peace and blessings of Allah be upon him: Whoever recites fifty verses in a night, a qintar of reward will be for him, and a qintar is like a great mountain.

The second aspect:

3254 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Bakr b. 'Ayyash reported to us, Abu Husayn reported to us, from Salim, from Mu'adh, he said: A qintar is one thousand two hundred ounces. Abu Muhammad said: Something similar to this has been narrated from Abu al-Darda' and Abu Hurayrah.

The third aspect:

3255 - My father narrated to us, Muslim b. Ibrahim reported to us, al-'Ala' b. Khalid b. Wardan reported to us, Yazid al-Raqashi reported to us, from Anas, he said: The Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, said: A qintar is one thousand dinars.

The fourth aspect:

3256 - Ahmad b. 'Abd al-Rahim al-Barqi narrated to us, 'Amr b. Abi Salamah reported to us, Zuhayr b. Muhammad reported to us, Humayd al-Tawil reported to us, and another man whom he named, from Anas, from the Messenger of Allah, peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, that he said regarding His saying: "A qintar," meaning: One thousand dinars.

The fifth aspect:

3257 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Musaddad reported to us, Yahya b. Sa'id reported to us, from al-Taymi, from Qatadah, from Sa'id b. al-Musayyib, he said: A qintar is eighty thousand.

The sixth aspect:

3258 - al-Ashajj narrated to us, Waki' reported to us, from Sufyan, from Isma'il b. Abi Khalid, from Abu Salih, he said: A qintar is one hundred ratl.

Abu Muhammad said: Something similar to this has been narrated from al-Suddi.

The seventh aspect:

3259 - My father narrated to us, 'Arim reported to us, from Hammad, from Sa'id al-Jurashi (1), from Abu Nadrah, from Abu Sa'id al-Khudri, he said: A qintar is the amount that fills a bull's hide with gold. Abu Muhammad said: Muhammad b. Musa al-Harashi narrated it from Hammad b. Zayd in a marfu' (elevated) form, and the mawquf (stopped) form is more correct.

The eighth aspect:

3260 - Abu Sa'id al-Ashajj narrated to us, Abu Mu'awiyah reported to us, from Juwaybir, from al-Dahhak, regarding His saying: "A qintar," he said: Among the Arabs are those who say a qintar is one thousand dinars, and among them are those who say it is twelve thousand.

Abu Muhammad said: It has been narrated from al-Hasan that he said: Twelve thousand.

The ninth aspect:

3261 - Abu 'Abd Allah al-Tahrani narrated to us, 'Abd al-Razzaq reported to us, 'Umar b. Hawshab informed us, from 'Ata' al-Khurasani, that Ibn 'Umar was asked: What is the qintar? He said: Seventy thousand.

3262 - Hajjaj b. Hamzah narrated to us, Warqa' reported to us, from Ibn Abi Najih, from Mujahid, regarding His saying: "The hoarded heaps (of gold and silver)," the qintar is seventy thousand. Abu Muhammad said: Something similar to this has been narrated from Tawus.

The tenth aspect:

3263 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, Musaddad reported to us, Yazid b. Zuray' reported to us, from Yunus, from al-Hasan, regarding this verse: A qintar is one thousand two hundred dinars.

The eleventh aspect:

3264 - My father narrated to us, al-Husayn b. 'Isa b. Maysarah reported to us, Zafir, meaning: Ibn Sulayman, reported to us, Habban reported to us, from Sa'id b. Tarif, from Abu Ja'far, he said: A qintar is fifteen thousand mithqal, and the mithqal is twenty-four qirats, the smallest of which is like Uhud, and the largest of which is what is between the heaven and the earth.

His saying, the Exalted: "Hoarded (muqantara)"

3265 - Abu Zur'ah narrated to us, 'Amr b. Hammad reported to us, Asbat reported to us, from al-Suddi, regarding His saying: "The hoarded heaps," he says: It is minted until it becomes dinars and dirhams.