Lower your voice when walking in a funeral procession...

Lower your voice when walking in a funeral procession, in combat, and when hearing the recitation of the Qur’an.”116 Abdullah ibn Sina>n has narrated from Imam Sadiq who has narrated from the Prophet, who said, “Read the holy Qur’an in Arabic cadence and voice, and never recite it in the cadence of the sinful and people committing major sins; for after me will come people who reverberate their tune when reciting the Qur’an as in singing, and as in the hymns of monks, going no further than their throats; their hearts are perverted and so too are the hearts of those who are impressed by their state.”117 Ali ibn Muhammad al-Nawfali narrates from Imam Mossa al- Ka>dim, who said, “When ‘voice’ were mentioned before him, upon this he said, “when one passed by when Ali ibn al-Husayn 114 ibid, p209 115 ibid, p209 116 ibid, p210 117 ibid, p210 [Zayn al-Abidin] was reciting the Qur’an, the person would be enchanted by the Imam’s beautiful recitation.”118 Abdullah ibn Sina>n has narrated from the holy Prophet who said, “For everything there is an ornament and the ornament of the Qur’an is fine reciting.”119 Imam Ali Rid}a>, said, “The holy Prophet said, “beautify the Qur’an with your voice, for a nice voice gives beauty to the Qur’an.”120 The Etiquettes of reciting and listening to the Qur’an It is narrated from Ja>bir who said, “I asked Imam Baqir about a people who on hearing some of the Qur’an or anything about it faint to an extent that even if the hands or legs of one of them were amputated they would not notice.”