Ithaf Al-Barara with biographies of the ten readers | Episode (9) | Translated by Imam Yaqoub Al-Hadrami and his narrators, Ruwais and Ruh

0:00 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

0:03 *Ithaf al-Bararah*

0:07 *bi-Tarajim al-Qurra' al-'Asharah* (The Gift of the Pious: Biographies of the Ten Qur'an Reciters)

0:12 Biography of Imam Ya'qub al-Hadrami al-Basri

0:21 He is Abu Muhammad Ya'qub Ibn Ishaq Ibn Zayd

0:25 Ibn 'Abdullah Ibn Abi Ishaq al-Hadrami.

0:29 He was a great leader,

0:31 trustworthy, highly knowledgeable,

0:32 righteous, and deeply religious.

0:35 Leadership in recitation culminated in him after Abu 'Amr.

0:39 He served as the imam of the Grand Mosque of Basra for many years.

0:42 Abu Hatim al-Sijistani said of him:

0:45 "He is the most knowledgeable person I have seen regarding the variant readings, differences in the Qur'an,

0:49 its underlying reasons, its methodological schools, and the schools of grammar.

0:53 He was the most prolific in transmitting the recitations of the Qur'an and the hadiths of the jurists."

0:58 Ibn Abi Hatim said:

1:00 Ahmad Ibn Hanbal was asked about him, and he said:

1:03 "Truthful."

1:05 My father was also asked about him, and he said:

1:07 "Truthful."

1:10 He recited before Abu al-Mundhir

1:12 Salam Ibn Sulayman al-Muqri',

1:14 and before Abu al-Ash'hab

1:16 Ja'far Ibn Hibban,

1:18 Shihab Ibn Sharanafah,

1:20 and Mahd Ibn Maymun.

1:22 He also heard hadith from Hamzah al-Zayyat and others.

1:26 Reciting directly under him were Ruways (Muhammad Ibn al-Mutawakkil),

1:30 Ruh Ibn 'Abd al-Mu'min,

1:32 Al-Walid Ibn Hassan al-Tawzi,

1:35 Ahmad Ibn 'Abd al-Khaliq al-Makfuf,

1:38 Abu 'Amr al-Duri,

1:40 and Abu Hatim al-Sijistani.

1:43 Narrating hadith from him were Abu Hafs al-Fallas,

1:46 Abu Qilabah al-Raqashi,

1:48 and others.

1:50 He passed away, may Allah have mercy on him, in the year 205 AH,

1:55 at the age of eighty-eight.

2:01 Biography of Imam Ruways

2:03 The first narrator

2:05 from Imam Ya'qub.

2:07 He is Abu 'Abdullah

2:10 Muhammad Ibn al-Mutawakkil al-Lu'lu'i.

2:13 He recited under Imam Ya'qub and others.

2:17 Al-Dani said:

2:19 "He is among the most skilled of Ya'qub's students."

2:22 Ibn al-Jazari said:

2:24 "He was a leading authority in recitation,

2:26 well-versed in it,

2:28 skilled, precise,

2:30 famous, and highly adept.

2:32 He devoted himself to teaching recitation,

2:34 and a vast number of scholars recited under him,

2:36 among them Muhammad Ibn Harun al-Tammar

2:39 and Abu 'Abdullah al-Zubayri,

2:42 the Shafi'i jurist,

2:44 among others."

2:46 He passed away, may Allah have mercy on him, in Basra

2:48 in the year 238 AH.

2:52 A sample recitation according to the narration of Ruways

2:58 from Ya'qub:

3:00 I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed.

3:03 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

3:07 “And Satan saith, when the matter hath been decided: Lo! Allah promised you a promise of truth; and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no power over you save that I called unto you and ye obeyed me. So blame not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can ye help me, Lo! I disbelieved in that which ye before ascribed to me. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom.” (14:22)

3:13 “And Satan saith, when the matter hath been decided: Lo! Allah promised you a promise of truth; and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no power over you save that I called unto you and ye obeyed me. So blame not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can ye help me, Lo! I disbelieved in that which ye before ascribed to me. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom.” (14:22)

3:18 "and I made promises to you, but I betrayed you.

3:22 “And Satan saith, when the matter hath been decided: Lo! Allah promised you a promise of truth; and I promised you, then failed you. And I had no power over you save that I called unto you and ye obeyed me. So blame not, but blame yourselves. I cannot help you, nor can ye help me, Lo! I disbelieved in that which ye before ascribed to me. Lo! for wrong-doers is a painful doom.” (14:22)

3:29 I had no authority over you except that I invited you,

3:32 and you responded to me.

3:35 So do not blame me,

3:39 but blame yourselves.

3:43 I cannot come to your aid,

3:46 nor can you come to my aid.

3:52 Indeed, I disbelieve in your associating me with Allah before.

4:00 Indeed, the wrongdoers will suffer a painful punishment."

4:09 And those who believed

4:12 and did righteous deeds will be admitted to Gardens beneath which

4:17 rivers flow,

4:20 “And those who believed and did good works are made to enter Gardens underneath which rivers flow, therein abiding by permission of their Lord, their greeting therein: Peace!” (14:23)

4:29 their greeting therein being, "Peace."

4:37 Biography of Imam Ruh

4:43 The second narrator from Imam Ya'qub

4:47 Abu al-Hasan

4:50 Ruh Ibn 'Abd al-Mu'min Ibn 'Abdah Ibn Muslim

4:53 al-Hudhali (their freed slave),

4:56 al-Basri, the grammarian and reciter.

5:00 He recited under Ya'qub al-Hadrami,

5:02 and transmitted variant recitations from Ahmad Ibn Musa,

5:05 Mu'adh Ibn Mu'adh,

5:07 and his son 'Ubaydullah Ibn Mu'adh,

5:09 among others.

5:11 He also narrated hadith from Hammad Ibn Zayd,

5:13 Abu 'Awanah,

5:15 Ja'far Ibn Sulayman al-Duba'i,

5:17 and others.

5:19 Ibn al-Jazari said of him:

5:21 "He was an eminent reciter,

5:23 trustworthy, precise, and famous,

5:26 among the most distinguished and reliable of Ya'qub's companions."

5:29 Al-Bukhari narrated from him in his *Sahih*.

5:32 Al-Dhahabi said:

5:34 "He was meticulous and proficient."

5:37 Reciting under him were Abu Bakr

5:39 Muhammad Ibn Wahb al-Thaqafi—

5:41 who was among his most eminent students—

5:44 Ahmad Ibn Yazid al-Halwani,

5:46 Al-Tayyib Ibn Hamdan,

5:48 Ahmad Ibn Yahya al-Wakil,

5:50 and others.

5:52 Narrating hadith from him were 'Abdullah Ibn Ahmad,

5:55 Abu Ya'la al-Mawsili,

5:57 Ibrahim Ibn Muhammad Ibn Na'ilah al-Isfahani,

6:01 and others.

6:03 He passed away, may Allah have mercy on him,

6:06 in the year 234 AH,

6:09 and it is also said in the year 235 AH.

6:13 A sample recitation according to the narration of Ruh

6:18 from Ya'qub:

6:21 I seek refuge in Allah from Satan, the accursed.

6:24 In the name of Allah, the Most Gracious, the Most Merciful.

6:28 "And the heaven We constructed with strength,

6:35 and indeed, We are [its] expander.

6:41 And the earth We have spread out,

6:44 and how excellent is the Spreader!

6:50 And of all things

6:53 We created two pairs,

6:55 perhaps you will remember.

7:00 So flee to Allah.

7:06 Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner.

7:13 And do not make with Allah another deity.

7:20 Indeed, I am to you from Him a clear warner."

7:29 “Even so there came no messenger unto those before them but they said: A wizard or a madman!” (51:52)

7:38 "...but they said, 'A magician or a madman.'

7:46 Have they transmitted it to one another?

7:48 Rather, they are a transgressing people.

7:53 “So withdraw from them (O Muhammad), for thou art in no wise blameworthy,” (51:54)

8:02 And remind, for indeed, the reminder benefits the believers."

8:11 “I created the jinn and humankind only that they might worship Me.” (51:56)

8:16 "...except that they should worship Me."

8:20 “I seek no livelihood from them, nor do I ask that they should feed Me.” (51:57)

8:25 "...nor do I want them to feed Me.

8:31 Indeed, it is Allah who is the Continual Provider, the possessor of firm strength.

8:40 “And lo! for those who (now) do wrong there is an evil day like unto the evil day (which came for) their likes (of old); so let them not ask Me to hasten on (that day).” (51:59)

8:50 So let them not ask Me to hasten."

8:54 "Woe then to those who disbelieved from their Day which they are promised!"

9:14 May Allah reward with all goodness on our behalf the imams

9:19 who transmitted the Qur'an to us pure and flowing smoothly.

Ithaf Al-Barara with biographies of the ten readers | Episode (9) | Translated by Imam Yaqoub Al-Hadrami and his narrators, Ruwais and Ruh

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