Imam-i Birgivi (rahmatullahi ’aleyh) says in his
book Atfal-ul muslimin:
A tradition (conveyed by savants) declares, “The
number of the grades in Paradise is the same as the number of the
ayats (verses) in Qur’an al-kerim. A person who does a khatm of
Qur’an al-kerim will attain to all those grades.” A hadith-i
sharif [1], which exists in Kunuz-ud deqaiq and
which is transmitted by Tabarani and Ibn Hibban, declares, “The
prayer of a person who does a khatm of Qur’an al-kerim is acceptable.”
It is written in Kitab-ut tibyan, “Rahma (Allah’s mercy and
compassion) rains on a place where the khatm of Qur’an al-kerim is
performed. It is mustahab [2] to say prayers after a
khatm. It is mustahab to assemble when doing khatm of Qur’an
al-kerim. Hadrat [3] Abdullah ibn Abbas would have
one of his men keep company with the person doing a khatm. And he
himself would join them when the khatm was finished. Hadrat Anas bin
Malik would gather his household together and pray whenever he did a
khatm.
It is mustahab to begin another khatm when one
khatm is over. A hadith-i sharif declares, “The best of worships
is to begin a new khatm when one khatm is over.” Hadiths, which
exist in Hazinat-ul esrar, declare, “Sixty thousand angels pray
for a person who does a khatm of Qur’an al-kerim,” and, “A
person who attends a place where they are doing the prayer of khatm is
like a person who is present while the ghanima is being divided and
distributed. A person who is present at the place where they begin a
khatm is like one who makes jihad. A person who attends both attains
the thawabs (rewards) for both and thus thwarts the Shaytan.”
Sa'd bin Ebi Waqqas 'radiy-Allahu ta'ala 'anh'
said, “If a person reads (a passage from Qur’an al-kerim) for a
khatm during the day, angels pray for him till evening. If he does so
at night, they pray for him till morning.”
GLOSSARY:
[1]
hadith (sharif): a saying of the Prophet (‘alaihi ‘s-salam).
[2]
mustahab: (act, thing) deserving thawab if done but no sin if omitted,
nor disbelief if disliked.
[3]
Hadrat: title of respect used before the names of great people like
and Islamic scholars
