Assalamu Alaikum

Assalamu Alaikum Wa Rahmatullah,

بِسْمِ اللّهِ الرَّحْمـَنِ الرَّحِيمِ

تَبَارَكَ الَّذِي نَزَّلَ الْفُرْقَانَ عَلَى عَبْدِهِ لِيَكُونَ لِلْعَالَمِينَ نَذِيرًا
Blessed is He who sent down the criterion to His servant, that it may be an admonition to all creatures,

This is my first post on this beautiful blog masha'Allah and I'd like to start by giving a few tips on how to boost ones memorisation. I know its not going to be the best of advices but here it goes anyway:

1) Ikhlaas (Sincerity) - Be sincere; dont have the intention of becoming a Hafidh for any other reason other than pleasing Allah (swt).

2) You must have a teacher - I think best memorisation comes out when have someone supervising you. When you memorize by yourself, it is not easy to catch your mistakes, something your teacher would obviously do. This can lead to incorrect pronounciation and memorisation.

3) Specify a daily limit for memorisation - Make sure you have a set amount of lines/pages that you will memorize each day. In my opinion, I think that 1 side of a Saudi mushaf is just right. If you can learn more then alhamdulillah.

4) Use one type of mushaf - Using one type of mushaf will enable you memorize more effectively as it will make it easier for you to picture the pages in your head. I prefer the Saudi mushaf as each page ends with an ayah.

5) Listen to the Qur'an recited by others - I found that if you listen to your favourite recitor (Sheikh Shuraim/Budair) reciting the part you are going to memorise, then you tend to remember it better.

6) Not to proceed until you have perfected - There is no point proceeding with your memorisation if you have not perfected what you leanrt previously. One routine can be to give sabaq, then give revision of previous 2/3 days sabaq and then to give longer revison, maybe half a juzz starting from Juzz 1.

Some other advices my teachers gave me:

- make sure you have wudhu.
- refrain from committing major sins.
- memorise after Maghrib/Fajr.
- when memorising, recite aloud.

I hope this has helped insha'Allah.

Wassalamu Alaikum.