Is it true that whoever memorizes the entire Qur'an is protected by Allah from the Fire?
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The questioner : Your Eminence, is it true that whoever memorizes the entire Qur'an is protected by Allah from the Fire?
The Shaykh : I do not know of this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Whoever memorizes the entire Qur'an or part of it, the Qur'an is either a proof for him or a proof against him. Not everyone who memorizes the Qur'an has the Qur'an as a proof for him, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:Sunan an-Nasa'i 2437Sahih (Darussalam) If a person acts upon it, believing in its reports and complying with its rulings, the Qur'an becomes a proof for him. If he turns away and rejects it, the Qur'an becomes a proof against him. Allah the Exalted said: [Taha 20:123-127] Nevertheless, I urge my Muslim brothers, both men and women, to memorize the Book of Allah, for the Book of Allah (Blessed and Exalted is He) is a treasure and a gain. When a person memorizes it, he is able to read it at all times and in all places, except in the times and places where reading is prohibited. He can read it while lying on his bed, while traveling in the market to the mosque, or to the school, or to the circles of dhikr, or to buying and selling. Moreover, the Noble Qur'an is not like other things; in every letter of the Noble Qur'an there is a good deed, and a good deed is multiplied tenfold up to seven hundredfold, or even more. Furthermore, the more a person reflects upon the Noble Qur'an, the more he loves Allah the Exalted and magnifies Him, and the Qur'an becomes like an innate part of him; he rejoices in reciting it and grieves at its loss.
So my advice to my Muslim brothers in general is to strive to memorize the Qur'an, especially the young ones among them, because memorizing it as a child has two benefits. The first benefit is that a child memorizes faster than an adult, and the second is that a child forgets more slowly than an adult. These are the two benefits, the first and the second.
We ask Allah to make us among those who recite the Book of Allah with true recitation.
The questioner : O Allah, amen.
The Shaykh : I do not know of this from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). Whoever memorizes the entire Qur'an or part of it, the Qur'an is either a proof for him or a proof against him. Not everyone who memorizes the Qur'an has the Qur'an as a proof for him, because the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) said:
the Qur'an is proof, either for you or against you
القرءان حجّة لك أو عليكAnd if there should come to you guidance from Me - then whoever follows My guidance will neither go astray [in the world] nor suffer [in the Hereafter]. (124) And whoever turns away from My remembrance - indeed, he will have a depressed life, and We will gather him on the Day of Resurrection blind." (125) He will say, "My Lord, why have you raised me blind while I was [once] seeing?" (126) [Allah] will say, "Thus did Our signs come to you, and you forgot them; and thus will you this Day be forgotten." (127) And thus do We recompense he who transgressed and did not believe in the signs of his Lord. And the punishment of the Hereafter is more severe and more enduring.
فَإِمَّا يَأْتِيَنَّكُمْ مِنِّي هُدًى فَمَنِ اتَّبَعَ هُدَايَ فَلا يَضِلُّ وَلا يَشْقَى * وَمَنْ أَعْرَضَ عَنْ ذِكْرِي فإن لَهُ مَعِيشَةً ضَنكًا وَنَحْشُرُهُ يَوْمَ الْقِيَامَةِ أَعْمَى * قال رَبِّ لِمَ حَشَرْتَنِي أَعْمَى وَقَدْ كُنتُ بَصِيرًا * قال كَذَلِكَ أَتَتْكَ ءايَاتُنَا فَنَسِيتَهَا وَكَذَلِكَ الْيَوْمَ تُنسَى * وَكَذَلِكَ نَجْزِي مَنْ أَسْرَفَ وَلَمْ يُؤْمِنْ بِأيَاتِ رَبِّهِ وَلَعَذَابُ الأخِرَةِ أَشَدُّ وَأَبْقَىSo my advice to my Muslim brothers in general is to strive to memorize the Qur'an, especially the young ones among them, because memorizing it as a child has two benefits. The first benefit is that a child memorizes faster than an adult, and the second is that a child forgets more slowly than an adult. These are the two benefits, the first and the second.
We ask Allah to make us among those who recite the Book of Allah with true recitation.
The questioner : O Allah, amen.