سُـبْحٰـنَ الـلّٰــه عَزَّوَجَلَّ! You have just heard that Imam Bukhari’s رَحْمَةُ اللهِ تَعَالٰی عَلَيْه memory was exceptional! Not only did he memorize more than 70,000 Ahadees by heart in his childhood, but he also memorized most of the narrators of those Ahadees along with their date of birth, their biography and their date of demise. Without a doubt, this was the special grace of Allah Almighty and the distinctive blessings of our Nabi صَلَّى اللهُ تَعَالٰى عَلَيْهِ وَاٰلِهٖ وَسَلَّم that people would praise his matchless memory!

On the other hand, today, our memories have become so weak that we cannot even recall simple events that took place yesterday! We have no problem remembering dates of the Gregorian calendar, but unfortunately are unaware of the Madani [Islamic] months and dates. We fall into difficulties with daily dealings and even fall into doubts regarding our Rak’ats of Salah i.e. how many have I offered and how many are left? Even if we read a book or booklet repeatedly, we fail to memorize its topics and rulings.

However, if we wish to improve our memory and make it strong, if we wish to cure ourselves of forgetfulness, if we wish to know about the methods of strengthening memory and get to know about the reasons that cause memory loss, then we can attain the knowledge regarding this by reading Maktaba-tul-Madinah’s published book ‘Hafizah Kaysay Mazboot Ho?’

This book can also be read, downloaded and printed out from the website of Dawat-e-Islami, www.dawateislami.net.

An easy Wazifah for strengthening memory

اَللّٰھُمَّ صَلِّ وَسَلِّمْ وَبَارِکْ عَلٰی سَیِّدِنَا مُحَمَّدِ نِ النَّبِیِّ الْکَامِلِ وَعَلٰی اٰلِہٖ کَمَا لَا نِھَایَۃَ لِکَمَالِکَ وَعَدَدَ کَمَالِہٖ

Shaykh e Tareeqat, Ameer-e-Ahl-e-Sunnat دَامَـتْ بَـرَكَـاتُـهُـمُ الْـعَـالِـيَـهْ narrates the excellence of this Durood: If a person suffers from amnesia (forgetfulness), then he should recite this Durood abundantly between Maghrib and ‘Isha Salah. اِنْ شَــآءَالـلّٰـه عَزَّوَجَلَّ, his memory will become strong. (Madani Panj Surah, pp. 169)

صَلُّوۡا عَلَى الۡحَبِيۡب              صَلَّى اللّٰهُ تَعَالٰى عَلٰى مُحَمَّد