Dr Mohammed Matar al Kaabi, Awqaf’s Chairman, presented certificates to 139 male and female graduates at the ceremony. Dr al Kaabi pointed out that it is well-known that the strongest and most authentic chain of authority in transmitting the holy Quran is the one in which the chain of narration is mutawatir (المتواتر, continuous and therefore authentic) in 10 readings, generation after generation, linking all the way back to the Prophet's companions (الصحابة, the people who knew him when he was alive and intentionally spent time with him) and finally to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ).
“To achieve such a superior goal, the Awqaf launched the initiative of Licensing with Sanad to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), which is considered as the first of its kind at the level of the Muslim world. The aim is to achieve its strategy, vision, mission and values. Thanks to Allah, the initiative has proved fruitful and, today, we are celebrating the graduation of the second batch in the readings reported by Hafs and Shu'bah from Aasim and chain back to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ),” Dr al Kaabi said.
The initiative, he added, will always constitute a platform for excellence and innovation so as to become a sustainable approach that is conducive to nurturing generations from the UAE who will, by Allah’s grace, raise the flag of knowledge and Quran as source of support, noble values and excellence.
Omar al Derei, Member of the Emirates Fatwa Council, addressed the graduates saying, “Awqaf, by Allah’s favour, is determined to draw new roadmaps for reviving this science and qualifying our great memorisers in the field of the seven and 10 readings of the Quran, both minor and major. Thus, we are hopeful that this project will be groundbreaking in serving the Quran, perfection of its memorisation and its narration based on the chains of authority that come down from the Prophet (ﷺ). In return, such efforts will be concerted to form a unique contemporary gold chain that serves to further regulate the care that the UAE attributes to the holy Quran.”
“To achieve such a superior goal, the Awqaf launched the initiative of Licensing with Sanad to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ), which is considered as the first of its kind at the level of the Muslim world. The aim is to achieve its strategy, vision, mission and values. Thanks to Allah, the initiative has proved fruitful and, today, we are celebrating the graduation of the second batch in the readings reported by Hafs and Shu'bah from Aasim and chain back to the Messenger of Allah (ﷺ),” Dr al Kaabi said.
The initiative, he added, will always constitute a platform for excellence and innovation so as to become a sustainable approach that is conducive to nurturing generations from the UAE who will, by Allah’s grace, raise the flag of knowledge and Quran as source of support, noble values and excellence.
Omar al Derei, Member of the Emirates Fatwa Council, addressed the graduates saying, “Awqaf, by Allah’s favour, is determined to draw new roadmaps for reviving this science and qualifying our great memorisers in the field of the seven and 10 readings of the Quran, both minor and major. Thus, we are hopeful that this project will be groundbreaking in serving the Quran, perfection of its memorisation and its narration based on the chains of authority that come down from the Prophet (ﷺ). In return, such efforts will be concerted to form a unique contemporary gold chain that serves to further regulate the care that the UAE attributes to the holy Quran.”
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| Source: Awqaf. Dr Mohammed Matar al Kaabi, Awqaf’s Chairman, presented certificates to graduates at the ceremony. |
As agreed by the scholars specialised in this field, “reading is a followed Sunna”, which means that the recitation in its transmission, backup and narration goes back to the Prophet (ﷺ), al Derei added.
“Amongst the benefits of the science of readings is that it laid down the foundation for some fine sciences; which are now called the phonological features, a specialisation that is considered as rare in current age. This leads to the fact that such science that gathers us today is the origin of the Islamic sciences, arts and knowledge and the cause of their spread, superiority and brilliance. The ultimate goal is serve, preserve and protect the Quranic texts and make best use of them,” concluded al Derei.
“Amongst the benefits of the science of readings is that it laid down the foundation for some fine sciences; which are now called the phonological features, a specialisation that is considered as rare in current age. This leads to the fact that such science that gathers us today is the origin of the Islamic sciences, arts and knowledge and the cause of their spread, superiority and brilliance. The ultimate goal is serve, preserve and protect the Quranic texts and make best use of them,” concluded al Derei.
*Another way of referring to the Prophet Muhammad (ﷺ).
**The popular Hafs method of recitation is from Abu ‘Amr Hafs Ibn Sulayman Ibn al-Mughirah Ibn Abi Dawud al-Asadi al-Kufi, or Hafs, who lived from the years 706 to 796. The competing Shu'bah method is from his fellow student Abu Bakr Shu‘bah Ibn ‘Ayyash Ibn Salim al-Kufi an-Nahshali (711 to 809), or Shu'bah. Both men learned Quranic recitation from ‘Aasim Ibn Abi al-Najud al-'Asadi. The 'Aasim method is considered one of seven methods of recitation, which together with another three make up the 10 main methods of recitation. Some differences between the Hafs and Shu'bah recitation methods