللّٰهُ عَلٰى مُحَمَّد

Giving preference to teaching the Quran over governorship

During the caliphate of Ameer Al-Mu’mineen, Sayyiduna Umar Al-Farooq رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ, when the land of Syria was conquered, Sayyiduna Yazeed Bin Abu Sufyan رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ wrote a letter to Sayyiduna Umar رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ informing him that many cities had been populated due to the presence of many Syrians and that there was a dire need for some people to teach them the Quran and important religious rulings, and asked him to send people who have the ability to teach so that they can aid him. Thus, two Noble Sahabah, Sayyiduna Mu’aaz Bin Jabal and Sayyiduna ‘Ubadah Bin Saamit رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُما, put themselves forward for this noble task. (Tabaqat Ibn-e-Sa’d, vol. 2, p. 272, Selected)

However, when Sayyiduna Abu Darda رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ sought permission from Ameer Al-Mu’mineen رَضِىَ الـلّٰـهُ عَـنْهُ to leave Madinah and travel to Syria with them, he did not accept. But upon the insistence of Sayyiduna