I've noticed many brothers here have good memory as they quote a lot of Aayats, Hadith and other quotes. I know many do copy paste but i observed there are people here who really have memorized a lot of stuff. Can anybody give advice how can i increase my memory?
1) Du`aa to Allaah Ta`aalaa to increase your memory.
2) Memory is like a muscle. You've seen Eddie Hall and those guys lifting 500+kg? Powerlifters. Memory is a lot like that. Like weightlifting. The more you use your muscles, the stronger they become. The more you memorise, the stronger your memory becomes. People in the old days had much better memories than people these days have. Why is that? Very simple: They had to remember more things. They didn't have smartphones storing all of the information. They had to actually remember numbers, because they didn't have SIM cards with all of the numbers on. Computers, smartphones and the internet have played a huge role in weakening the memory of people, by simply reducing the need to memorise things. You don't even need to remember appointments because you have apps on your phone that will remind you well beforehand. As a result, people rarely ever use their memories, and so their memories are weak.
Going back to the weightlifting example: If a person never trains his muscles, never lifts weights, then does he have any right to complain that he isn't able to do 150kg barbell curls? Or deadlift and squat 300+kg? He can't. He never uses his muscles, so of course he won't be able to do it. But a person who regularly trains his muscles, on the other hand, will be able to do all of that.
3) Keep away from sin. Sinning weakens the memory of a person.
والسلام
Last edited by Huzaifah ibn Adam; 09-25-2016 at 05:41 PM.
format_quote Originally Posted by Huzaifah ibn Adam
1) Du`aa to Allaah Ta`aalaa to increase your memory.
2) Memory is like a muscle. You've seen Eddie Hall and those guys lifting 500+kg? Powerlifters. Memory is a lot like that. Like weightlifting. The more you use your muscles, the stronger they become. The more you memorise, the stronger your memory becomes. People in the old days had much better memories than people these days have. Why is that? Very simple: They had to remember more things. They didn't have smartphones storing all of the information. They had to actually remember numbers, because they didn't have SIM cards with all of the numbers on. Computers, smartphones and the internet have played a huge role in weakening the memory of people, by simply reducing the need to memorise things. You don't even need to remember people's birthdates, because you have apps on your phone that will remind you well beforehand. As a result, people rarely ever use their memories, and so their memories are weak.
Going back to the weightlifting example: If a person never trains his muscles, never lift weights, then does he have any right to complain that he isn't able to 150kg barbell curls? Or deadlift and squat 300+kg? He can't. He never uses his muscles, so of course he won't be able to do it. But a person who regularly trains his muscles, on the other hand, will be able to do all of that.
3) Keep away from sin. Sinning weakens the memory of a person.
والسلام
Thanks akhi. And about your last point, what are the sinns that weaken the memory?
format_quote Originally Posted by Huzaifah ibn Adam
Any sin at all that a person commits weakens their memory.
my brother who doesn't pray has photographic memory, he can memorise texts and pages. So what do you mean "weaken their memory"?
JazakAllah khayran.
And Allah knows best.
Last edited by Serinity; 09-25-2016 at 07:51 PM.
Meaning of Shirk according to The Qur'an
" Worshipping anyone or anything besides Allah " or " distributing anything exclusive to Allah, to anyone or anything else "
Meaning of Tawheed according to The Qur'an Worshipping none but Allah. Affirming whatever is exclusive to Him, Him alone.
Meaning of Shirk according to The Qur'an
" Worshipping anyone or anything besides Allah " or " distributing anything exclusive to Allah, to anyone or anything else "
Meaning of Tawheed according to The Qur'an Worshipping none but Allah. Affirming whatever is exclusive to Him, Him alone.
my brother who doesn't pray has photographic memory, he can memorise texts and pages. So what do you mean "weaken their memory"?
JazakAllah khayran.
And Allah knows best.
The `Ulamaa have explained that when a person sins against Allaah Ta`aalaa, that sin has a negative effect on the body of the person as well as his mind. His body becomes slightly weaker, and his mind (including his memory) becomes slightly weaker. Some people have been granted extremely powerful memories, thus they are able to memorise easily. Sin will adversely affect even their powerful memories, although they may still be able to memorise entire documents, due to the fact that Allaah Ta`aalaa has naturally granted them a much stronger memory than other people. Similarly, you get many people who sin, yet they are still seen to be physically strong. This is because the sins are affecting their body, but, because they are relatively stronger than other people, it is not noticeable yet. Were they to not sin, their bodies would be stronger. Were a person to not sin, his memory would be stronger.
Let me give an example.
According to medical professionals, reading books (hardcover and especially e-books) weakens a person's eyesight. You've heard of this? Eventually a person has to start wearing glasses because the reading has weakened his eyes, especially if he's been spending hours everyday reading on a computer screen. Correct? Yet, I've read thousands of books in my life, and almost a thousand of them have been on computer, yet my eyesight is still almost perfect and I've never needed glasses in my life, Alhamdulillaah. Once, I read 2,100 pages on computer in a single week. Yet I have better eyesight than many people that I know of, and they need to wear glasses despite having read much less.
So there is the rule, and then you get those people who are the exception to the rule.
Take another example.
Medical professionals say that children should not be given too many sweets, chocolates, etc. because it will ruin their teeth. Correct? As a child, I ate at least 50x more sweets, chocolates, chips, soft drinks, etc. than anyone I know of. As a five year old I used to drink an entire two-litre cola in a single day. So you have an idea what I'm talking about. Yet, all my teeth are in perfect condition and in my entire life I've never needed to go to the dentist. Ever. I've never been to the dentist as a patient. Not even once, in all my years. Alhamdulillaah.
Do you see what I mean? How will the medical professionals answer that? They can prove medically that sweets and things really do ruin your teeth, yet they didn't ruin mine. Why? Allaah Ta`aalaa safeguarded me. I was an "exception to the rule".
So again: The rule is that when a person sins against Allaah Ta`aalaa, their body and mind weakens. Yet, some people have been granted very powerful bodies and very powerful minds by Allaah Ta`aalaa, so when they sin, you might not notice the adverse effects those sins are having.
Hey there! Looks like you're enjoying the discussion, but you're not signed up for an account.
When you create an account, we remember exactly what you've read, so you always come right back where you left off. You also get notifications, here and via email, whenever new posts are made. And you can like posts and share your thoughts. Sign Up
knows best.
Hide
Looks like you're enjoying the discussion, but you're not signed up for an account.
Bookmarks