The reader: Qutaybah ibn Sa'id and Abu Kamil al-Juhdri both narrated to us from Abu Awana. Qutaybah said: Abu Awana narrated to us from Qatadah from Anas from Abu Musa al-Ash'ari that the Messenger of Allah (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
A believer who recites the Qur'an is like an orange whose fragrance is sweet and whose taste is sweet; a believer who does not recite the Qur'an is like a date which has no fragrance but has a sweet taste; and the hypocrite who recites the Qur'an is like a basil whose fragrance is sweet, but whose taste is bitter; and a hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an is like the colocynth which has no fragrance and has a bitter taste.
مثل المؤمن الذي يقرأ القرءان مثل الأترجة ريحها طيب وطعمها طيب ومثل المؤمن الذي لا يقرأ القرءان مثل التمرة لا ريح لها وطعمها حلو ومثل المنافق الذي يقرأ القرءان مثل الريحانة ريحها طيب وطعمها مر ومثل المنافق الذي لا يقرأ القرءان كمثل الحنظلة ليس لها ريح وطعمها مر .
