What is the number of recitations?
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The Shaykh : A questioner asks: What is the number of recitations? Are they seven or ten?
Answer: I say that in the authentic hadith:Sunan an-Nasa'i 940Hasan (Darussalam) But the reality is that the scholars differed greatly, very greatly, in interpreting the seven letters, to the extent of about forty opinions. And since I am not a specialist in recitation, and even less so in the recitations themselves, I do not have a definitive answer regarding the seven letters mentioned in the hadith, and consequently regarding the seven recitations about which you are asking.
However, I know that these seven recitations, let alone the ten recitations, do not all consist of mass-transmitted reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). In any case, a question like this should be asked to the specialists, if there are any specialists in this science among us today.
Answer: I say that in the authentic hadith:
the Quran has been revealed with seven different modes of reciation
نزل القرآن على سبعة أحرفHowever, I know that these seven recitations, let alone the ten recitations, do not all consist of mass-transmitted reports from the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him). In any case, a question like this should be asked to the specialists, if there are any specialists in this science among us today.