One of the world’s youngest Muslims to memorize the Qur’an by heart is a three-year-old girl who is making headlines in Nigeria. She is the Youngest Quran Hafiz.
The girl’s mother, Sayyada Maimunatu Sheikh Dahiru, expressed her gratitude to Allah in an interview with the Sunday Tribune on February 10.
“This is indeed a blessing from Allah. I’m grateful to Allah for this.”
Rukkayatu Fatahu Umar, her daughter, memorized the Noble Qur’an when she was three years and eight months old.
The young Muslim girl first started memorizing the noble book in an Islamic school opened by a famous Sheikh named Dahiru Usman Bauchi.
According to Maimunatu, a teacher at the institution, “We were using a big parlor, which was divided into classes for the learning of the Qur’an.”
“At that time, I always carried her on my back while teaching. From there, she started reciting along with the students; she had memorized some verses before long.
“That was how she started attending memorization class. Right now, she has completed memorizing the whole Qur’an,” the proud mother said.
The holy Quran consists of 114 chapters (Surah) of varying lengths.
The young girl spent every day between 7 a.m. and 6 p.m. at school, which left her little time to play with her classmates.
It is not as if she does not play with her classmates. She does, especially with those memorizing the Qur’an like her,” Maimunatu said.
“This makes it easier for them, as their focus and attention are directed towards achieving the same goal, which is memorizing the Qur’an.”
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The Muslim girl does not think she has memorized the Qur’an at this young age.
“I thank Allah,” she said.
The little Muslim girl is getting ready to start school shortly, defying the family’s custom of sending girls to school when they turn ten.
The mother, who herself memorized the entirety of the Qur’an at the age of 12, remarked, “My husband, however, has said that the world is changing now and that there is civilization all over the place.”
As such, our daughter will have the opportunity of going to a proper school whenever she reaches the age of six.”
The Muslim mother thanked her father for offering her daughter the opportunity to learn the Qur’an at this young age.
“I’m also grateful that I have a father like Sheikh Dahiru Bauchi, who planted my feet, like other people, on the path of Islam,” she said.
“May Allah grant him longevity of life so that he will continue to serve Allah and be useful to Islam and humanity in general.”
Childhood is the best time for instilling Islamic values by teaching the holy Quran and Islamic principles. Parents are responsible for teaching their children the noble Qur’an and the fundamentals of Islam from an early age.
One of the most important ways to preserve Allah’s message is to memorize the Holy Qur’an.
The other ways are to publish and distribute the book or material online and to recite the chapter one is familiar with to others. As evident by this hadith:
“The best among you is the one who knows the Qur’an and teaches it,”
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