Born 1350 CE (25 Ramadan 751 AH)[4]
Damascus, Syria[4]
Died 1429 CE (5 Rabi' al-awwal 833 AH)[4][4]
nationality Kurdish
Jurisprudence Shafi'i
Main interest(s) Qira'at, Tajwid, Hadith, History, Fiqh
Abu al-Khayr Shams al-Din Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Muhammad ibn Ali ibn Yusuf al-Jazari (Arabic: Abol-xeyr Šamseddin Mohammad ebn Mohammad ebn Mohammad Ben’ali ebn Yusofe jazari, 1350 CE/751 AH – 1429 CE/833 AH) was a distinguished and prolific scholar in the field of the qira'at of the Qur'an, whom al-Suyuti regarded as the "ultimate authority on these matters".[5] His works on tajwid and qira'at are considered classics.[6] The nisba (attributive title), Jazari, denotes an origin from Jazirat ibn 'Umar.[7]
Biography
Biography
Al-Jazari was born in Damascus at a time where his parents were long past the age of having children[citation needed], yet his father (a merchant), had not given up all hope of having a child even after 40 years of marriage. It is said that Al-Jazari was born after his father's prayers for a son during the Hajj.[4]
He completed the memorization of the Qur'an at the age of 13 and learned the art of Qur'anic recitation at an early age.[citation needed] In Damascus, al-Jazari founded and headed Dar al-Qur'an, a school that specialized in Qur'anic sciences. He travelled to Mecca, Medina, Cairo and Alexandria where he took knowledge from its scholars and in 774 AH, he was authorized by his teacher Ibn Kathir to issue verdicts in Islamic law.[citation needed] He served as a qadi (judge) of Damascus in 793 AH and later in Shiraz where he died.
Works
Al-Jazari compiled more than 90 works on qira'at, hadith, history and other disciples. These include:
Taḥbīr al-taysīr fī qirāʼāt al-ʻashr
Taqrīb al-Nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr
Al-Tamhīd fī ʻilm al-tajwīd
Ṭayyibat al-nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr
Munjid al-Muqriʼīn wa-murshid al-ṭālibīn
Taḥbīr al-taysīr fī qirāʼāt al-ʻashr
Taqrīb al-Nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr
Al-Tamhīd fī ʻilm al-tajwīd
Ṭayyibat al-nashr fī al-qirāʼāt al-ʻashr
Munjid al-Muqriʼīn wa-murshid al-ṭālibīn
Notes
1.Jump up ^ Arabic:alqurra
2.Jump up ^ Arabic: moqari al-mamalik
3.Jump up ^ Arabic:al-emam ol-azam, a title given to him by the people of Shiraz
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Ḥāfiẓ, Muḥammad Muṭīʻ (1995). Shaykh al-qurrāʼ al-Imām Ibn al-Jazarī (751–833). Dār al-Fikr al-Muʻāṣir. pp. 7–11.
5.Jump up ^ Semaan, Khalil I (1968). Linguistics in the Middle Ages: Phonetic studies in early Islam. E. J. Brill. p. 34.
6.Jump up ^ Nelson, Kristina (2001). The art of reciting the Qur'an. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 88.
7.Jump up ^ Sarton, George (1962). Introduction to the History of Science (3 Vols. in 5). Krieger Pub Co. p. 1455.
2.Jump up ^ Arabic: moqari al-mamalik
3.Jump up ^ Arabic:al-emam ol-azam, a title given to him by the people of Shiraz
4.^ Jump up to: a b c d e Ḥāfiẓ, Muḥammad Muṭīʻ (1995). Shaykh al-qurrāʼ al-Imām Ibn al-Jazarī (751–833). Dār al-Fikr al-Muʻāṣir. pp. 7–11.
5.Jump up ^ Semaan, Khalil I (1968). Linguistics in the Middle Ages: Phonetic studies in early Islam. E. J. Brill. p. 34.
6.Jump up ^ Nelson, Kristina (2001). The art of reciting the Qur'an. American Univ in Cairo Press. p. 88.
7.Jump up ^ Sarton, George (1962). Introduction to the History of Science (3 Vols. in 5). Krieger Pub Co. p. 1455.
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