A woman who forgets every surah she memorizes from the Qur'an: what is the advice?
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Question:
Her message contains more than one issue. We addressed some of them in a previous episode. In this episode, she says regarding one of her issues: "I want to memorize the Qur'an, and I wish for that more than anything, but every time I memorize a surah, I forget it. Allah knows that I repeat it and recite it over and over, but my heart is elsewhere, and I forget it. The same is true in my studies; I forget everything after memorizing it, within two hours of my life. I ask you, Honorable Shaykh, to guide me on what I should do so that this forgetfulness leaves me and I am able to memorize the Noble Qur'an. May Allah reward you with good."
Answer:
Memorizing the Noble Qur'an is a great virtue and a noble matter. What you should do regarding this issue is: do not lose hope, O Allah, O Allah, from memorizing the Noble Qur'an or memorizing something of it, because it is not obligatory for you to memorize the entire Qur'an. Rather, you must memorize whatever is easy for you. If you are able to memorize it all, that is better, without a doubt. But you must have determination and patience, study the Qur'an, and repeat the Qur'an until it becomes fixed in your memory, especially during times when distractions are absent, such as the end of the night after the Fajr prayer, and during times of rest. Try and repeat reciting the Qur'an until it becomes fixed in your memory, if Allah wills. If you cannot memorize it all, memorize whatever is easy for you. Reciting the Qur'an has a great reward, and this is not limited to reciting it from memory; reciting it from the mushaf is also included. So whatever you have not memorized, read it from the mushaf, but in that there is reward, if Allah wills.
Her message contains more than one issue. We addressed some of them in a previous episode. In this episode, she says regarding one of her issues: "I want to memorize the Qur'an, and I wish for that more than anything, but every time I memorize a surah, I forget it. Allah knows that I repeat it and recite it over and over, but my heart is elsewhere, and I forget it. The same is true in my studies; I forget everything after memorizing it, within two hours of my life. I ask you, Honorable Shaykh, to guide me on what I should do so that this forgetfulness leaves me and I am able to memorize the Noble Qur'an. May Allah reward you with good."
Answer:
Memorizing the Noble Qur'an is a great virtue and a noble matter. What you should do regarding this issue is: do not lose hope, O Allah, O Allah, from memorizing the Noble Qur'an or memorizing something of it, because it is not obligatory for you to memorize the entire Qur'an. Rather, you must memorize whatever is easy for you. If you are able to memorize it all, that is better, without a doubt. But you must have determination and patience, study the Qur'an, and repeat the Qur'an until it becomes fixed in your memory, especially during times when distractions are absent, such as the end of the night after the Fajr prayer, and during times of rest. Try and repeat reciting the Qur'an until it becomes fixed in your memory, if Allah wills. If you cannot memorize it all, memorize whatever is easy for you. Reciting the Qur'an has a great reward, and this is not limited to reciting it from memory; reciting it from the mushaf is also included. So whatever you have not memorized, read it from the mushaf, but in that there is reward, if Allah wills.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، امرأة كلما حفظت سورة من القرآن نسيتها، فما النصيحة؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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