Dear Muslim Sister/Brother, this post will benefit you, instead of teaching your kids music, dance moves and how to watch TV...


Question:I have a sister who is five and half years old and I want to teach her to memorize Qur’aan. Where should I start with her, and how?.

Praise be to Allaah.


Raising children to follow Islam from an early age, teaching them to memorize the Book of Allaah and educating them is the Sunnah of the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and is regarded as a very important matter, especially in this day and age. But it is something that many people neglect with regard to their children and those under their care, and they get distracted by things that will be of no benefit to them in the Hereafter and may indeed harm them, and make them emotionally attached to those who do not even deserve to be mentioned, let alone taken as role models, such as actors, sports players and singers.

We appreciate our sister’s question and we ask Allaah to make her steadfast and to help her in this matter and others, and to decree reward for her on the Day of Judgement. What can be greater than meeting one's Lord with a record of good deeds which includes guiding others to do good or sharing in establishing good?

With regard to this little sister and teaching her to memorize Qur’aan, we advise our sister to do the following:

1- Start with that which is easiest to read and memorize, namely Soorat al-Faatihah, then with the last juz’, working from the end. Starting with something easy helps one to move on to more difficult material. Moreover she will have a real need for that when she starts to learn the prayer.

2- The amount to be memorized every day should be small, so that she will be able to memorize it and it will be easy for her to memorize what comes next. This amount will vary from one child to the next, depending on his or her intelligence and memory.

3- Review often so that what has been memorized will stick. Do not let any day go by without memorizing something new and reviewing the old.

4- Encourage her by giving her a prize every time she finishes a juz’ – for example – and memorizes it well.

5- Start to move from prompting her and having her repeat, which is usually the first stage in memorization, to teaching her how to read, so that it will be easy for her to read the Qur’aan by herself at times when her sister or teacher are not present.

6- Let her get used to reciting what she has memorized in her prayer, whether that is obligatory or naafil prayer, once she reaches an age where prayer is required of her and she can understand it.

7- Let her get used to listening to what she has memorized on tapes or on the computer, so that she can hear both a good pronunciation and good recitation, and she can review and consolidate what she has learned.

8- Choose a good time for memorization when there are few distractions – such as after Fajr or between Maghrib and ‘Isha’. Avoid times when she is hungry, tired or sleepy.

9- Praise her for what she has memorized in front of neighbours and relatives, so as to encourage her and encourage them to do the same thing; at the same time, pray for refuge for her with Allaah for fear of the evil eye and envy (hasad).

10-It is essential for her to have one style of Mus-haf with no changes, so that the layout of the verses will be imprinted in her memory.

11-You should encourage her to write out what she has memorized so that she may combine learning how to write with reinforcing what she has memorized.

And Allaah is the Source of strength.


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I'll try to put this into practice in-sha Allaah



May Allaah make it possible, Ameen.

Na person wey chop Belle full dey memorise.
My soul belongs to Jesus

MashaAllah

Ship your kid to Alfa olore, with serious beating him go learn fast.

By the way, i no be Muslim but salaam aleykum

Nice tips. May Allah make it easy for us.

I am astonished at your priorities- a mind is out there for enrichment and you wanna fill it with something that has never been mentioned without its controversies. The little mind might be destined for greatness but that depends on what is allowed to flourish within. Please teach that child Jolly Phonic sounds, word building , basic mathematical operations, computing skills , engage him in a sporting activity and see him liberate himself from all political and social entanglements , hence becoming your pride . I am not poor ; my father is very rich and his father was wealthy but I tell you , if I told you the lesson I got at age 5, you would, at first marvel, then you would be disturbed over what you were taught even at 25. Salah Mu' Alekun.

Why force the child to memorise? With time if the child wants to, it would be picked up......

Now that Nairaland succeeded in converting me to Islam.....

On Christian posts, no forceful conversion is granted o
... Diaris is Allah o.....

Don't damage the small child's brain with those incantations of yours.

Jazakumullahu khayran. Wonderful tip and I can add this .. The memorized verses can be repeated 50 times in a day

Jazakumullahu khayran. Wonderful tip and I can add this .. The memorized verses should be repeated 50 times in a day

why force a kid to memorize a foreign language when he can bearly fully understand her. mother's tongue or lingua franca

you are not even talking about her understanding it, it is all about cramming it. la cram la pour religion

W3xy1:
Na person wey chop Belle full dey memorise

No it's some who cares about being close to Allah S.W.T.
Oh Allah grant us the love of the Al-Quran

reesemachh:
Why are u forcing that child to learn things that won't help him/her in d end they will turn to terrorist and all other vices that comes with being a Muslim .......Islam has always been d problem of this world. Religion of Piss indeed

Exactly they will turn terrorists like below and become world problem

thespokenword:
I am astonished at your priorities- a mind is out there for enrichment and you wanna fill it with something that has never been mentioned without its controversies. The little mind might be destined for greatness but that depends on what is allowed to flourish within. Please teach that child Jolly Phonics, word building , basic mathematical operations and computing skills and see him liberate himself from all political and social entanglements , hence becoming your pride . I am not poor ; my father is very rich and his father was wealthy but I tell you , if I told you the lesson I got at age 5, you would, at first marvel, then you would be disturbed over what you were taught even at 25. Salah Mu' Alekun.

It doesn't take a second to recognize them. Meanwhile, while memorizing the Qur'an, he/she equally learns other things.

oluwaseyi000:
why force a kid to memorize a foreign language when he can bearly fully understand her. mother's tongue or lingua franca

you are not even talking about her understanding it, it is all about cramming it. la cram la pour religion

We forgot you wrote this with your mother's tongue. HYPOCRITE.

U mean how to brainwash a 5 yr old kid.

I mistakenly clicked on the islam acceptance button, please kindly remove me from this group cause from now to eternity Jesus Christ remains my One and only Lord and the King of kings.
He sacrificed is life for my sake and so i will never let go of him for he is the way the truth and life and no one gets to the father/God but only through Jesus Christ

It's a 1derful idea. May Allah reward ur efforts.