Why did the Sahabah burn the Qur’an? | Part 3: The Last Recital & The Qiraa’aat

So they collected the written Qur’an into one place, into one mus-haf, but was it as simple as that? What about the Last Recital and the…

Why did the Sahabah burn the Qur’an? | Part 2: The Vital Decision

Huge numbers of Qurraa’ have been martyred… Abu Bakr رضي الله عنه has to make a decision… A decision that will affect the decisions to come,…

Attention Teachers of Qur’an | Conclusion: Lessons Learned

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 In the previous installment of this series, we presented a real-life case example of an instance where innovation in…

Attention Teachers of Qur’an | Part 5: A Real-Life Case: Open or Closed Lips?

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Conclusion In previous installments of this series, we explained the pitfalls of deriving our knowledge…

Attention Teachers of Qur’an | Part 4: What if the Recitation was Lost?

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 5 | Conclusion So far, we’ve discussed the importance of maintaining the integrity of one’s Sanad and only teaching that which was orally transmitted…

Attention Teachers of Qur’an | Part 3: What if the Recitation itself was Incorrect?

Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Conclusion In previous installments of this series, we discussed the importance of transmitting the oral recitation of the Qur’an over…

Attention Teachers of Qur’an | Part 2: Don’t Pollute your Sanad!

Part 1 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Conclusion After explaining in the last post the restriction upon teachers regarding what they are allowed to teach, let us…

Attention Teachers of Qur’an | Part 1

Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Conclusion This post is geared towards teachers of the Qur’an specifically, as there has been some confusion regarding what exactly…