Making the Quran a source of Livelihood

Jabir (Allah be pleased with him) reported Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be on him) as saying:

“Recite the Holy Quran to seek the pleasure of Allah before a people will come into existence who will observe formalities in the recitation of Quran, make haste and do not recite properly with a pause.” [Abu Dawud transmitted it.]

A similar tradition is reported on the authority Sahl bin Sa’d in Sunan of Abu Dawud. He (Sahl Sa’d) said:

Once ‘Imran (Allah be pleased with him) happened to pass by a preacher who recited the Holy Quran and then begged of the people. ‘Imran (Allah be pleased with him) grieved to see this painful sight and recited “Inna Lillahi wa inna ilayhi Raji’un” (To Allah we belong, and to Him is our return) and then told that he had heard Allah’s Messenger (peace and blessings of Allah be upon him) as saying,

“When anyone recite the Holy Quran let him ask a reward for it from Allah, for shortly a people will arise who will recite the Quran and ask a reward for it from men.” [Ahmad and Tirmidhi transmitted it.]