Maulana Wahiduddin Khan

Hifz at twelve vs daily recitation with translation

“In the West, many Muslims have their children memorize the Quran at a young age. I personally make my son recite three ruku with English translation daily, and it has a good effect. Is it better for a child to do hifz at twelve or to continue what I am doing?”

He answers at 1:23:10 in Divine Ideology of Life I · 3 min 23 sec

His answer, in his own words
1:23:10
baqi sab to bilkul baseless baatein hain. Maulana, un ka ek aur sawal hai. unhon ne likha hai: "Maulana, here in the West, many Muslims want their children to memorize the Quran at a very young age. I personally make my son recite three ruku with English translation of the Quran every day. I have noticed that it has very good effect on him. Maulana, my question to you is that is it better for a child to do hifz at the age of twelve or to do what I am doing with my son?" aap theek kar rahi hain, yeh karna chahiye. hifz to main samajhta hoon ke purane zamane ki baat hai. ab to hifz kuch logon ko karna chahiye taake taraveeh padhane ke liye.
1:24:01
bas. aur jo hai woh den dead index maujood hai. mere paas quran ka index hai. jab chahun ayat nikal leta hoon. bas. printing press jab nai aaya tha, quran jab mehfooz hone mein shakk hota tha, kahin mehfooz na rahe. ab kya, ab to kuch bhi nahi, quran mehfooz ho gaya. ab yeh nahi ke har aadmi hifz kare, har aadmi hifz kare. ek ek bohat hi ghalat aqeedah baitha hai logon ko ke ek haafiz jo hai poori family ko bakhshwayega. yeh bilkul baseless baat hai
1:24:35
ke ek family mein agar ek haafiz ban jaye to poori family ko bakhshwayega. woh khud hi iski bakhshish doubtfull hai, woh doosron ke paas bakhshwayega. to yeh sab bilkul ghalat baatein hain. aap jo kar rahi hain, woh theek kar rahi hain. quran ki study karna hai, hifz karna nahi hai. yeh to musalmanon ne ek ek bid'at nikal rakhi hai. pehlay jab ke quran mehfooz nahi tha, printing press se pehlay, to bohat zaroori tha ke bohat saare logon ka quran yaad rahe. ab to printing press ke zamanay mein quran mehfooz ho chuka hai, bilkul hi mehfooz hai. dekhein farq kya hai? pehlay har quran ka ek copy alag se banani parti thi. yaani ek copy bananay mein aap ko poora time lagta tha, woh ek hi copy aap bana paate thay.
1:25:28
woh b s. ab woh chahe is mein mahina lage, aaye saal bhar lagay. ab kya hai? ek copy tayyar kar lijiye, aap iski verify kar lijiye, khoob khoob aalimoon ko dikha kar, dikha kar ke. jab pata chala ke iska farishta sab theek hai, ek dam durust hai, us ko daal diye press mein, aap ko billion copy nikal aayegi iski. yaani ek corrected copy ki billion copy nikal aayegi. to quran mehfooz ho gaya.
1:25:58
ab to sirf tarawih ke liye ya quran ki tarah namaz parhanay ke liye zaroorat hai. to individual level par aadmi kuch suratain is ko yaad hon. jaise mujhe mein ne part paanch parah akhir ka mein yaad kiya tha, mein ne namaz parhnay ke liye. namaz parhnay ke liye bas. unhon ne jahan tak quran ki aayaton ko dhoondnay ki baat hai, to ab index mojood hai. warna aap jo kar rahe hain, bilkul sahi kar rahi hain. aur doosray log jo ek rasam bana rakhi hai hifz karwanay ki, bilkul baseless hai. maulana, agla sawal kya hai? mister dilraj singh ne dilli se. unhon ne likha hai ke "Why is the majority of humanity following secular ideology?"
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