7 Kind of Quranic Recitation

Hadeeth of Ibn ‘Abbaas who narrated that the Prophet (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said: “Jibreel taught me one style and I reviewed it until he taught me more, and I kept asking him for more and he gave me more until finally there were seven styles.”

(narrated by al-Bukhaari, 3047; Muslim, 819) 

Hadeeth of ‘Umar ibn al-Khattaab who said: “I heard Hishaam ibn Hakeem reciting Soorat al-Furqaan in a manner different from that in which I used to recite it and the way in which the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) taught me to recite it.  I was about to argue with him whilst he was praying, but I waited until he finished his prayer, and then I tied his garment around his neck and seized him by it and brought him to the Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) and said, ‘O Messenger of Allaah, I heard this man reciting Soorat-al-Furqaan in a way different to the way you taught it to me.’ The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said to him, ‘Recite it,’ and he recited it as I had heard him recite it. The Messenger of Allaah (peace and blessings of Allaah be upon him) said, ‘It was revealed like this.’ Then he said to me, ‘Recite it,’ so I recited it and he said, ‘It was revealed like this.’ This Qur'aan has been revealed in seven different ways, so recite it in the way that is easiest for you.’”

(Narrated by al-Bukhaari, 2287; Muslim, 818) 

Note:When ‘Uthmaan made copies of the Qur’aan, he did so according to one style (harf), but he omitted the dots and vowel points so that some other styles could also be accommodated.  So the Mus-haf that was copied in his time could be read according to other styles, and whatever styles were accommodated by the Mus-haf of ‘Uthmaan remained in use, and the styles that could not be accommodated fell into disuse. The people had started to criticize one another for reciting differently, so ‘Uthmaan united them by giving them one style of the Qur’aan. 

The seven readers or reciters were: 

1-     Naafi’ al-Madani

2-     Ibn Katheer al-Makki

3-     ‘Aasim al-Kufi

4-     Hamzah al-Zayaat al-Kufi

5-     Al-Kisaa’i al-Kufi

6-     Abu ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ala’ al-Basri

7-     ‘Abd-Allaah ibn ‘Aamir al-Shaami 

The ones who have the strongest isnaad in recitation are Naafi’ and ‘Aasim. 

The most eloquent are Abu ‘Amr and al-Kisaa’i. 

Warsh and Qaaloon narrated from Naafi’.

Hafs and Shu’bah narrated from ‘Aasim. 

More info:https://islamqa.info/en/5142

The Seven Readers and their transmitters

Qari (Reader)					Rawi (Transmitters)
Name	Born	Died	Full name	Additional info	Name	Born	Died	Full name	Additional info	Present region of use
Nafi‘ al-Madani	70 AH	169 AH - 785 CE[10]	Ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman Ibn Abi Na‘im, Abu Ruwaym al-Laythi	Roots from Isfahan; commonly confused with the other Nafi', mawla of Ibn Umar	Qalun	120 AH	220 AH - 835 CE[10]	Abu Musa, ‘Isa Ibn Mina al-Zarqi	Client of Bani Zuhrah	Libya, Tunisia, and parts of Al-Andalus and Qatar[11]
					Warsh	110 AH	197 AH - 812 CE[10]	‘Uthman Ibn Sa‘id al-Qutbi	Egyptian; client of Quraysh	Al-Andalus, Algeria, Morocco, parts of Tunisia, West Africa and Sudan[11]and parts of Libya.
Ibn Kathir al-Makki	45 AH	120 AH - 738 CE[10]	‘Abdullah, Abu Ma‘bad al-‘Attar al-Dari	Persian	Al-Bazzi	170 AH	250 AH - 864 CE[10]	Ahmad Ibn Muhammad Ibn ‘Abdillah, Abu al-Hasan al-Buzzi	Persian
					Qunbul	195 AH	291 AH - 904 CE[10]	Muhammad Ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman, al-Makhzumi, Abu ‘Amr	Meccan and Makhzumi (by loyalty)
Abu ‘Amr Ibn al-‘Ala'	68 AH	154 AH - 770 CE[10]	Zuban Ibn al-‘Ala' at-Tamimi al-Mazini, al-Basri		Al-Duri	150 AH	246 AH - 860 CE[10]	Abu ‘Amr, Hafs Ibn ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Baghdadi	Grammarian. Blind.	Parts of Sudan and West Africa.[11]
					Al-Susi	?	261 AH - 874 CE[10]	Abu Shu‘ayb, Salih Ibn Ziyad Ibn ‘Abdillah Ibn Isma‘il Ibn al-Jarud ar-Riqqi
Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi	8 AH	118 AH - 736 CE[10]	‘Abdullah Ibn ‘Amir Ibn Yazid Ibn Tamim Ibn Rabi‘ah al-Yahsibi		Hisham	153 AH	245 AH - 859 CE[10]	Abu al-Walid, Hisham ibn ‘Ammar Ibn Nusayr Ibn Maysarah al-Salami al-Dimashqi		Parts of Yemen.[11]
					Ibn Dhakwan	173 AH	242 AH - 856 E[10]	Abu ‘Amr, ‘Abdullah Ibn Ahmad al-Qurayshi al-Dimashqi
Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud	? AH	127 AH - 745 CE[10]	Abu Bakr, ‘Aasim Ibn Abi al-Najud al-'Asadi	'Asadi (by loyalty)	Shu‘bah	95 AH	193 AH - 809 CE[10]	Abu Bakr, Shu‘bah Ibn ‘Ayyash Ibn Salim al-Kufi an-Nahshali	Nahshali (by loyalty)
					Hafs	90 AH	180 AH - 796 CE[10]	Abu ‘Amr, Hafs Ibn Sulayman Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Abi Dawud al-Asadi al-Kufi		Muslim world in general.[11]
Hamzah az-Zaiyyat	80 AH	156 AH - 773 CE[10]	Abu ‘Imarah, Hamzah Ibn Habib al-Zayyat al-Taymi	Taymi (by loyalty)	Khalaf	150 AH	229 AH - 844 CE[10]	Abu Muhammad al-Asadi al-Bazzar al-Baghdadi
					Khallad	?	220 AH - 835 CE[10]	Abu ‘Isa, Khallad Ibn Khalid al-Baghdadi
Al-Kisa'i	119 AH	189 AH - 804 CE[10]	Abu al-Hasan, ‘Ali Ibn Hamzah al-Asadi	Asadi (by loyalty). Persian.	Al-Layth	? AH	240 AH - 854 CE[10]	Abu al-Harith, al-Layth Ibn Khalid al-Baghdadi
					Al-Duri	?	246 AH - 860 CE	Abu ‘Amr, Hafs Ibn ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Baghdadi	Transmitter of Abu 'Amr (See Above)

In Addition to the above there are three more readers whose reading is collected separately from the Seven. These are:

The Three Readers and their transmitters

Qari (Reader)					Rawi (Transmitters)
Name	Born	Died	Full name	Additional info	Name	Born	Died	Full name	Additional info
Abu Ja‘far	?	130 AH	Yazid Ibn al-Qa‘qa‘ al-Makhzumi al-Madani		‘Isa Ibn Wirdan	?	160 AH	Abu al-Harith al-Madani	Madani by style
					Ibn Jummaz	?	170 AH	Abu ar-Rabi‘, Sulayman Ibn Muslim Ibn Jummaz al-Madani
Ya‘qub al-Yamani	117 AH	205 AH	Abu Muhammad, Ya‘qub Ibn Ishaq Ibn Zayd Ibn ‘Abdillah Ibn Abi Ishaq al-Hadrami al-Basri	Client of the Hadramis	Ruways	?	238 AH	Abu ‘Abdillah, Muhammad Ibn al-Mutawakkil al-Basri
					Rawh	?	234 AH	Abu al-Hasan, Rawh Ibn ‘Abd al-Mu'min, al-Basri al-Hudhali	Hudhali by loyalty
Khalaf	150 AH	229 AH	Abu Muhammad al-Asadi al-Bazzar al-Baghdadi	Transmitter of Hamza (see above)	Ishaq	?	286 AH	Abu Ya‘qub, Ishaq Ibn Ibrahim Ibn ‘Uthman al-Maruzi al-Baghdadi
					Idris	189 AH	292 AH	Abu al-Hasan, Idris Ibn ‘Abd al-Karim al-Haddad al-Baghdadi

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Qira%27at

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