You Are Their Commander

Abu Hurayrah said, "The Messenger of Allah sent an expedition force comprising of many men and asked each about what they memorized of the Qur'an. The Prophet came to one of the youngest men among them and asked him, `What have you memorized (of the Qur'an) young man' He said, `I memorized such and such Surahs and also Al-Baqarah.' The Prophet said, `You memorized Surat AlBaqarah' He said, `Yes.' The Prophet said, `Then you are their commander.' One of the noted men (or chiefs) commented, `By Allah! I did not learn Surat AlBaqarah, for fear that I would not be able to implement it. The Messenger of Allah said, «ُ‫ن َتعَّلمَه‬ ْ َ‫ َو َمثَلُ م‬،ٍ‫سكًا َيفُوحُ رِيحُهُ فِي كُلّ َمكَان‬ ْ ِ‫شوَ م‬ ُ ْ‫ب مَح‬ ٍ ‫ن َتعَّلمَهُ َفقَرََأ وَقَا َم بِ ِه كَ َمثَلِ جِرَا‬ ْ َ‫ن َمثَلَ ا ْلقُرْآنِ ِلم‬ ّ ِ‫ فَإ‬،ُ‫ن وَاقْ َرءُوه‬ َ ‫َتعَّلمُوا القُرْآ‬ ‫جوْ ِف ِه كَ َمثَلِ جِرَابٍ أُوكِيَ عَلى مِسْك‬ َ ‫» َفيَرْقُ ُد وَ ُهوَ فِي‬ (Learn Al-Qur'an and recite it, for the example of whoever learns the Qur'an, recites it and adheres to it, is the example of a bag that is full of musk whose scent fills the air. The example of whoever learns the Qur'an and then sleeps (i.e. lazy) while the Qur'an is in his memory, is the example of a bag that has musk, but is closed tight.) This is the wording collected by At-Tirmidhi, who said that this Hadith is Hasan.