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والله ملك السماوات والأرض والله المقصد

Is there any reward for good other than good

When I was young, my brother would teach me Quran during my memorisation sessions with my brother, I would always be curious as to how much Quran he had memorised. I would ask him and he’d always make a joke out of it with a Yardie accent for jokes - I’d never get a straightforward answer. As time would go on, he’d drop me small lessons, telling me how every time I sin, a bit of my Quran memorisation would leave me.

The years went by and he made Hijra for the sake of Allah to sham. I managed to speak to him on the phone one day and said to him, “We are both grown men now so tell me honestly, how much Quran do you actually know?”. So he replied with the exact same joke he would put on all those years ago!

Although I was laughing with him, I was actually frustrated. At that moment I was told that he was a Hafidh of Quran for years. My father jumped up in shock. As did I. He was a Hafidh all those years and kept it to himself whilst his family had no idea. Now ask yourself, have you met a person like this in the 21st century? Have you met anyone who is so sincere with Allah that they don’t even tell their nearest and dearest of this beautiful deed?

In this day and age, brothers would usually hint that they are Hafidh of Quran, say it themselves or at least love for someone to point it out on their behalf. The only stories I know till this day where the people keep such a deed PRIVATE between themselves and Allah are the Sahaba and the Salaf.

On social media we get brothers titling themselves as “Shaykh” because they have a beautiful voice. We have people who record themselves reciting Quran in a beautiful manner but only to seek attention, good comments and the “Insta Fame”. This Mushaf was my brothers personal one. From it you can see the wear, tear and repair it went through as he had this close to him for many years before leaving for the sake of Allah.

The sweet thing about this is that he would tell another brother who was also a Hafidh to lead salah, saying “You lead Salah because you know more Quran than us.” When word got out that he was a Hafidh, the brother felt betrayed 😂

﴿ فَنَادَى فِي الظلُمَاتِ أَنْ لَا إِلَهَ إِلا أَنْتَ سُبْحَانَكَ إِني كُنْتُ مِنَ الظالِمِينَ ﴾؛