Memorization

• Who is Sheikh Abdul Hamid Kishk?
• How can one overcome laziness in memorizing the Quran and reviewing what has been memorized, and overcome the feeling of difficulty in memorization, especially when comparing oneself to others in the speed of review?
• Is it permissible for a charitable committee concerned with memorizing the Quran and its sciences to spend from Zakat funds on Quran memorization projects, establishing and equipping centers for it, salaries for Quran memorizers, and projects concerned with Quranic sciences such as exegesis and publications?
• Can a teacher of a non-religious subject allocate extra marks for memorizing the Qur’an?
• What is the ruling on stopping memorizing the Quran for fear of not acting upon it, and that it may become a proof against you?
• What is the expiation for a vow, an oath, and a covenant in the event of growing a beard and then trimming it before memorizing the Quran, knowing that the vow, oath, and covenant were all for the same thing?
• Is the statement: "If this thing doesn't happen, I will memorize Surat Al-Kahf," considered a vow, and is expiation obligatory if one is unable to fulfill it?
• Is it permissible to divert a portion of a publicly announced donation to the mosque towards a Quran memorization circle, after obtaining the donor's approval?
• Does informing my grandmother that I have completed memorizing the Quran—so that she may receive the reward—fall under showing off or diminish my reward?
• Is it permissible to continue memorizing the Qur’an and receiving lessons in religious knowledge online if one of the female teachers has her fifteen-year-old son sitting with her?
• What is the cure for the frequent onset of lustful thoughts in Ramadan, and their escalation to occur unintentionally during prayer, and their persistence despite seeking refuge in Allah and striving for devotion? And what is the reason for imagining oneself doing things like cursing Allah or insulting His Book, despite religious commitment and efforts to memorize the Qur'an?
• What is the ruling on giving money to the director of the Quran memorization center to cover deficiencies?
• Is it advisable to memorize religious texts (mutūn) and hadiths concurrently with memorizing the Holy Quran during the high school stage, or is it preferable to postpone memorizing the religious texts until after completing the memorization of the Quran?
• Is it permissible to say "Bismillah awwalahu wa akhirahu (In the name of Allah, in its beginning and its end)" when performing ablution for someone who forgot to say "Bismillah" at the beginning but remembered it during the process, by analogy with food, and is it a condition for recalling the Qur'an to review one's memorization or not?
• Is it sufficient to be content with reading interpretations of the Holy Quran and understanding its meanings without memorizing the surahs, and the same for other books, due to the difficulty of memorization?
• Is it permissible for an elderly woman to go to a Qur'an memorization class without her mother's knowledge, especially given her desire for reward, her knowledge of the place's safety, and her mother's fear?
• Is allocating a specific time for memorizing the Holy Quran—such as 8:00 AM—considered an innovation (bid‘ah), given that memorizing it is an act of worship?
• What are the recommended books or programs for memorizing the Qur’an specifically with the recitation of Hafs from Asim?
• Should the daughter continue reading the Quran at the mosque or return to her studies, knowing that she has failed for four years and is characterized by stubbornness?
• Is there any truth to the effect of repeating the name "Ar-Rahman" a certain number of times for strengthening memory, and does this contradict Islamic Sharia, which emphasizes memorizing the Quran for increasing memory and organizing life?
• Is atonement or fulfillment obligatory for one who vowed to memorize 100 surahs from the Qur’an, then realized that the number of surahs in the Qur’an is less than he had thought at the time of the vow?
• Is memorization obligatory for a Muslim when studying Islamic knowledge?
• Which is better for memorizing the Quran: to memorize according to the methodology of the Companions by understanding every ten verses, or to memorize the entire Quran first and then begin to understand the rulings, Tajweed, Quranic sciences, and Tafsir?
• Is the method of understanding and memorizing the Qur’an through Sheikh Al-Sha’rawi’s explanations good, and what are the supplications that help in memorizing the Qur’an and remaining steadfast in obedience?