Which is better in Ramadan: reciting the Qur'an or memorizing it?
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Question:
Honorable Shaykh, what is better in the month of Ramadan: reciting the Qur'an only, or memorizing it, or both together?
Answer:
All of it is memorization from recitation. Whether he memorizes this from the recitation, or he reads without memorizing, this is from the recitation. The important thing is that he reads the Qur'an. But going through the entire Qur'an from beginning to end is better than staying at the beginning memorizing and not completing a recitation. Yes. What is suitable is that he sets aside time for memorization and time for recitation. Yes.
Honorable Shaykh, what is better in the month of Ramadan: reciting the Qur'an only, or memorizing it, or both together?
Answer:
All of it is memorization from recitation. Whether he memorizes this from the recitation, or he reads without memorizing, this is from the recitation. The important thing is that he reads the Qur'an. But going through the entire Qur'an from beginning to end is better than staying at the beginning memorizing and not completing a recitation. Yes. What is suitable is that he sets aside time for memorization and time for recitation. Yes.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، محاضرات في العقيدة والدعوة-17-الصيام أحكامه وفضائله|صالح الفوزان|العام|كبار العلماء — youtube.com (1:14:07)
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