Memorizing Quraan for Wives and Mothers
Many of us would love to memorize the Book of Allaah. After
conquering our own self-doubt, we ask ourselves, “Where is the
time?” “How can I successfully and accurately memorize the
Qur’aan, maintain it, and apply it in my life?” Fear not, you are
not the first wife or Mother to embark on the path of memorizing
Qur’aan. Many women before you have done it with a husband
and children. This book is an attempt to show you how to
organize your time in a way that gives Allaah, your studies, and
your family their rights.
One day, an American student and I were sitting in front of
Shaykhah Umm Ahmad (Abdul Adheem Bin Badawi’s wife)
from Ash-Sheen, Egypt. We wanted to know how best to
utilize our time. How could we balance between our roles as
mothers, wives and students? Umm Ahmad is known to have
finished memorizing the Qur’aan in approximately 2 months.
So, she began to give us an example from her life. She said, “I
would wake up a little before Fajr and start cooking the
Sheikh’s meals for the day. Everything I could think of that he
might need in the course of the day, I prepared. While the food
was cooking, I would pray Tahajjud and also memorize some
verses from the Qur’aan. Then, I would gather all of his food,
wrap it and store it. After praying Fajr, I would sit to memorize.
I would not stop memorizing until I had completed the amount I
had given myself for the day. I would not even stop to eat. I only
stopped my memorization for salaah and if my husband needed
me. If someone came to the door, I did not answer. If someone
called, I did not speak with them. I had set my goal and I did not
stray from it for anyone, maa shaa Allaah.”
