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!
Tag: quraan
In prayer and supplication until the morning
Every day, my father would read a seventh [of the Qur.aan], and he would take a very light sleep after 'Ishaa. He would then [awake and] stand [the night] in prayer and supplicate until the morning.
Divide the night into thirds
Abu Bakr al-Anbaaree said that al-Imaam, al-Haafith Abu 'Ubayd would divide the night into thirds; so he would pray a third of it, and sleep a third of it, and author books [during] a third of it.
Then he is not one who remembers Allaah
Indeed [true] fear is to fear Allaah until your fear [of Him] lies between you and your sins; that [there] is what fear is. And [true] remembrance is obedience to Allaah.
Upon completing reading the entire Qur.aan
Upon completing reading the [entire] Qur.aan, 'Abdullaah ibn al-Mubaarak would [then] like supplicating whilst in prostration.
Making the most of Ramadhaan
Qataadah would complete [reading] the Qur.aan every seven days. And when Ramadhaan arrived, he would complete [reading the Qur.aan] every three days.
Increase your focus on the Qur.aan in Ramadhaan
al-Aswad ibn Yazeed would complete [reading] the Qur.aan every two days during Ramadhaan, and he would sleep between maghrib and 'ishaa.
Maintaining a disciplined approach to reading the Qur.aan
My grandfather, 'Abdullaah ibn Muhayreez, would complete [reading the] Qur.aan every Jumu'ah; and [every night] we would prepare his bedding, and perhaps he did not sleep upon it.
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.