Ihyaaud Deen An Effort to Revive Deen in Totality
Hazrat Shaikh Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) once mentioned the following in a letter to a certain person:
I was very happy to hear that you had completed the hifz of the Qur’aan Majeed. May Allah Ta‘ala make this be a means of goodness for you, may He preserve the Qur’aan Majeed in your heart, and allow you to benefit tremendously from the barakah of the Qur’aan Majeed.
Reciting the Qur’aan Majeed in salaah is very effective in preserving the Qur’aan Majeed. Whatever portion of the Qur’aan Majeed one has to recite daily, one should try to recite it in his tahajjud salaah, in the salaah after maghrib (i.e. sunnats and awwaabeen), and at other times when he is able to.
If while reciting the Qur’aan Majeed in salaah (i.e. during the night), one is able to find someone to join him in the salaah and listen to his recitation (and to correct his mistakes), then this will be even better.
May Allah Ta‘ala make your love for the Qur’aan Majeed a means of your progressing in deen, however do not rush to learn the translation and tafseer of the Qur’aan Majeed at this time. Rather, at this time, the more important thing for you is to focus on strengthening your Qur’aan Majeed.
(Qutbul Aqtaab Hazrat Sheikhul Hadith Moulana Muhammad Zakariyya (rahmatullahi ‘alaih) pg. 463)
