Definitions:

These terms will be used throughout the upcoming Usool and Furoosh, and the musannif wants to define them for the reader:

1. صلة(silah)
Meaning to read a Fatha or Kasra elongated. example: ياتهي ,عليهموا

عدم صله(2
('Adm silah)
In the case of hum, kum, tum, to read them with Jazm and NOT do silah. ie, Alayhim.
And in the case of haa Dameer with the long kasra, it is to shorten it to a simple kasra. ie نوله

وصلا 3
(waSlan)
This is in regards to when certain Ikhtilaaf (differences) should be made, and it refers to when one is continuing the recitation and connecting the said word or area with the next. For example,
امن السفهاء الا انهم will be read as امن السفهاء ولا with a "waa" instead of the "hamza" when continuing through the stop, and read as it is done in Hafs when stopped, where stopping is the opposite of 'waSlan' and is instead 'waQfan - stopping'.

4. اختلاس(Ikhtilaas)
When there is a kasra or fatha, to break the fatha or kasra into three parts and to read only two parts. This is difficult to perform initially, so practice with your teacher is necessary.

5. تسهيل(tas'heel)
This is the softening of the hamza, so that:
- if it has a fatha on it, it will be softened to the likeness of an alif.
- if it has a kasra on it, it will be softened to the likeness of a yaa'.
- if it has a dummah on it, it will be softened to the likeness of a wow.

6. There will be some words and ikhtilaaf (differences) that will have no set rules attached to them, and thus, they must be memorized simply as they are.

7. When referencing Ayaat, the musannif will use an 'Ain' of "Rukoo'" with the Surah number on the top, and the Juz number on the bottom.

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Sayyiduna Qaloon

His name was Easa bin Menaa'. He was the slave of Madani Zuraqy and ZuhrTeen, and was a scholar and teacher of Grammer. His kunya was Abu Musa and nickname was Qaloon. It is said that Imam Nafi' gave him this nickname of Qaloon due to his recitation being strong, because the word Qaloon refers to something strong in the Roman tongue. He studied and learned directly from Imam Nafi', and this Sanad (chain) to the Prophet SAW has been mentioned before.

It is recorded that Imam Qaloon was actually deaf in the ears, but miraculously, he would not stutter nor err one bit when he recited the Qur'an. He died in the year 225AH in Madina Munawwara at the age of 100. Rahimahullah.

Imam Nafi' Madani

His name was Nafi' and his kunya was Abu Abd al-Rahman, Abul Hasan, and Abu Ruwaim. His father's name was Abdul Rahman and his father's father's name was Abu Na'eem. He was the slave of Ju'ayna bin Shu'oob bin Laithi. And he was the ally of Hamzah bin Abdul Muttalib. His color was black. He was a scholar in regards to the recitation of the Qur'an as well as in the Arabic language and he was very strong in holding on to the Sunnah and Hadith of the Prophet (SAW). He took up the Imamah after Abu Ja'far and was known as THE Imam.

He is from the second generation. From the Sahabah, he met Tufayl and Ibn Abi Unays, so he was from the Tabi'een. Imam Malik mentions that Imam Nafi's recitation was on the Sunnah and the best. Is'haaq Musayyibi said that his countenance was pleasant and that he was very handsome. He was visited by the Prophet SAW in his dream. He learned Qur'an from seventy of the Tabi'een. Imam Abu Ja'far Yazeed bin Qa'qaa' himself is included in these seventy, who is the eighth Imam of Qiraa' and is the freed slave of Ibn Abbas. Nafi' himself says that when he studied from Imam Abu Ja'far, he was 9 years of age. The other Sheikh was Shaiba bin Nassaa' and the third was Abdul Rahman bin Hurmuzaa (?). All three of them learned from Ibn Abbas and Ubay bin Ka'b who learned from the Prophet SAW who learned from Jibreel who received it from the Lord himself.

It has been recorded about him that when he would read the Qur'an or speak, fragrance would come from his mouth. Someone once asked him about this fragrance and what fragrance he put on when he taught, and Imam Nafi' said that he does not put on fragrance nor does he go near fragrance, but rather he had a dream in which the Prophet SAW came to him and recited Qur'an very close to his face, and since then, he has had this fragrance coming from his mouth. He died in Madina in the year 167AH at the age of 99 and he was buried in Jannatul Baqi'.

Bismillah

In the name of Allah, the most Gracious, the most Merciful.

All praise is due to Allah, the Lord of the Universe. May His peace and blessings be upon the greatest of creation, His messanger and prophet Muhammad, sallallahu alaihi wa sallam, and on his companions, his wives, his family, and the entire ummah until the Day of Judgement. Ameen.

I pray that Allah takes away from us Nisyaan and Khata'. Whatever I say or write that is good and correct, is indeed from Allah, and whatever I say or write that is wrong is from me or shaytaan, and I pray that Allah forgives me and all of us for our mistakes. Ameen.

I pray that Allah grants the highest of rewards to our teachers, elders, parents, scholars, friends and family from whom we seek and attain knowledge, and especially our teacher who is teaching us the material here and his family, and his Grandfather who has written this book, and his teachers who taught him, and their teachers and so on. May Allah preserve them, alive and dead, forgive their sins and shortcomings, and give them the best in this life and the hereafter. Ameen.

DISCLAIMER: This is NOT a translation of the book. And this is NOT an online course. These are simplified notes for my benefit, as well as fellow students, and whoever else is interested. But for us to actually LEARN this, we must sit with our teachers' permission and learn from THEM. Not the computer screen.

- The names in bold are of the Qira'at. And the 2 underneath each Qira'ah are the Riwa'at. (Example: We normally read in the Riwaya of Hafs and the Qira'ah of Aasim Koofi.)

Alif - Nafi' Madani
* baa - Qaloon
* jeem - Warsh
Daal - Ibn Katheer Makki
* haa - Bazzi
* zaa - Qunbul
Haa - Abu Amr Basri
* Taa - Doori
* yaa - Soosi
Kaaf - Ibn Aamir Shaami
* laam - Hisham
* meem - Ibn Thakwan
Noon - Aasim Koofi
* Saad - Abu Bakr/Shu'ba
* 'ain - Hafs
Faa - Hamza Koofi
* Daad - Khalaf
* Qaaf - Khallaad
Raa - Kisaa'iy Koofi
* seen - Abu al-Harith
* taa - Doori ('an Kisaa'iy)
Thaa - Abu Ja'far Yazeed Madani
* khaa - Ibn Wardan
* thaal - Ibn Jammaz
Dhaa - Ya'qoob Hadhrami
* ghain - Ruwais
* sheen - RaaH
Waow - Imam Khalaf Koofi
- IsHaaq
- Idrees