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AL-KAFI #938: HUKUM TERLUPA HAFAZAN AL-QURAN
Is it sinful to forget Quran verses one has memorised, and is the hadith warning against forgetting them authentic?
Short answer
Forgetting memorised Quran through laziness, negligence or being overly absorbed in worldly affairs is sinful.
A reference, not a fatwa. First sentence of the summary below — read the original fatwa and consult your state authority before acting.
- Authority
- Federal Territories Mufti Office
- Date
- Status
- Opinion (irsyad)
- Series
- Al-Kafi li al-Fatawi
- Topic
- Quran & Hadith
No evidence of gazettement in the source — this is not a gazetted fatwa.
Summary
Forgetting memorised Quran through laziness, negligence or being overly absorbed in worldly affairs is sinful. The ruling relies on warning hadiths whose chains are questioned by some scholars, though many scholars still accept them as evidence. Someone who made an effort to preserve the memorisation but forgot due to weak memory, a natural human trait, is not sinful. Ibn Rushd also reports a consensus that forgetting because of busy study of obligatory and recommended knowledge carries no sin.
Written in our own words from the original fatwa — check the source before acting on it.
Adapun jika telah berusaha memeliharanya tapi terlupa kerana lemahnya ingatan yang merupakan antara sifat manusiawi, maka dia tidaklah berdosa.
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How to cite
Cite the original fatwa and its authority. Rujuk Fatwa is only where you found it.
Federal Territories Mufti Office. “AL-KAFI #938: HUKUM TERLUPA HAFAZAN AL-QURAN”, 7 December 2018. https://muftiwp.gov.my/ms/artikel/al-kafi-li-al-fatawi/2840-al-kafi-938-hukum-terlupa-hafazan-al-quran. Found via Rujuk Fatwa: https://rujukfatwa.com/en/fatwa/ruling-on-forgetting-quran-memorisation/