Qirā’ah of Ḥamzah al-Kūfī
Imam Abū ʿUmārah Ḥamzah ibn Ḥabīb al-Zayyāt al-Kūfī (d. 156 AH / Kufa, Iraq)
Renowned for asceticism, piety, and meticulous precision in Quranic recitation. Disciple of Al-Aʿmash, Ḥumrān ibn Aʿyan, and Imam Jaʿfar al-Ṣādiq.
کوفہ کے زاہد، پرہیزگار اور انتہائی متقی امامِ قراءت۔ سکت، تحقیق اور امالہ کے خصوصی اصولوں کے حامل۔
कूफ़ा के मुत्तक़ी और मुस्तनद इमाम-ए-क़िराअत जो अपनी सख़्त तहक़ीक़ और इमा़ला के लिए जाने जाते हैं।
Principal Narrators (Ruwāt)
Systematic Recitation Principles (Uṣūl)
- Extensive Sakt (short pauses without breathing) before hamzah
- Distinctive Waqf 'ala al-Hamzah (special rules when stopping on a hamzah)
- Ishmām of letters and full 6-count Madd on Muttaṣil and Munfaṣil
Classical References Documenting This Reading
Hirz al-Amani wa Wajh al-Tahani (Al-Shatibiyyah)
Author: Imam Abu al-Qasim al-Shatibi (d. 590 AH)
“The foundational classical didactic poem detailing the Seven Mutawatir Readings.”
Al-Nashr fi al-Qira'at al-'Ashr
Author: Shams al-Din Muhammad Ibn al-Jazari (d. 833 AH)
“The definitive master compendium of the Ten Mutawatir Readings and their Turuq.”