Ibn al-Jazari
Abu al-Khayr Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Jazari (Arabic: أبو الخير شمس الدين محمد بن محمد بن محمد بن علي بن يوسف الجزري, 26 November 1350– 2 December 1429) was a scholar in the field of the qira'at of the Qur'an, whom al-Suyuti regarded as the "ultimate authority on these matters".[6] His works on tajwid and qira'at are considered classics.[7] The nisba (attributive title), Jazari, denotes an origin from Jazirat ibn 'Umar.[8]
Muhammad ibn Muhammad Ibn al-Jazari محمد ابن محمد الجزری | |
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%253B_al-Husn_al-Hasin_signed_'Ali%252C_Ottoman_Turkey%252C_dated_1761-2.jpg.webp) Manuscript of a religious treatise by al-Jazari (al-Husn al-Hasin), after al-Bukhari's Sahih. Copy created in Ottoman Turkey, dated 1761-2 | |
| Title | Shaykh al-qurrāʼ[1] Muqriʼ al-Mamālīk[2] Al-Imām al-Aʻẓam[3] Al-Hafiz |
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| Born | 26 November 1350 25 Ramadan 751 AH[4] Damascus, Syria[4] |
| Died | 2 December 1429 5 Rabi' al-awwal 833 AH[4] (aged 79) Shiraz, Iran[4] |
| Religion | Islam |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
| Creed | Ashari[5] |
| Main interest(s) | Qira'at, Tajwid, Hadith, History, Fiqh |
| Muslim leader | |
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Biography
Al-Jazari was born in Damascus on Friday 26 November 1350 (25 Ramadan 751 AH).[4]
He wrote two large poems about Qira'at and tajwid. One was "Durrat Al-Madiyyah" (Arabic: الدرة المضية), in the readings of three major reciters, added to the seven in the Shatibiyyah, making it ten. The other is "Tayyibat An-Nashr" (Arabic: طيبة النشر), which is 1014 lines on the ten major reciters in great detail, of which he also wrote a commentary.
Al-Jazari died at the age of 79 on Friday 2 December 1429 (5 Rabi' al-awwal 833 AH) in Shiraz, Iran.
Disciples
Ibn al-Jazari taught several students including Sidi Boushaki (1394-1453)[9]
Selected works
Al-Jazari compiled more than 90 works on qira'at (readings), ḥadīth (traditions), ta’rīkh (history) and other disciplines. These include:
- Taḥbīr al-taysīr fī qirāʼāt al-ʻashr (تحبير التيسير في قراءات العشر)
- Taqrīb al-Nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr (تقريب النشر في القراءات العشر)
- Al-Tamhīd fī ʻilm al-tajwīd (التمهيد في علم التجويد)
- Ṭayyibat al-nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr (طيبة النشر في القراءات العشر)
- Munjid al-Muqriʼīn wa-murshid al-ṭālibīn (منجد المقرئين ومرشد الطالبين)
- Ghāyat al-Nihāyah fī Ṭabaqāt al-Qurrāʻ (غاية النهاية في طبقات القرآء) Lexicon of the Holy Qur’ān’s Reciters [10]
Notes
- Arabic: شيخ القراء
- Arabic: مقرئ المماليك
- Arabic: الإمام الأعظم, a title given to him by the people of Shiraz
- Ḥāfiẓ, Muḥammad Muṭīʻ (1995). Shaykh al-qurrāʼ al-Imām Ibn al-Jazarī (751–833). Dār al-Fikr al-Muʻāṣir. pp. 7–11.
- Shah, Mustafa (2010). The Hạdīth: Codification, authenticity. Routledge. p. 30. ISBN 9780415476195.
- Semaan, Khalil I (1968). Linguistics in the Middle Ages: Phonetic studies in early Islam. E. J. Brill. p. 34.
- Nelson, Kristina (2001). The art of reciting the Qur'an. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 88.
- Sarton, George (1962). Introduction to the History of Science (3 Vols. in 5). Krieger Pub Co. p. 1455.
- الضوء اللامع لأهل القرن التاسع 1-6 ج1. January 2003. ISBN 9782745137135.
- Ibn al-Jazarī, Shamsuddīn (1971). Bergsträsser, G. (ed.). Ghāyat al-Nihāyah fī Ṭabaqāt al-Qurrā' (in Arabic). Vol. I. Beirut: Dar al-Kotob al-Ilmiyah.
