A person who memorized the Qur'an and, upon reciting it, found that he had forgotten some of what he had memorized: does he receive the reward of one who memorized the Qur'an?
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Question:
I began memorizing the Qur'an two years ago, and now I have completed its memorization, praise be to Allah. When I went back to recite it again, I had forgotten some of what I had memorized, even though I did not move on from a surah until I had memorized it. Do I have a reward for memorizing the Qur'an? And when I was memorizing the Qur'an, I would rush during recitation and not attend to some of the rules of tajwid. Will that be rectified?
Answer:
Memorizing the Qur'an is a great blessing and a great act of worship. It is obligatory for the Muslim who has memorized the Qur'an to thank Allah for this blessing. As for the questioner saying that she forgot some of the surahs, this is something that befalls people; it has not been spared from any human being. However, she can resume memorizing these surahs or the amount she has forgotten and complete her memorization of the Qur'an. She will receive a great reward, if Allah wills, according to her intention and her sincerity to Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Regarding her leaving some of the rules of tajwid when she was reciting: the rules of tajwid are not obligatory; rather, they are a completion and embellishment of the recitation. What is obligatory is reading the Qur'an in the correct manner such that there is no mispronunciation that distorts the meaning, by reading it correctly by raising what deserves to be raised, accusative what deserves to be accusative, and genitive what deserves to be genitive, according to the rules of the Arabic language. This is what is obligatory.
As for tajwid, it is a matter of completion. If it is done, it completes and embellishes the recitation; if it is not done, it is not required. What is required is protecting the recitation from linguistic error, such as making an accusative word nominative or a nominative word accusative, or anything else that distorts the meaning. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
I began memorizing the Qur'an two years ago, and now I have completed its memorization, praise be to Allah. When I went back to recite it again, I had forgotten some of what I had memorized, even though I did not move on from a surah until I had memorized it. Do I have a reward for memorizing the Qur'an? And when I was memorizing the Qur'an, I would rush during recitation and not attend to some of the rules of tajwid. Will that be rectified?
Answer:
Memorizing the Qur'an is a great blessing and a great act of worship. It is obligatory for the Muslim who has memorized the Qur'an to thank Allah for this blessing. As for the questioner saying that she forgot some of the surahs, this is something that befalls people; it has not been spared from any human being. However, she can resume memorizing these surahs or the amount she has forgotten and complete her memorization of the Qur'an. She will receive a great reward, if Allah wills, according to her intention and her sincerity to Allah (Mighty and Majestic).
Regarding her leaving some of the rules of tajwid when she was reciting: the rules of tajwid are not obligatory; rather, they are a completion and embellishment of the recitation. What is obligatory is reading the Qur'an in the correct manner such that there is no mispronunciation that distorts the meaning, by reading it correctly by raising what deserves to be raised, accusative what deserves to be accusative, and genitive what deserves to be genitive, according to the rules of the Arabic language. This is what is obligatory.
As for tajwid, it is a matter of completion. If it is done, it completes and embellishes the recitation; if it is not done, it is not required. What is required is protecting the recitation from linguistic error, such as making an accusative word nominative or a nominative word accusative, or anything else that distorts the meaning. Yes. May Allah reward you with good.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، شخص حفظ القرآن وعند تسميعه وجد أنه قد نسي بعض ما حفظ فهل يأخذ أجر من حفظ القرآن؟ الشيخ صالح الفوزان — youtube.com
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