What is the best solution for maintaining the memorization of the Noble Qur'an?
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The questioner : We are students of Qur'an memorization, and at the end of our studies, we graduate having memorized the Noble Qur'an, but we may have forgotten most of what we memorized. Are we sinful for that, and what is the best solution to preserve this great wealth?
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. The best solution is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided us to, where he said:Sahih Muslim 791 So the remedy is for a person to repeat it frequently and to focus on the parts he has forgotten by increasing the repetition. Do you understand? As for memorizing and then forgetting what came before, that is a mistake. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : You have passed your turn; you have forfeited your right.
The Shaykh : May Allah reward you. The best solution is what the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) guided us to, where he said:
Keep refreshing your knowledge of the Qur'an, for I swear by Him in Whose Hand is the life of Mahammad that it is more liable to escape than camels which are hobbled.
تعاهدوا هذا القرآن فوالذي نفسي بيده لهو أشد تفلتا من الإبل في عُقلهاThe questioner : May Allah reward you, O Shaykh. May Allah reward you.
The Shaykh : You have passed your turn; you have forfeited your right.