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Memorisation and recitation

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Most recent statement · 2 Feb 2021Damascus, 1998: the two people who inspired Mufti Abu Layth to memorise the QuranOlder segments link here so no earlier explanation is read as the last word.

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Latest answer · 2 Feb 2021

2 Feb 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth LatestDamascus, 1998: the two people who inspired Mufti Abu Layth to memorise the Quran Mufti Abu Layth credits a scholar's Quran ijazah and a convert classmate who memorised on the bus with starting his own memorisation in Damascus. OtherMufti Abdur-Rahman ibn Yusuf Mangeraijazah (authorisation to teach, with a chain)hifz (memorisation of the Quran) machine10 min1:07:17on YouTube

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2021 · 1

12 Jan 2021Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Chat round: Trump's Twitter ban, Surah Ya Sin in the morning, and banter Light chat: he is unsure how he feels about Trump's Twitter ban and says reciting Ya Sin each morning is not a sunnah. OtherTwitterDonald TrumpSurah Ya Sin machine4 min 21 s25:46on YouTube

2020 · 2

27 Oct 2020Monday Nights with Mufti Abu Layth Can I recite the Quran in the shower? Mufti Abu Layth says deliberately reciting the Quran in the shower is bad etiquette, though a verse slipping out by habit is fine. Question from live chatposition checkedadab machine1 min 06 s2:49:56on YouTube
19 Jun 2020MindTrap with Mufti Abu Layth Does a reciter's chain of teachers back to the Prophet prove the Quran's text? A single chain of huffaz only testifies who taught whom and does not authenticate the text on its own; preservation rests on the vast number of people transmitting the same thing, of which one chain is a drop in the ocean. Question from live chatquoted view, not his positionguest speechDr Shehzad Saleem (guest)sanad (chain of transmission)ijazah (authorisation to teach)huffaz (memorisers of the Quran) machine1 min 06 s1:36:25on YouTube

2018 · 1

31 Aug 2018From the Mind of a Mufti An imam faking his tarawih recitation: a memory from Mufti Abu Layth's hifz days A personal story: as a teenager memorising the Quran, Mufti Abu Layth caught a village imam faking his tarawih recitation and told him privately that misleading people with the Quran was wrong. Otherhifztarawihjuz'Wahhabi machine13 min 18 s0:00on YouTube

2014 · 3

18 Jan 2014video How do I start memorising the Quran? Memorising the Quran is among the greatest things a Muslim can do, and knowing Arabic helps immensely. What matters most is routine, and the lesson will cover tips, a dua and how to apply it. Lessonposition checkedAli ibn Abi Talib machine2 min 35 s1:21on YouTube
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