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Sources and names › Hadith › report: ali said he found it difficult to retain the quran and the prophet taught him to pray four rakahs on the night of friday and a dua so it would stick

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report: ali said he found it difficult to retain the quran and the prophet taught him to pray four rakahs on the night of friday and a dua so it would stick

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Cited in 2 segments across 1 recording · 2014 · hadith/hadith:fp:16ab3584

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18 Jan 2014video What is the dua for memorising the Quran and how do I perform it? On Thursday night, in the last part of the night, pray four units with al-Fatiha and a set surah in each, then say the dua the Prophet taught Ali asking that the Quran stick to the heart, for three, five or seven Fridays. The Quran may be held and read from during the prayer according to the majority. Lessonposition checkedAli ibn Abi Talibreport: ali said he found it difficult to retain the quran and the prophet taught him to pray four rakahs on the night of friday and a dua so it would stickduasalah machine5 min 21 s2:39on YouTube
18 Jan 2014video What practical techniques help me memorise the Quran? Understand the words and translation first, keep a fixed place and a time that suits you, familiarise yourself with each verse before a break, then memorise the verses cumulatively, practise them in salah and recall them at night before reading to your teacher. In the hadith, Ali went from struggling with four verses to recalling forty. Lessonposition checkedAli ibn Abi TalibIbn Abbasreport: ali said he found it difficult to retain the quran and the prophet taught him to pray four rakahs on the night of friday and a dua so it would sticksalah machine5 min 38 s8:00on YouTube