Confessions of a Hifz Mom – Tips for Children for Qur’an Memorization

Confessions of a Hifz Mom – Tips for Children for Qur’an Memorization

The Prophet(sa) said: “The one who memorized the Qur’an should come on the Day of Judgment and (compensate for presenting the Qur’an) says: ‘O Ruler! Brighten him.’ So he wore a crown of respectability. At that point, it says: ‘O Master! Deliver him more!’ So he is wearing a suit of respectability. At that point, it says: ‘O Ruler! Be satisfied with him.’ So He is satisfied with him and says: ‘Recite and rise, and be expanded in remunerate with each verse.’”

(at-Tirmidhi; bona fide)

Each parent dreams the best for their child. They wish that their children do better than them, in this world and within the other. We were not distinctive. We craved interminable victory for our children and this hadith was a reply to what we were looking for – making a difference for our kids to memorize the Quran would allow our children a way to induce the most elevated put in Jannah. And so we set out on our travels!

Here are a few tips to assist you to begin your children on the travel to memorize the Quran, that we have learned along the way:

Tips for Children: 1. Model What You Want Your Children to Emulate:

Children learn more from their guardian’s activities than their commands. Lock in yourself with the Quran, attempt to memorize parts of it yourself and you’ll take note that your children will take more interest in picking up the Quran themselves. Activities talk louder than words!

Tips for Children: 2. Create the Desire

We saw around us numerous children who were memorizing the Quran unwillingly. We listened to stories of children who had overlooked parts of the Quran and those who had troubled affiliation with the Book of Allah since they were coerced and pressured by their guardians. This was certainly not what we needed to attempt to make a craving in our children’s hearts for the Book of Allah. We related to them the numerous rewards, let them observe recordings of youthful children who have memorized the Quran, and told them almost the huffaz at the time of the Prophet (sa) so that their crave to memorize was developed inside them.

Not that there aren’t times when we’ve had to drive them to pay consideration, or to urge objectives completed, but the choice to memorize the Quran lies with the children themselves.

Tips for Children: 3. Provide the right environment

It is difficult for the Quran to exist within the heart when the intellect is possessed by music, TV, cartoons, etc. It is the job of the parent to make an environment conducive to learning the Quran by keeping their children absent from negative impacts and allowing them to go routinely to the masjid, assembly of great Muslims and devout individuals, and go gatherings where they can learn almost the deen. A hifz family is more distinctive than a typical family!

I examined these lines of verse composed by Imam Shafi’ in a web journal online and they have remained with me since: I complained to Wakee‘ approximately my destitute memory: Give up your sins! was his counsel to me; For information may be light from divinity, And the Light of God is hidden by injustice.

Tips for Children: 4. Pacing is Everything

A few children can learn 4 pages each day. Others battle with three lines. Each child is distinctive. Pace your child concurring to his level. Don’t put a timeline on when the hifz should wrap up. Indeed in case it could be a deep-rooted errand, remember quality is way better than amount. Let your children learn with cherish in their hearts instead of pushing.

One of my children battles more than his sister and brother. But he knows that the Prophet (sa) said:

“Such an individual, who presents the Qur’an and aces it by heart, will be with the respectable equitable copyists (in heaven). And such an individual, who applies himself to memorize the Qur’an by heart and presents it with awesome trouble, will have a twofold reward.”

(Bukhari)

Tips for Children: 5. Revise and Review

Provide your children the opportunity to reexamine and audit, indeed it implies putting a halt to learning unused sabaq (lesson). It is exceptionally simple to disregard the Quran and subsequently, the Prophet (sa) prompted us: “Keep on recounting the Qur’an, for, by Him in Whose Hand my life is, the Qur’an runs absent (is overlooked) speedier than camels that are discharged from their tying ropes.” (Bukhari) This is less demanding than done. But that’s when a mother should step in and make any doubt it is done!

Tips for Children: 6. Provide Incentives

Blessings embrace, appreciation, remunerate charts, stars, breakthrough charts, and remunerate containers are all extraordinary ways to urge the kids to be persuaded. Insha Allah, I will compose a partitioned blog on this since this should be handled carefully to not make the kids materialistic however must be done since they are kids and require concrete rewards to keep them going.

Confessions of a Hifz Mom: 7. Some other Ideas

Studied how to make an association with the Quran here and make use of innovation here. Online learning destinations such as Ijaazah Academy are too incredible apparatuses to assist you to organize your child and yourself A word of caution: I am beyond any doubt you have got either listened to this or perused this hadith, ‘Whoever peruses the Qur’an and memorizes it, Allah will concede him to Heaven and permit him to mediated for ten of his family individuals who all merited to enter Hell.’ This hadith is frail and ought to not be described to your children. May Allah make us and our children among those who memorize His Words and may He give us the most elevated put in Jannah with our families. Ameen

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