Hafs ibn Sulayman, Transmitter of Asim's reading: Scholar in Islamic History

Scholar

ScholarTransmitter of Asim's reading

Hafs ibn Sulaymanحفص بن سليمان

c. 706-796 CE (90-180 AH)Approximate dateKufa

Asim's stepson, whose transmission is the reading in most printed Qurans.

Raised in Asim's house, he learned the Quran from him letter by letter and later taught in Baghdad and Makkah. The Cairo edition of 1924, printed in his reading, made it the global standard.

What grew out of it?

Most of the world's Muslims recite the Quran as Hafs passed it on.

Who else is linked?

Kufa Asim ibn Abi al-Najud Abbasid Caliphate Mahmoud Khalil al-Husary

Who lived at the same time?

Al-Saffah Marwan ibn Muhammad Yazid ibn al-Walid Ibrahim ibn al-Walid Al-Walid ibn Yazid Al-Mansur Hisham ibn Abd al-Malik Abd al-Rahman I

Source: history

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