Hifz use mind fully or...

heart or both?

Recently I had issues with sleeping and I was like zombie in fajr prayers.

I always inform my sons tt I can and will inform them if I hear them recite or read their hifz wrongly be it everyday practice or even solat. Because that's what we each must do as we learn. To correct each other's mistakes, not something we do, to want to embarrass each other but intention is to help sharpen each other's hifz.

So I forced myself to stay awake in this 1 fajr prayer but my mind was already groggy. Somehow my youngest as imam, made a mistake with a simple Juz 30 sura. And suddenly my heart perk up n corrected him thru my mind and mouth in the solat.

And I wasn't aware mentally but the heart kinda triggered the mind to correct it.

Now I understand why, some teachers say hifz must also use the heart to remember.

Sura A'la helps to remember with God's will

I thought, I had completed Sura Jinn hifz by now. But I'm stuck. For whatever reasons unknown to me, I can only memorised 7 ayat. Yes it has been marinating in me for so long. I wallow in my sappy disappointment and it didn't help much. And so I forced myself and it is worse. And so I took a longer break from my teacher. It feels heavy too (as taught by my teacher, I have to ignore all these as excuses to stop hifz due to syaithan) but as an energy healing coach, I have to find out is it because of the energetic vibe of every sentence and it's meaning? I'm super sensitive. And so perhaps, I need to reflect more and deeper on them. Anyway... My hifz teacher taught me that challenges like this can be solved by holding/placing my hand on head (for brain actually) and recite Sura Al-A'la ayat 6 for 3 times: سنقرئك فلا تنسى Hope that helps. Also, I have issues with my heart recently.... Just heaviness n extra heart activeness whenever I'm stres...

Habits, TV , games n social media

I was taught that when we memorized the Quran our daily habits n lifestyle will also enhance or decrease our memorization skills. Little sins like accidentally see kissing scenes n all that may erase our efforts. The first glance is often not charged as sin (but does not mean we can prolong our first glance) …but the second glance n more will. Also on social media the ads that potrayed sexy looking women n men can also affect our hifz. Games, instagram, tiktok n all the rampant myriad ads chosen for u may affect our hifz. Just look away n say astaghfirullah. But best not to even turn on the tv or gadgets at all unless its for good like reading the Quran online. Also when we choose to wake up for tahajjud , we may not be able to . Or we were not given the invitation. So all 5 senses have to be filtered .Have to be present and aware of what we do daily. And also, u may begin to notice that often what we think n say may manifest itself easily and effortlessly. So beware ...

Different empowering cultures

I traveled the world n I visited Muslims community anywhere I can... There was a beautiful San Diego Mosque, small tight community mostly African American. I was embraced when I chanced upon it, one beautiful Saturday n had many chances to hang with themn even get to stay with some of them beautiful kind hearted souls. They also have classes where they group together n ponder not just the Holy Quran but also empowering books like Napoleon Hill. Together they grown not just in faith but also in other aspects of life. In Argentina, there were Quranic classes. And some hang n eat n drink mate together, sipping from the same container. And discuss about life. In Korea, during Ramadan, there were free iftar n sahoor food cooked from the mosque. And some locals actually brought boiled sweet potatoes n eggs from home to share with those who solat tahajjud n sahoor together. Though challenges in communicating n broken English here n there, we r able to have a grasp of each oth...

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