The Rewards & Punishments of Deeds · Hadith 356 (#Ḥadīth #1)

أَبِی ره قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَحْمَدُ بْنُ إِدْرِیسَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی مُحَمَّدُ بْنُ أَحْمَدَ قَالَ حَدَّثَنِی أَبُو إِسْحَاقَ إِبْرَاهِیمُ بْنُ هَاشِمٍ عَنِ الْحَسَنِ بْنِ أَبِی الْحَسَنِ الْفَارِسِیِ عَنْ سُلَیْمَانَ بْنِ جَعْفَرٍ الْجَعْفَرِیِّ عَنْ إِسْمَاعِیلَ بْنِ أَبِی زِیَادٍ عَنْ جَعْفَرِ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ عَنْ أَبِیهِ ع قَالَ قَالَ النَّبِیُّ ص إِنَّ أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ فِی أَعْلَی دَرَجَهٍ مِنَ الْآدَمِیِّینَ مَا خَلَا النَّبِیِّینَ وَ الْمُرْسَلِینَ وَ لَا تَسْتَضْعِفُوا أَهْلَ الْقُرْآنِ وَ حُقُوقَهُمْ فَإِنَّ لَهُمْ مِنَ اللَّهِ لَمَکَاناً.

1. Imam Ja’far Sadiq narrates from his father that the Holy Prophet (s.a.w.s.) said, “The ranks of the people of Quran come next to that of the prophets and messengers. Don’t ever consider the people of Quran as weak and don’t reduce their rights for they have a high status near Allah.”

Gradings are classical jarḥ-wa-taʿdīl, name-matched to a rijāl index (not individually re-verified).