[Gorlummm]

Assalaamu'alaikum,

I am trying to find a hifdh teacher in Birmingham. A sister who has memorised the Qur'an and can dedicate two hours a week to listen and guide my memorisation. Zawiya only do group classes and won't start til after Ramadan, Birmingham Qur'an Academy have only their male Shuyukh available and as-suffa don't do hifdh.

Any assistance would be appreciated. JazakumAllahu khairan.


edit: I am only looking for a teacher for hifdh, not tajweed.

[Nautilus]

Assalaamu'alaikum,

I am trying to find a hifdh teacher in Birmingham. A sister who has memorised the Qur'an and can dedicate two hours a week to listen and guide my memorisation. Zawiya only do group classes and won't start til after Ramadan, Birmingham Qur'an Academy have only their male Shuyukh available and as-suffa don't do hifdh.

Any assistance would be appreciated. JazakumAllahu khairan.

Anyone? I thought Birmingham was full of Muslims but subhanaAllah finding anyone is proving very difficult

[EzekelEnzino]

Have separated your posts into a new thread and moved it to the general section so it can get more exposure.

[OvDojQXN]

و عليكم السلام

جزاكم الله خيرا. I was in touch with a sister but when I went to meet her I found her tajweed was quite poor and she had never taught anyone before aside from basic tajweed. I have a feeling sisters just tend to be quite under the radar and it will take some digging to find someone suitable.

[Ubgvuncd]

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[gennnniiikk]

I really wish I could have helped you sister but I cannot think of any female hifz teachers. Another alternative is to have a well versed Tajweed teacher with a good memorisation system who doesn't really have to be a haafidhah. I say this because once I talked to another really good tajweed teacher who said that this other wonderful ustaadhah had done hifz with her mother. I automatically asked her if mum was a haafidhah, she said to me that she wasn't but had a brilliant memorisation system which helped her students progress. She even made her own son haafidh this way.

The sister I was talking about works in a madrasah, where she says the best hifz teacher is not a haafidh. We agreed that Tajweed was more essential. Of course others will say that no matter what the teacher must be haafidhah herself but if all goes down to the point that you can't find a Haafidhah then inshaa Allah consider this. Hopefully there are more teachers with ijazahs in Tajweed that maybe able to help. It also depends on whether they can have a very good memorisation system.

One of the tough things nowadays is that some people do hifz without proper Tajweed. So you can have many haafizahs but it will be hard to find a proper master in the Tajweed.

Again if I find such a gem I will inshaa Allah let you know. May Allah make it easy for you. Ameen.

PS: are you coming to as suffa this year?

[Voliscietle]

and don't Birmingham academy have female teachers? I checked their website and there was a sister called Du'aa who apparently mashaa Allah has strong hifz...

[MFSSCW2c]

It is very helpful to have a teacher to give advice and check mistakes. Also an experienced teacher will be able to pick up more subtle mistakes. Hifz is still possible without a teacher, and most of the work will be put in by the student away from the teacher: the real correcting, checking, re-checking, re-learning has to be done at home by the student; the teacher is a live aid that can intuitively track the students competencies and assist in perfection.

In the absence of a teacher, you can read to someone who can reliably follow the text of the Qur'an, by reading to them in a slow pace. You can supplement this by quietly reading just slightly ahead of a recording of the portion you are memorising; this is very effective in checking your mistakes as you may read something incorrectly and you can pick this up using the audio recitation. Also, listening silently and attentively with your mind to a recording of the portion you have memorised is very helpful in solidifying it in your heart - this is also why it's recommended to read aloud when memorising because it does help the memorisation, there's something about hearing the Qur'an which assists in memorisation.

Another way to is to test yourself by recording a recitation of the portion you have memorised. Then, play this back while you look into the Qur'an and check for mistakes. Keep doing this until no mistakes remain.

[DoctoBuntonTen]

https://www.eaalim.com/teachers/fema...subject=Arabic

[StoyaFanst]

Assalamoalykum Ma'am

Would you be kind enough to help me, I need a sister's guidance about the knowledge of Dua e Saifi. Please tell me who can give me permission to read this Dua.

JazakAllah

[violalmina]

Another alternative is to have a well versed Tajweed teacher with a good memorisation system who doesn't really have to be a haafidhah.

Yes, this is what I have been doing for the last year, I have a good 'alimah friend who is fluent in her reading who would listen to me but because she didn't really know how to 'teach hifdh' my pace was quite slow and I know that I can memorise faster, inshaAllah. My main problem is discipline and having someone who has done it before and can push me and guide my memorisation (or has a good memorisation system) is what I'm looking for.

and don't Birmingham academy have female teachers? I checked their website and there was a sister called Du'aa who apparently mashaa Allah has strong hifz...

Yeah this is the sister I enquired about but she only has time to teach the children's class on the weekend, during the week she heads the arabic department at a local Islamic school and she also has two children herself and her obligations at home so I was told she doesn't have time and there are only the male shuyukh available at the moment.

In the absence of a teacher...

جزاكم الله خيرا this is very useful advice.

https://www.eaalim.com/teachers/fema...subject=Arabic

I tried e-aalim a few months ago but I find online learning (for hifdh at least) doesn't really work for me, it may do for other people but I need to sit at the feet of someone, though if I can't find someone I may have to revert back to this.

PS: are you coming to as suffa this year?

Yes inshaAllah!