Posted Mar 14, 2010 by Aboo Thaabit with 5 Comments
Ibn al-Jawzi said:
al-Hasan, meaning ibn Abee Bakr an-Naysaabuuri, told us a story of a Faqeeh [i.e knowledgable person] who used to repeat his lesson many times whereupon a very old lady who happened to be in that same house said to the man, by Allah even I have memorised it by now! [meaning that the man had repeated it so many times] So the man said to her recite it to me, and so she did. After a few days the man came back to the lady and said old lady! Recite to me that lesson [again], she replied to him, I did not memorize it. The man said:
I repeat the lesson [over and over again] so that I am not afflicted with that which afflicted you.
[Mutun Taalib al-'Ilm by Shaykh 'Abdul Muhsin al-Qaasim]
Moral of the story: Revision is a must for anything you learn, especially that which you memorize!
Touche!That’s so true yet people expect that memorising once suffices and when they forget they give up because of this very same notion.May Allaah reward u abundantly
MashAllah ! a lesson indeed !
Assalamu Alaikum
I am glad you benefited brother, feel free to share it with family and friends so they too may benefit inshAllah.
WalaikumSalam Wa Rahma !
May Allah azza wa jal increase you in sidq, ihsan, ikhlas, ilm and ma’arifah, may he cleanse you of all sin and bad characteristics and turn them into good deeds and the characteristics
of our beloved Prophet (Salla Allahu alayhi wa ahlehi wa salam).
May all your good deeds & du’as be accepted,
wishes fulfilled and all your sins forgiven.
May Allah(Subhannahu wa ta3ala) increase you in Imaan, knowledge and health, inshaAllah.
Your brother in Islam.
Wa alaykumu salaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakatuh
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