I would like to join some classes and become a hafiz-e-Qur'an. It'll take many years, but...?

Question

most people start out young, say, 10. I'm 16. Am I too old to memorize the Qur'an and its meaning off by heart at my mosque (it'll take a couple of years)

Answer 1

No your not too old and once you start the best way is to keep away from sinning. A scholar once said that it only took him 6 months he would spend all his days from fajr till zuhr memorizing and he was over 40, now who's the old guy.

May Allah bless and help you achieve your goal

Answer 2

You will be able to memorise it and it may have some meaning to you.

Unfortunately it is the Devil Satan speaking, the antiChrist.

What a shame!

Answer 3

No your not too old and Inshallah you will be able to.

Answer 4

Dude, go for it, i think it's pretty hard especially for a 10 year old to memorize it. But if that's what you want to do and you're motivated. GO for it and good luck to you :-)

Answer 5

One can never be too old, the only exception is if you forget matters/ or have a certain condition which does not allow you to memorise, if you want accomplish something believe that you can do it! ;)

Answer 6

Nah, no such thing, it's never too late.. Go for it! :)

Answer 7

Its never to late to memorize the Quran. My cousin has been memorising it for 2 yuears now but he has school so he's stopping and starting and hes only memorised half of it by now.

Just put your mind to it and you'll do it.

Peace

Answer 8

You are never to old to memorize the Qur'an.

If one is involved in a Good deed(s), time shouldn't matter.

I started learning the Qur'an in my early 20's.  

Answer 9

Ohmmyy sister, not at all.

It is never too late. Al Humdulillah.

Might not take that long if you are persistant.

Be patient though.

Humdulillah

Answer 10

No i don't think thats old, one of my friends was to become an alima 2 and you have to take a few islamic courses etc as well as memorise the Qur'an. Inshallah u will become a haifz of the Qur'an and you can practice in your own time, moemorising the qur'an.

Assalamu alaikum wb

Answer 11

best age for hifz a quran is 7 years  

u are 16 go hifz Allah with u

after fishing a quran

don't forget treat

i am waiting

Answer 12

My friend started studying quran at the age of 4 and finished at the age of 12.Studying the whole quran will take 8 or 9 years.thanx

Answer 13

EDIT:

And who said people start out young?  Notice? that our prophet and the sahaabas started only when they were older.  The companions took their time in memorising and understanding the few verse they'd take from prophet, and then when memorised, come again for new verse.  Many people finish Qur'an in 2-3 yrs, many does it in 10 months and the like, depending on one's effort, sincerity, time spent, regularity, patience etc. You'd find many tips in the website i send inshallah. =)

All the best to you inshallah. @->----

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Mashallah sister!

Inshallah make sincere intentions, and make lots of  dua', and Allah will make a good way for you.  Allah makes it easy for those with sincere intentions.  

An Interview with Umm Saalih, A Grandmother Who Completed Memorizing the Qur'an

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 s

Answer 14

It will take more than a couple of years.

It takes a lifetime, mainly because you start to memorize, then you have to go back and rememorize because you'll have forgotten the things you remembered before.

But, inshallah, you'll achieve your goal.

Your time could also be spent just as well and wisely on doing good things for the community.