٦ـ أَبُو عَلِيٍّ الأشْعَرِيُّ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ عَبْدِ الْجَبَّارِ وَمُحَمَّدُ بْنُ يَحْيَى عَنْ أَحْمَدَ بْنِ مُحَمَّدٍ جَمِيعاً عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ حَدِيدٍ عَنْ مَنْصُورٍ عَنْ مُحَمَّدِ بْنِ بَشِيرٍ عَنْ عَلِيِّ بْنِ الْحُسَيْنِ (عَلَيهِما السَّلام) قَالَ وَقَدْ رُوِيَ هَذَا الْحَدِيثُ عَنْ أَبِي عَبْدِ الله (عَلَيهِ السَّلام) قَالَ مَنِ اسْتَمَعَ حَرْفاً مِنْ كِتَابِ الله عَزَّ وَجَلَّ مِنْ غَيْرِ قِرَاءَةٍ كَتَبَ الله لَهُ حَسَنَةً وَمَحَا عَنْهُ سَيِّئَةً وَرَفَعَ لَهُ دَرَجَةً وَمَنْ قَرَأَ نَظَراً مِنْ غَيْرِ صَوْتٍ كَتَبَ الله لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ حَسَنَةً وَمَحَا عَنْهُ سَيِّئَةً وَرَفَعَ لَهُ دَرَجَةً وَمَنْ تَعَلَّمَ مِنْهُ حَرْفاً ظَاهِراً كَتَبَ الله لَهُ عَشْرَ حَسَنَاتٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ عَشْرَ سَيِّئَاتٍ وَرَفَعَ لَهُ عَشْرَ دَرَجَاتٍ قَالَ لا أَقُولُ بِكُلِّ آيَةٍ وَلَكِنْ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ بَاءٍ أَوْ تَاءٍ أَوْ شِبْهِهِمَا قَالَ وَمَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفاً ظَاهِراً وَهُوَ جَالِسٌ فِي صَلاتِهِ كَتَبَ الله لَهُ بِهِ خَمْسِينَ حَسَنَةً وَمَحَا عَنْهُ خَمْسِينَ سَيِّئَةً وَرَفَعَ لَهُ خَمْسِينَ دَرَجَةً وَمَنْ قَرَأَ حَرْفاً وَهُوَ قَائِمٌ فِي صَلاتِهِ كَتَبَ الله لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ مِائَةَ حَسَنَةٍ وَمَحَا عَنْهُ مِائَةَ سَيِّئَةٍ وَرَفَعَ لَهُ مِائَةَ دَرَجَةٍ وَمَنْ خَتَمَهُ كَانَتْ لَهُ دَعْوَةٌ مُسْتَجَابَةٌ مُؤَخَّرَةً أَوْ مُعَجَّلَةً قَالَ قُلْتُ جُعِلْتُ فِدَاكَ خَتَمَهُ كُلَّهُ قَالَ خَتَمَهُ كُلَّهُ.
6. Abu Ali al-Ash’ari has narrated from Muhammad ibn ‘Abd al-Jabbar and Muhammad ibn Yahya from Ahmad ibn Muhammad all from Ali ibn Hadid from Mansur from Muhammad ibn Bashir - who has narrated such Hadith from abu ‘Abd Allah   also from Ali ibn al- Husayn   who has said the following: “If one listens to the reading of one letter from the book of Allah, the Most Majestic, the Most Holy, without reading, Allah writes for him the reward for one good deed, deletes one of his evil deeds and raises for him one degree. If one reads looking but without audible voice Allah writes for him the reward for one good deed for each letter, deletes one of his evil deeds and raises him one degree. If one leams one clear letter Allah writes for him the reward for ten good deeds, deletes his ten evil deeds and raises him ten degrees. The Imam said, ‘I do not say, ‘for every verse.’ I say for every letter. ‘B’, ‘T’ and so forth are letters.’ The Imam said, ‘If one reads one clear letter in prayer in a sitting position Allah writes for him the reward for fifty good deeds, deletes fifty of his evil deeds and raises for him fifty degrees. If one reads one letter in prayer standing, Allah, for each letter, writes for him the reward for one hundred good deeds, deletes one hundred of his evil deeds and raises him one hundred degrees. If one completes reading the Holy Quran, for him there is an accepted prayer, sooner or later.’ “I (the narrator) then said to the Imam, ‘May Allah keep my soul in service for your cause, is it completing the whole of it’? The Imam said, ‘Yes, it is completing the whole of the Holy Quran.’” 