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sahabi Abu Musa al-Ashari

A companion praised for his beautiful Quran recitation, appointed governor of Basra and Kufa.

ottoman Mulla Ali al-Qari

...lso wrote important works on hadith fabrication and Quranic recitation.

classical Abu Amr ad-Dani

Leading authority on Quranic recitations (qira'at) and author of 'at-Taysir,' a foundational text i...

medieval Ibn al-Jazari

The greatest authority on Quranic recitations, author of 'an-Nashr fi al-Qira'at al-Ashr' and the 'Jazar...

sahabi Usayd ibn Hudayr al-Ansari

...t Bay'at al-Aqabah, and a man known for his beautiful Quran recitation. The Prophet said the angels would descend to listen when h...

sahabi Tamim al-Dari

A companion who converted from Christianity and was the first non-Arab to narrate directly from the Prophet ﷺ. He was a Palestinian from the Banu Lakhm tribe an

sahabi Salim mawla Abi Hudhayfah

A freed slave and companion who carried the banner of the Muhajirun at the Battle of Yamama. The Prophet ﷺ ordered that the Quran be learned from four people, a

tabi Nafi' al-Madani

...e of the seven canonical Quran reciters, Imam of Madinah in recitation for over sixty years.

tabi Asim ibn Abi al-Najud

One of the seven canonical Quran reciters of Kufa; his recitation via Hafs is the most widely used in the world today.

tabi Hamzah al-Zayyat

One of the seven canonical Quran reciters of Kufa, known for precise elongation rules and asceticism.

tabi al-Kisa'i al-Kufi

One of the seven canonical Quran reciters; also the leading grammarian of the Kufi school of Arabic linguistics.

tabi Hafs ibn Sulayman

Primary transmitter of Asim's recitation; his chain (Hafs 'an Asim) is the most widely used Quranic ...

late-classical al-Shatibi (Qiraat)

...iyyah), the definitive didactic poem on the Seven Canonical Recitations.

late-classical Ibn al-Jazari (Qiraat)

Greatest authority on Quranic recitation of the medieval era; author of al-Nashr fi al-Qiraat al-Ash...

late-classical Ibn al-Jazari

The greatest authority on Quranic recitation (qira'at) in the last 700 years. His al-Nashr fi al-Qira'at...

tabii Yahya ibn Ya'mur

...ar who became a leading scholar of Arabic grammar and Quran recitation in Khorasan, student of Abu al-Aswad al-Du'ali.

tabii Kharijah ibn Zayd ibn Thabit

...aha of Medina. He inherited his father's mastery of Quranic recitation, inheritance law, and legal knowledge, and was widely consu...