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Is the reward for memorizing the entire Qur’an written for one who dies before completing it, having intended to memorize it, and what is the reward for parents for their children memorizing the Qur’an?

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If you are unable to complete the memorization of the Qur’an due to death or similar circumstances, you are hoped to receive the reward of one who completed its memorization, as long as you maintain that intention. For whoever intended good and acted to the best of their ability but was unable to complete it, they will have the reward of the one who performed the deed, as stated in the Hadith: "Indeed, there are men in Madinah who, whenever you traversed a path or crossed a valley, were with you." They asked, "While they are in Madinah?" He replied, "While they are in Madinah, they were detained by an excuse." Similarly, "If a servant falls ill or travels, it is written for him what he used to do when he was healthy and resident." And among the virtues of memorizing the Qur’an is that the parents of its memorizer will be clothed with two robes in the Hereafter, which the world and all that is in it cannot equal.

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