Cure for Bad Memory

Imam Shafi’ee (rahimahullah) said: “I complained to Waki about my bad memory, so he advised me to leave sins and said: Verily, knowledge is a light and the light of Allah is not given to a sinner.” [Al-Jawāb al-Kāfī’ P. 54]

أَنْشَدَنَا أَبُو طَالِبٍ يَحْيَى بْنُ عَلِيٍّ الدَّسْكَرِيُّ لِبَعْضِهِمْ : شَكَوْتُ إِلَى وَكِيعٍ سُوءَ حِفْظِي فَأَوْمَأَ لي إِلَى تَرْكِ الْمَعَاصِي وَقَالَ بِأَنَّ حَفِظَ الشَّيْءِ فَضْلٌ وَفَضْلُ اللَّهِ لا يُدْرِكُهُ عَاصِي .