Examination of a Hadith on the Reward for Reciting the Qur’an

Question

Question: Please state whether the following report is authentic or not. Hazrat ‘Ali ﵁ said: “Whoever recites the Noble Qur’an standing in prayer will have, for every letter, the reward of a hundred good deeds; whoever recites it sitting will have, for every letter, the reward of fifty good deeds; and whoever, while not in prayer, recites it in a state of wudu will have the reward of twenty-five good deeds. It is best to recite mostly at night, for at that time the heart is more attentive.”

Answer

I have not come across the report cited in the question, with these details, transmitted from Hazrat ‘Ali ﵁, anywhere. However, from Hazrat Anas ﵁, citing al-Daylami, in “Kanz al-‘Ummal”, p. 135, some parts of it are found, in the following words: [ar]مَنْ قَرَأَ الْقُرْآنَ فِي صَلَاةٍ قَائِمًا كَانَ لَهُ بِكُلِّ حَرْفٍ مِائَةُ حَسَنَةٍ، وَمَنْ قَرَأَهُ قَاعِدًا كَانَ لَهُ…

Source: Fatawa Mahmudiyya

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