Prayer as the best review arena:
The worshiper in prayer is at the highest level of focus — "A man may finish his prayer and have only a tenth or ninth of it recorded" — so if this focus is used for review, he combines worship and memorization.
Practical prayer review plan:
- Fajr: First two rak'ahs for new memorization (mind at its clearest).
- Dhuhr: Two Sunnah rak'ahs before — review what was memorized yesterday.
- Asr: Two Sunnah rak'ahs — review what was memorized this week.
- Maghrib: Maghrib Sunnah — review resemblances.
- Isha: Night prayer or Sunnah rak'ahs — review the longest memorized passage.
Rule:
Whatever you recite in Sunnah prayers counts toward your review log — aim to cycle through all your memorized material in prayers at least weekly.
Caution:
Do not reduce prayer to a memorization session — khushu first. But the secondary intention is permitted by scholars as long as it does not lead to heedlessness.
Question: Why is Fajr prayer considered the best time for consolidating new memorization?
Answer: Because the mind after sleep is at its clearest and purest state — and the blessing of the Fajr time is mentioned in the prophetic hadith.