Traveler With the Quran: Teaching

In this episode, Sheikh Fahad travels to Morocco and meets Al Habib Al Momo, a brother with special needs, who despite that mashaaAllah, started memorizing at age 21 and finished at 27, and when tested, made no mistakes, despite having difficulty speaking subhanallah. In Egypt, Sheikh Fahad meets with Diyaa Suleiman Sayyid Suleiman, an advanced level student of the Qiraat Institute of Banha. He started memorizing at age 9 and finished at age 11. He is able to recite at the prompt of random surah and ayat number and the mutashaabihaat ayaat are also an easy thing fr him.

Points of Benefit:

Many may wonder how long it would take them to finish memorizing the whole Quran
Quick calculation ; the Quran has 30 juzz, 1 juz has 20 pages
If your target is to finish in 1 year, you need to memorize 2 pages daily : 10 months for memorization and 2 months for revision
If your target is to finish in 3 years, you need to memorize 1 page daily ; 2.5 years for memorization and 5-6 months for revision
For those who can’t, you can shoot for 5 years; you will need to memorize a 1/4 of a hizb [2-2.5 pages a week, and this is equivalent to less than half a page a day]
Brother Al Habib Al Momo is a sign, a reminder for us, to pay more attention to this Quran, teach our children the Quran
Morocco is proud of him, we Muslims are proud to have such an example among us
The prophet saw learned the Quran through Jibril, orally, and he (saw) taught it to the sahaabah orally, and so on
So for those who have decided to begin this beautiful journey, find a sheikh/teacher who is well versed in the recitation to teach and listen to you
Even if you’re an Arabic speaker, don’t be deluded and think you don’t need any assistance in reciting the Quran
The best Arabic speaker will need help memorizing the Quran, because this Quran is a special book whose recitation have special rules that need to be observed and practiced
Those who memorized only with the knowledge of Arabicm ay miss or not know certain tajweed rules
It’s important to learn from a qualified teacher so you can rest assured and feel that you memorized it the correct way inshaaAllah
May Allah make us memorize the Quran with perfection, Ameen!