What is better for one who has reached the age of thirty: memorizing the Qur'an or being content with reading it?
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Which is better: Is it better to read the Qur'an or memorize it for one who has reached the age of thirty or more?
Memorizing the Qur'an, is it possible to memorize the Qur'an without reading it?The questioner: No, I mean, O Shaykh, recitation.
The Shaykh: Or without recitation, is that possible?The questioner: No.
For example, a person worships by reading three parts of the Qur'an in a day.
The Shaykh: No.
Memorization is better; because through memorization, he achieves both recitation and memorization.
The questioner: Even if he has reached this age?The Shaykh: Even if he has reached it; because people differ, some people, even if they reach the age of thirty, have motivation, while others do not.
Memorizing the Qur'an, is it possible to memorize the Qur'an without reading it?The questioner: No, I mean, O Shaykh, recitation.
The Shaykh: Or without recitation, is that possible?The questioner: No.
For example, a person worships by reading three parts of the Qur'an in a day.
The Shaykh: No.
Memorization is better; because through memorization, he achieves both recitation and memorization.
The questioner: Even if he has reached this age?The Shaykh: Even if he has reached it; because people differ, some people, even if they reach the age of thirty, have motivation, while others do not.