Answered by Shaykh Faraz Rabbani
I have a desire to memorise the Holy Quran – can you tell me benefits of doing this so that I can be further motivated!!
Walaikum assalam wa rahmatullah,
1. Read relevant chapters in Riyad al-Salihin.
2. Get Imam Nawawi’s work Etiquette with the Qur’an (Starlatch Press, tr. Sidi Musa Furber)
3. Read Imam Ghazali’s work on the merits of recitation of the Qur’an. (see: www.alghazali.org)
4. Find a teacher and commit yourself to memorizing under him.
a) It is the sunna to learn the Qur’an under a teacher. The Messenger of Allah (Allah bless him and give him peace) himself was taught the Qur’an by Gibril (peace and blessings be upon him) for a great wisdom and as an example for us, though there was nothing preventing Allah Most High from simply revealing the whole Qur’an directly to His Beloved (Allah bless him and give him peace). This is how the Companions learned the Qur’an, and how it has been memorized and preserved to our times.
b) This is the most Mubarak way to memorize the Qur’an, as well.
c) It is the most effective way, because of the discipline and duty entailed in studying under a teacher.
d) It is the most accurate way, too, because one’s recitation and memorization will be tested and corrected by the teacher.
And Allah alone gives success. [See attached answer(s).]
Wassalam,
Faraz Rabbani
Prophetic Guidance Regarding the Excellence of Reciting the Qur’an (from Imam Nawawi’s Gardens of the Righteous)