The Ruling on Memorizing the Qur'an and Moving On to Memorizing Hadiths and Texts
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Question:
He says: If a person tries to memorize the Qur'an but cannot finish it or secure what he has memorized, should he move on to memorizing hadiths and texts?
Answer:
Memorizing the Qur'an is not obligatory except for the amount with which you pray, the obligatory prayers. It is obligatory for you to learn Surat al-Fatihah and whatever is easy of the Qur'an from the short surahs; you memorize these. As for memorizing the entire Qur'an, that is recommended and not obligatory. If it is difficult for you, Allah does not burden you with what you cannot do. And if you memorize the hadiths, that is also good. It is all good, whether you memorize the verses or the hadiths, but memorizing the Qur'an is undoubtedly better if it is facilitated.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
He says: If a person tries to memorize the Qur'an but cannot finish it or secure what he has memorized, should he move on to memorizing hadiths and texts?
Answer:
Memorizing the Qur'an is not obligatory except for the amount with which you pray, the obligatory prayers. It is obligatory for you to learn Surat al-Fatihah and whatever is easy of the Qur'an from the short surahs; you memorize these. As for memorizing the entire Qur'an, that is recommended and not obligatory. If it is difficult for you, Allah does not burden you with what you cannot do. And if you memorize the hadiths, that is also good. It is all good, whether you memorize the verses or the hadiths, but memorizing the Qur'an is undoubtedly better if it is facilitated.
The presenter:
May Allah reward you,
Source
لقاء مفتوح [الزلفي] — alfawzan.live (1:10:36)
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