قُلْ مَآ أَسْـَٔلُكُمْ عَلَيْهِ مِنْ أَجْرٍۢ وَمَآ أَنَا۠ مِنَ ٱلْمُتَكَلِّفِينَ
Qul maaa as'alukum 'alaihi min ajrinw wa maaa ana minal mutakallifeen
Say, [O Muhammad], "I do not ask you for the Qur'an any payment, and I am not of the pretentious
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38:86Ayah 188
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Say ‘I do not ask of you in return for this for delivering the Message to you any reward any fee; nor am I an impostor so as to make up the Qur’ān myself.
Related Hadiths
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) forbade me from the recitation (of the Qur'an) in bowing and prostration and I do not say that he forbade you.
"I recited Surat An-Najm to the Messenger of Allah, and he did not prostrate for it."
"I recited to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) (Surat) An-Najm and he did not prostrate in it."
"The Messenger of Allah said: 'Whoever can promise me one thing. Paradise will be his." (One of the narrators) Yahya said: "Here a statement which means: That he will not ask the people for anything."
The Prophet said "I do not want to hear of anyone of you who, upon hearing a Hadith narrated from me, says while reclining on his pillow: 'Recite Qur'an (to verify this Hadith).' (Here the Propher SAW said) Any excellent word that is said, it is I who have said it."
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