I want to memorize the Qur'an in a school dedicated to Qur'anic memorization, but my circumstances do not allow me to do so. I want you to tell me the correct method for memorizing it at home.
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The questioner : I want, O honorable Shaykh, to memorize the Qur'an in a school dedicated to Qur'anic memorization, but my circumstances do not allow me to do so. I want you, may Allah preserve you, to tell me the correct method for memorizing it at home. And if I memorize the Qur'an without tajwid or understanding its meanings, is there any problem with that?
The Shaykh : Yes. The way to do this is for a person to memorize five verses until he masters them, then five verses until he masters them, then five verses until he masters them. When he completes a full part (juz'), he goes back and reviews what he has memorized until he knows that he has not forgotten it. Then he proceeds with the second part as he did with the first part until he finishes the Qur'an. It is not required that he do so with tajwid, nor that he know its meaning. Tajwid is merely the improvement of the pronunciation and is not obligatory. As for the meaning, he can, after he completes the memorization and grows older, read from the reliable and trustworthy exegeses what will benefit him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This is a female questioner who used the initials R, A, D for her name from Riyadh. She says:
The Shaykh : Yes. The way to do this is for a person to memorize five verses until he masters them, then five verses until he masters them, then five verses until he masters them. When he completes a full part (juz'), he goes back and reviews what he has memorized until he knows that he has not forgotten it. Then he proceeds with the second part as he did with the first part until he finishes the Qur'an. It is not required that he do so with tajwid, nor that he know its meaning. Tajwid is merely the improvement of the pronunciation and is not obligatory. As for the meaning, he can, after he completes the memorization and grows older, read from the reliable and trustworthy exegeses what will benefit him. Yes.
The questioner : May Allah reward you. This is a female questioner who used the initials R, A, D for her name from Riyadh. She says: