this type in the chapter on listening. Abū al-Qāsim also mentioned this type in the chapter on listening and cited reports concerning it. He said: “I heard Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Muhammad al-Tamīmī say: ‘I heard ʿAbd Allāh ibn al-Sūfī say: I heard al-Raqqī say: I heard Ibn al-Jallāʾ say:

There were two shaykhs in the Maghrib who had companions and disciples. One was called Jabala and the other Ruzayq. One day, Ruzayq visited Jabala, and a man from among Ruzayq’s companions recited a passage. A man from among Jabala’s companions cried out and died. The following morning, Jabala said to Ruzayq, “Where is the man who recited yesterday? Let him recite a verse.” He recited, and Jabala cried out, whereupon the reciter died. Jabala then said, “One for one; the one who started it bears the greater blame.”’”

This, then, concerns listening to the Quran. As for dying as a result of listening, that is another issue, which we shall discuss in its proper place, Allah willing.

Abū al-Qāsim said: “Ibrāhīm al-Māristānī was asked about movement while listening. He replied: ‘I have been told that Moses, peace be upon him, related stories among the Children of Israel, and one man tore