#4 Faith and Qur'an

Book of Food, Meals

(30) Chapter: The mention of food

Hadith 5427

Narrated Abu Musa Al-Ash`ari:

Allah's Messenger (صلى الله عليه وسلم) said, "The example of a Believer who recites the Qur'an, is that of a citron which smells good and tastes good; And the example of a Believer who does not recite the Qur'an, is that of a date which has no smell but tastes sweet; and the example of a hypocrite who recites the Qur'an, is that of an aromatic plant which smells good but tastes bitter; and the example of a hypocrite who does not recite the Qur'an, is that of a colocynth plant which has no smell and is bitter in taste."