NEED FOR MEMORIZERS OF THE QUR'AN TO STICK TO THE SUNNAH
By
Ibn Abdillah As-sudaisiy Al-Iloori
It is highly precious and enviable to memorize the Qur'an with tajweed, melodious voice and several riwaayaat. But the most important thing is for it to lead you to correct 'aqeedah and manhaj. The Qur'an you have memorized should be enough to guide you towards the practice of Islaam based on the Sunnah of the Prophet صلى الله عليه وسلم, and not the other way round.
History shows that the khawaarij have great reciters of the Qur'an, yet they are described as dogs of hell-fire because of their deviance. Today, there are many people who memorized the Qur'an and still belong to sects that have deviated from the Sunnah. This is very dangerous because it doesn't take Allah anything to reject anything that He doesn't want and the effort of memorizing the Qur'an may become futile. May Allah save us from this.
In fact, a person who memorizes the Qur'an among the people of Sunnah is not sure whether Allah would accept it from him, let alone someone who memorizes the Qur'an and perpetrate grievous sins, bid'ah and kufr. What is the benefit of your Qur'an memorization when it doesn't stop you from hating and cursing the Companions رضي الله عنهم?; of what significance is your Qur'an memorization when you are always found in various bid'ah gathering here and there? What is the essence of your Qur'an memorization when you hate the Sunnah and attack anyone who calls towards it?
May Allah guide us aright.
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