I am not concerned if the book of Sufyaan was stolen from me, for indeed I have memorised it all.
Tag: memorise
Dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory
'Abdur-Rahmaan ibn Mahdee dictated 20,000 hadeeth to us from memory.
The very reason why they succeed
Very mistaken is he who thinks that encouraging children to memorise the Qur.aan preoccupies them or delays their achievement at school.
Importance of al-Imaam an-Nawawee's Forty Hadeeth
And here, I recall something novel which occurred...and that was about twenty years ago; [I held lessons where] I explained the Forty [Hadeeth of al-Imaam an-Nawawee] in one of the masaajid.
Even if he possessed the entire world
It is not befitting for the one who understands the Qur.aan and what it contains of halaal and haraam, and thereby acts accordingly, to [then] view anyone more wealthier than him - even if he...
Smart studying
…and smart study of a topic for an hour is more beneficial than to read and memorise for hours, rather days.
Protecting his photographic memory
Shaykh Ihsaan Ilaahee Zaheer رحمه الله informed me about our Shaykh, Muhammad al-Gondalwi رحمه الله that he would not read the newspapers or magazines - so as not to [inadvertantly] memorise them!
Just embraced Islaam, and time for prayer has arrived
A man embraced Islaam, and the time for prayer arrived - but he had not [yet] memorised any of the Qur.aan, and needed some time to do so.
He memorised an aayah a day
Yahya ibn Waththaab read the entire Qur.aan to 'Ubayd ibn Nudhaylah - a companion of 'Alqamah, and with him he memorised an aayah every day.
I read the Qur.aan to 'Umar
I read the Qur.aan to 'Umar [ibn al-Khattaab] رضي الله عنه three times.