A Grandmother Who Completed Memorizing the Qur'an at Eighty-Two Years Old

[Sunni Sister]

An Interview with Umm Saalih

As Read by Dr. Saleh as Saleh

 

Al-Hamdulillaah (All-Praise is due to Allah), the One Who said (what means): "And in truth We have made the Qur'aan easy to remember; but is there any that remembers?" Surah 54: 32

 

Many all over the world memorize the Qur'aan, and it is not strange to see the youth memorizing the Noble Qur'aan and an early age. Al-Hamdulillaah, the One who made the Qur'aan easy for remembrance, had made it easy for Umm Saalih age 82. In an interview with Umm Saalih, she was asked the following questions:

 

Q1: "What was the reason that drove you to memorize the Qur'aan after so many years?"

 

She said, "I always hoped to memorize the Qur'aan from the time I was young. My father always used to invoke Allaah for me to become one of the memorizers of the Qur'aan, like himself and like the elder brothers of my family who memorized it. So I memorized in the beginning about three parts and then after I completed the age of thirteen, I got married and became busy with the household and the children. After I had seven children, my husband died. They (the children) were all young so I took the time to raise them and educate them, and then after they grew up and got married, I had more time for myself. Therefore, the first thing I directed myself to focus upon was the Qur'aan.

 

Q2: "Tell us about your journey with the Noble Qur'aan."

 

She said, "My younger daughter was going to high school and she was the closest of my children to me and the most beloved, because she stayed with me after her older sisters got married and got busy with their lives, and because she was a quiet girl, upright, loving, and good. In addition, she was interested in learning the Noble Qur'aan, and her teachers encouraged her.

 

Furthermore, she was very enthusiastic and always told me of many women who were driven by this great motivation to memorize the Qur'aan, and this is where I started."

 

Q3: "Tell me about your way of memorization."

 

She said, "We assigned ten verses (meaning her and her daughter who was going to high school). So each day after Asr, we used to sit together. She reads and I repeat after her three times. Then she explains the meaning to me, and after a while, she repeats that three times. On the next morning, she repeats them to me before she goes to school.

 

She recorded also the recitations of Ash Shaykh al Husary, Rahimuhullaah, repeating each verse three times and thus I continued to listen most of the time. Therefore, the next day we would go to the next ten verses if my memorization was good. Otherwise, we would postpone taking additional verses until the day after. Moreover, we assigned the day of Friday to review the memorizations of the entire week. And this was the journey from the beginning."

 

Then she said, "Over four years and a half, I memorized twelve juz" according to the way I described to you. Then this young daughter got married. When her husband knew of our task concerning the memorization, he rented a house close to me, close to my house, so that he could allow the continuation of the memorization. In addition, he, May Allah reward him used to encourage us and sometimes sit with us listening, explaining and teaching.

 

Then after three years of her marriage, my daughter got busy with the children and the household and our schedule was interrupted, but that did not make her give up. To the contrary, she sensed that my eagerness for the memorization was still established so she looked for a special good teacher to continue the journey under her supervision. So, I completed the memorization by the success of Allaah and my daughter is still working to finish the memorization of the Glorious Qur'aan. She has a little left, In Shaa Allaah Ta'aala.

 

Q4: "This motivation of yours, did it have an effect on other women around you?"

 

She said, "It really had a good strong effect. My daughters and stepdaughters were all encouraged and worked on learning and teaching the Qur'aan to their children and learning it themselves.

 

Q5: "After finishing the Noble Qur'aan, don't you think about working on memorizing hadith?"

 

She said, "Now I have memorized ninety hadith and In Shaa Allaah I will continue the journey. I depend, in my memorization, upon the tapes and upon the Qur'aan radio station. At the end of each week, my daughter comes and checks for me the memorization of three hadith, and I am trying now to memorize more.

 

Q6: "Over this period of memorization of the Qur'aan, did your life change? Was it affected in one way or another?"

 

She said, "Yes, I went through a major change and I tried always, all praise is due to Allaah, to obey Allaah before I started the memorization. However, after I started the task of memorization, I began to feel a self-comfort, a great self-comfort and all worries began to move away from me. I even reached the stage of freeing myself from all these excessive worries concerning fearing for the children and their affairs, and my morale was boosted.

 

I had a noble objective to work for and this is a great Ni'mah (Favor) from Allaah . upon me, since we know that some women, when they get old and they do not have a husband, and their children got married, may be destroyed by the empty time, thoughts, worries, and so forth. But, AlHamdulillaah, I didn't go through this and I made myself busy with a great task and a great objective.

 

Q7: "Didn't you think at one point, to join one of the circles focusing on teaching the Noble Qur'aan?"

 

The answer was, "Yes, some of the women suggested this to me, but I am a woman who got used to staying at home, and I don't like to go out everyday, and Al Hamdulillaah, my daughter sufficed me from all difficulty and I was so happy while I was learning from her. My daughter had set an example in goodness and righteousness which we rarely find in our days.

 

She started this task and journey with me while she was an adolescent and this is a critical age many people complain of. She used to pressure herself so that she could have spare time to teach me, and she used to teach me with kindness and wisdom. Her husband was a good help to her and he exerted a lot of effort. I ask Allaah . to give them success and to bring their children up on uprightness."

 

Q8: "What do you say to a woman of your age who wishes to learn and memorize the Qur'aan yet she is worried about it and feeling unable to?"

 

She said, "I say to her there their shall be no despair with the firm, sincere and truthful determination. Begin with sincerity, firm determination and dependence on Allaah at each time. And remember that at this age you should have the time for yourself. However, do not use your time to only go out or to sleep and so forth. Rather, busy yourself with righteous work.

 

Q9: "Now what would you say to a woman who is still young? What would you advise her?"

She, may Allaah preserve her, said: "Preserve Allaah and He will preserve you. Make use of the favor of Allaah bestowed upon you from health and ways and means of comfort. Use that to memorize the Book of Allaah. This is the light which enlivens your heart, your life and your grave after you die.

 

And if you have a mother then exert the effort to teach her, and there is no better favor upon a mother than one of her righteous children aiding her to be close to Allaah."

[Umm-e-Anwaar Raza]

may ALLAH give her more respect in this world & hereafter,& give her reward on it.aameen.

nice sharing.

[Sunni Sister]

Ameen!!

[Madani Munna]

Dear Sis Ap Ki Yeah English Mera Kabara Kar Day Gi

Ek Do Lafzoon K Elawa Kuch Palay Hi Nahin Parta heeeeheee

Jo Dua Iman Sis Ney Mangi Hai Allah Wo Qabool Karay Wesay Mujay Wo B Samjah Nahin Aai Sahi Tarhan

hheeehheheheheheheh

[Ussaid-e-Raza]

[Sunni Sister]

Dear Sis Ap Ki Yeah English Mera Kabara Kar Day Gi

Ek Do Lafzoon K Elawa Kuch Palay Hi Nahin Parta heeeeheee

Jo Dua Iman Sis Ney Mangi Hai Allah Wo Qabool Karay Wesay Mujay Wo B Samjah Nahin Aai Sahi Tarhan

hheeehheheheheheheh

 

Tho poocho naa humseh konsa word ke samaj nehi hai, hum apko bataynegheh Insha Allah Talaah

 

app batayeh mujeh iska matlab kya hai mujeh samaj nehi ayee teek seh, poocho howwa acha hotha hai!

 

"Mera Kabara Kar Day Gi"

 

aur

 

"Elawa"

 

 

Kya matlab hai inka??

[Madani Munna]

Mujay English Aati Hoti Too Main Parh Na Leta Wo Sab Kuch Jo Ap Ney Likha Hai

Meray KHiyal Say Elawa Ko except boltay hain if i am wrong too pir koi aor bata day plz

aor

is ki

Mera Kabara Kar Day Gi

it will Make Me Mad(pagal)

[Sunni Sister]

Oh acha well its basically saying keh ek grandma jho hain na unho neh Quran ko zabani kiya hai 82 years ke umar mein Masha Allah Talaa!! Aur kuj logon neh unka interview kiya hai, unho neh kahaa keh sab zabani kareh Quraan ko choti umar meh, aur apneh buzarg ko help kareh bhi kareh etc

 

 

 

lol hahaha pagal??, tho woh jho itnee bohat zyada urdu ke posts hai whole forum mein, unho tho mujeh pehleh seh he pagal kar chuka hai

[Ussaid-e-Raza]

Thanks dear sister... bohat achi post hai.. keep posting such kind of great topics...

 

Imtiaz Attari

[Madani Munna]

JazakAllah Sis

Ab Samjah Aa Gai Hai

[Ya Mohammadah]

Mujay English Aati Hoti Too Main Parh Na Leta Wo Sab Kuch Jo Ap Ney Likha Hai

Meray KHiyal Say Elawa Ko expect boltay hain if i am wrong too pir koi aor bata day plz

aor

is ki

Mera Kabara Kar Day Gi

it will Make Me Mad(pagal)

 

 

mudassr bhai expect nahin EXCEPT

 

or hehehe huhuhu ahahahaa lol lolz ke liye shayad aap logo ko tambi ki gayi thi ki nahin ?

[Madani Munna]

JazakAllah 4 correction

Yar Ap Sab Yeah (hehehe huhuhu ahahahaa lol lolz) Likney K Najez Honey Par Mujay Koi fatawa Manga Doo Main wait Karoon Ga Ap

K Fatawa K Leyae

[Umm-e-Anwaar Raza]

JazakAllah 4 correction

Yar Ap Sab Yeah (hehehe huhuhu ahahahaa lol lolz) Likney K Najez Honey Par Mujay Koi fatawa Manga Doo Main wait Karoon Ga Ap

K Fatawa K Leyae

madani munna bro!

listen it carefully plz

dekhain aik hota hay fatwa or 2sri cheez taqwa

taqwa yaqeenan afzal hay or ALLAH apnay jin bandon per karam farmatay hay unhain ye wasf ata farmadeta hay

ap ko jaisa k maloom hi hay k mob or web cam ki pic jaiz hay ager koi namahram na dekhay ,mager ye fatwa hay k ye jaiz hay

jab k taqwa ye hay k aisi pic bhi na khinchwai jaye kion k kabhi ager us ka print out nikal liya jaye to wo najaiz hojaigi

isi tarah ager ap fatwa or taqwa ki misalain dhoondain to ap ko mil jaingi

jaisay saleem shahi jotay(jin ko khussa bhi kaha jata hay)

ager ap ghor karen to ye naqsh e nalain e mubarak ki tarah k hotay hain

fatwa ye hay k in ka pehenna jaiz hay mager taqwa....taqwa is ki hergiz ijazat nahi deta

is liye mohtaram bhai ye lol haha hehe huhu i think ager fatway ki roo se jaiz hain bhi to taqwa is ki ijazat nahi deta ,or hamaray ooper jo label laga hoa hay itna pyara sa murshidi attar ki nisbat se ,wo hamain is ki ijazat nahi deta k ham in baton ko apnain kion k log dawateislami walon k tor tareeqay dekh ker hi to murshidi attar or dawateislami k baray main raye qaim kertay hain or hamain apnay pyaray murshid ki pyari pyari tehreek ki naik naami azeez honi chahiye her cheez se ziada

ummeed hay ap meri baat se agree karaingay.

wassalam ma al ikram

[Madani Munna]

madani munna bro!

listen it carefully plz

dekhain aik hota hay fatwa or 2sri cheez taqwa

taqwa yaqeenan afzal hay or ALLAH apnay jin bandon per karam farmatay hay unhain ye wasf ata farmadeta hay

ap ko jaisa k maloom hi hay k mob or web cam ki pic jaiz hay ager koi namahram na dekhay ,mager ye fatwa hay k ye jaiz

JazakAllah

Abi Chota Hoon Na Is Leyae Beywaqoof Hoon Aor Ghusa B Jaldi Aata Hai

Koshish Kar Raha Hoon Apney Ap koo Badalney Ki

Dua Kejeyae Ga Meray Leyae

Mujram-e-Attar

[Madani Munna]

Meray Khiyal Say Yeah Lafz Sahi Nahin Hai

any more comment?

[Umm-e-Anwaar Raza]

Meray Khiyal Say Yeah Lafz Sahi Nahin Hai

any more comment?

kon sa lafz?

ALLAH kion k wahid o yakta hay is liye ham us zaat e pak k liye wahid k alfaz istimal kertay hain ye jaiz hay ,mazeed maloomat k liye ap is link ko click karen:

ALLAH TA'ALA too ya ap?

ummeed hay ap ki ghalat fehmi door hojayegi

wassalam ma al ikram

[Madani Munna]

Jee Sis Mujay Is Baray Main Pata Hai

Meri Nakis Aaqal K Mutabiq farmatay jama k word hai

wahid hota hai farmata

[Umm-e-Anwaar Raza]

oh main ne ghalati se likh diya sahi hoga farmata

wassalam

[Ussaid-e-Raza]

[ATTARIA2526]

dekhain aik hota hay fatwa or 2sri cheez taqwa

taqwa yaqeenan afzal hay or ALLAH apnay jin bandon per karam farmatay hay unhain ye wasf ata farmadeta hay

ap ko jaisa k maloom hi hay k mob or web cam ki pic jaiz hay ager koi namahram na dekhay ,mager ye fatwa hay k ye jaiz hay

jab k taqwa ye hay k aisi pic bhi na khinchwai jaye kion k kabhi ager us ka print out nikal liya jaye to wo najaiz hojaigi

isi tarah ager ap fatwa or taqwa ki misalain dhoondain to ap ko mil jaingi

jaisay saleem shahi jotay(jin ko khussa bhi kaha jata hay)

ager ap ghor karen to ye naqsh e nalain e mubarak ki tarah k hotay hain

fatwa ye hay k in ka pehenna jaiz hay mager taqwa....taqwa is ki hergiz ijazat nahi deta

is liye mohtaram bhai ye lol haha hehe huhu i think ager fatway ki roo se jaiz hain bhi to taqwa is ki ijazat nahi deta ,or hamaray ooper jo label laga hoa hay itna pyara sa murshidi attar ki nisbat se ,wo hamain is ki ijazat nahi deta k ham in baton ko apnain kion k log dawateislami walon k tor tareeqay dekh ker hi to murshidi attar or dawateislami k baray main raye qaim kertay hain or hamain apnay pyaray murshid ki pyari pyari tehreek ki naik naami azeez honi chahiye her cheez se ziada

iman baji buhat piari baat samjhae ap ne

buhat acha laga padh ke

[Ubaid-e-Raza]

thx 4 sharing..

[Madinah_Madinah]

4 ur nice sharing........!!!

 

may ALLAH bless u wid the Love Of His Habib , Attar n Dawateislami......!!

 

aameeeeeeeeeen bijahin Nabiyil Ameeeeeeen

[Madinah_Madinah]

Q9: "Now what would you say to a woman who is still young? What would you advise her?"

She, may Allaah preserve her, said: "Preserve Allaah and He will preserve you. Make use of the favor of Allaah bestowed upon you from health and ways and means of comfort. Use that to memorize the Book of Allaah. This is the light which enlivens your heart, your life and your grave after you die.

 

And if you have a mother then exert the effort to teach her, and there is no better favor upon a mother than one of her righteous children aiding her to be close to Allaah."

 

 

wt z da meaning of "Preserve ALLAH"........???? n are these right words according to Shari'aah.....????

 

means k in pr koi sharee garift to nhe lgti.....??? agr kisi ko malooom ho to irshad farma dain.......