Sayyidina Uthman ibn Affan (RA) reported that Allah’s Messenger (SAW) said, “The best of you is he who learns the Qur’an and teaches it.” Abu Abdur Rahman said, “This is what made me sit on this, my seat.” He began to learn the Qur’an during the times of Uthman till the times of Hajjaj ibn Yusuf.
[Ahmed 412,Bukhari 5027,Abu Dawud 1452, Ibn e Majah 212]