Dear Hafiz

Few responsibilities in Islamic life carry the weight - or the honour - of ¿if¿ al-Qur'¿n. Dear H¿fiz is a transcribed address by Shaykhul ¿ad¿th ¿ärat Mawl¿n¿ Mu¿ammad Sal¿m Dhorat, delivered on the occasion of a ¿if¿ completion ceremony, and offered here as a sustained meditation on what it means to truly be Ahl al-Qur'¿n - a person of the Qur'¿n.Drawing on the Qur'¿n, authenticated ¿ad¿th, and the example of the ¿ä¿bah and pious predecessors - among them Sayyidun¿ 'Uthm¿n, 'Urwah ibn Zubayr, and Uways al-Qarn¿ - the author traces the immense status the Shar¿'ah confers upon the ¿¿fi¿, and the corresponding responsibility that status demands. The address moves through several interlocking themes: the honour of being counted among the "select people of All¿h," the danger of neglect and forgetting what has been memorised, and - critically - a structured, practical path back to retention for those who have lost ground.Key themes examined:The virtues of learning, teaching, and preserving the Qur'¿nThe station of the ¿¿fi¿ in this world and in the HereafterSelf-assessment (mu¿¿sabah) and the discipline required to sustain a lifelong connection to the Qur'¿nThe formal ¿d¿b (etiquettes) and ¿uq¿q (rights) owed to the Glorious Qur'¿n in recitation and handlingA detailed, had¿th-substantiated formula for reviving forgotten memorisationThroughout, the tone remains measured and instructive rather than sentimental - the counsel of an experienced teacher addressing students he has taught for decades, grounded consistently in cited Qur'¿nic verses and ¿ad¿th from ¿ä¿¿ al-Bukh¿r¿, ¿ä¿¿ Muslim, the Sunan collections, and classical biographical and ¿ad¿th-commentary literature.Intended audience: ¿uff¿¿ and students of ¿if¿, teachers and administrators of Mad¿ris and D¿r al-'Ul¿ms, spiritual mentors (Shuy¿kh), and any reader seeking a grounded, textually-anchored treatment of what sustaining a connection to the Qur'¿n in practice requires. Suitable for institutional and personal libraries serving Islamic educational communities.Dear H¿fiz closes as it opens: as a sincere, scripturally-rooted call to recognise, protect, and live up to the trust of the Qur'¿n.