What is the best method for memorizing the Qur'an? And is it permissible to read a specific portion for the sake of memorizing it and leave the rest of the Qur'an?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, what is the best method you see for memorizing the Noble Qur'an? And is it permissible for me to read a specific portion, such as the twenty-sixth part, so that I can memorize that and leave the rest of the Qur'an? Please advise us, may Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : The best method for memorizing the Noble Qur'an is to memorize it while you are young, because it is easier for a young person to memorize and he does not forget it later. There are two benefits to memorizing the Qur'an in youth: the first benefit is the ease of memorization, and the second benefit is that what is memorized becomes firmly established in the heart such that he does not forget it.
This is with regard to the time.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That is the age at which one should memorize the Qur'an.
As for the time, the best is at the beginning of the day, when you have prayed Fajr, that you read the Qur'an to memorize it.
As for the method of memorization, people differ. Some people read, for example, five lines and memorize them, then repeat them again and again until they become firmly established in their heart, then they move on to another five lines, and so on, so that whenever they finish five lines, they have memorized what follows them.
And some people read a full page and repeat it, then memorize it. And some people take more than this. The important thing is that this, I mean the method of memorization, depends on the individual, and he knows from himself what is easier for him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. He has a final question...
The Shaykh : In it, he says: And is it permissible for me to limit myself to memorizing a specific part in the middle of the Qur'an? We say, yes, that is permissible and there is no blame on him, but strive to start from the beginning of the Qur'an until you complete it. Yes.
The questioner : The listener, M. S. al-Harbi, from al-Qassim, 'Aqilat al-Suqur, says: Your Eminence,
The Shaykh : The best method for memorizing the Noble Qur'an is to memorize it while you are young, because it is easier for a young person to memorize and he does not forget it later. There are two benefits to memorizing the Qur'an in youth: the first benefit is the ease of memorization, and the second benefit is that what is memorized becomes firmly established in the heart such that he does not forget it.
This is with regard to the time.
The questioner : Yes.
The Shaykh : That is the age at which one should memorize the Qur'an.
As for the time, the best is at the beginning of the day, when you have prayed Fajr, that you read the Qur'an to memorize it.
As for the method of memorization, people differ. Some people read, for example, five lines and memorize them, then repeat them again and again until they become firmly established in their heart, then they move on to another five lines, and so on, so that whenever they finish five lines, they have memorized what follows them.
And some people read a full page and repeat it, then memorize it. And some people take more than this. The important thing is that this, I mean the method of memorization, depends on the individual, and he knows from himself what is easier for him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah bless you. He has a final question...
The Shaykh : In it, he says: And is it permissible for me to limit myself to memorizing a specific part in the middle of the Qur'an? We say, yes, that is permissible and there is no blame on him, but strive to start from the beginning of the Qur'an until you complete it. Yes.
The questioner : The listener, M. S. al-Harbi, from al-Qassim, 'Aqilat al-Suqur, says: Your Eminence,