"My advice for those of you who are married is to make sure you keep the Quran in your household. Make sure your children memorize it, or you can divide it up between the husband and wife. If the husband memorizes 2/3 of it then maybe the wife can memorize the remaining 1/3. You can also divide it up between the children."
That was what Muhammad Faqih told us last weekend. It gave me a goal to reach for, and out of habit, I told the kids. In fact, they asked me,
"So what stories did your teacher tell you this time?"
It all started when I took Abdulbary's class. Abdulbary is just chock full of stories that I had to share them with the kids. I suppose, after seeing me taking one AlMaghrib class after the other, the kids expect me to come home and entertain them with stories. Since they themselves attended Yasir Qadhi's Light of Guidance, they can attest for themselves how wonderful it is to be in such an environment.
Just yesterday, S was suddenly driven to go to reciter.org and continue her memorization of Al Buruj. We had talked about finishing Juz Amma for her this summer, and I just pray we will have enough discipline to carry that out to perfection, insyaallah. I've been using her to check my Juz Amma recitation, and I can see that it made her feel very important. It also made me think how Shaytaan is actually hindering me from progressing because I keep wanting to perfect my Juz Amma after each rusting. I no longer have any excuse. I need to move on and recapture Juz 29, and pick up where I left off.
"How many of you here have memorized the whole Quran?" asked Muhammad Faqih.
Two to three hands shot up from the sisters' side. None from the brothers. Disappointing indeed.
"What's happening to the brothers here?" he lamented.
I now take it upon myself to do my best for the future of the ummah insyaallah. We do take the Quran for granted. Just because we have copies of the mushaf collecting dust on our shelves, we thwart suggestions to memorize it. I can only think back with dismay at the lack of depth I experienced when doing Qiyam, for I only memorize so much of the Quran that my prayers only lasted a few measly minutes. I suppose now is the time for change, for ALL of us, insyaallah. I have very high regard and love for the Qurra, now, more than ever. May Allah guide us all in their footsteps, ameen.
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Assalamu'alaikum Sister,
I thought it's about time I introduce myself...I've been reading your blog for quite sometime now. I am a Malaysian living in the US. I'm also homeschooling my children and I've also attended a number of AlMaghrib classes. :) Masha-Allah, the classes are really something.
Insha-Allah I hope to get to know you better. :) Is there a way of contacting you?
with the way children are going our mosques will be run by sisters because the brothers will be completly unqualified.
Salam
waalaikumsalam warahmatullah Nina,
yes yes pleaseeeee my email mfjs76@hotmail.com :)
Br Edward,
Well, we'll keep making dua for the brothers to really buck up and catch up. I agree with you, but it's also unfortunate to have this happen. We don't want to our leaders to be unqualified.
you know, i havent memorised a new surah in a looonggg while. thanks for sharing. definitely a wake up entry, now i can start a new resolution, and insyaAllah stick with it.
at the age of *senja* i only realised the power of quran. i knew but did nothing to improvise. but now alhamdullilah, i'm reading 2 pages a day with the translation. i hope to complete it soon that start the simple hafazan then my tafsir. jazakallah for reminding me on this.
ALHAMDULILLAH!! wa iyyak. Me too, let's all embrace this living miracle we have in our homes and utilizie it as it's supposed to be utilized insyaallah.
Hugs to all the sisters.
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