Search:     Advanced search
Browse by category:
Contact Us



What is the difference between the seven and the ten qira'at in terms of soundness?

Views: 4665
Question
Assalaamu Alaykum,

What is the difference between the seven and the ten qira'at in terms of soundness? I have heard that one can recite the seven in prayer, and the other three outside of prayer only but they are all mutawwatir. This doesn't make sense to me, as if they are all mutawwatir, I don't see how the three can be "less mutawwatir" than the others.

Answer
Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatullahi wa barakaatuh. 
There is no difference between the seven and ten qira'aat as far as soundness. The reason for "seven" qira'aat is that Imam Ad-Danee chose to outline the seven in his book: At-Tayseer, and Imam Ash-Shaatibiyy used the Tayseer for his source in his prose on the seven qira'aat.  Imam Ibn Al-Jazaree in An-Nashr, researched and took only the qira'aat which were mutawaatir at that time, which was 10.  The seven outlined by Imam Ad-Danee are included in An-Nashr. 
We can pray with any of the ten qira'aat and their various turuq. 
Wa assalaam alaikum
Others in this Category
document On reading surah Hud, verse 41, there is a black circle under the raa of "majr".
document what is an unconditional idhaar in tajweed rules
document When making waqf on a word like anta, do we still make ikhfaa or do we pronounce the noon with idhaar?
document I have a question concerning the Ghunnah and its ranks. If there are four levels of ghunnah, wouldn't the counts for them be also different?
document I have a question regarding the word ana (alif noon alif). I understand that the second alif is never read when continuing.
document Why is alif not considered a leen letter despite the fact that it is preceeded by a fatha and is sakin?
document Currently I am in the process of memorizing the Qur'an and alhamdulillah I have memorized so far Surah al-Baqarah, Surah ali-Imran and Juz 'Amma.
document I have a question about the rule of what to do when two saakin letters meet.
document How to read in continuum Verse 99 of Sura al An'aam (6)?
document What should be the correct position of the mouth when making 'ikhfaa of noon saakinah or tanween when preceded by a dhammah?
document In surah al Anbiya ayah 88, there is a small noon above the word after wa kathaalika. How should we read that word?
document Please explain to me the articulation points of the word ALLAH
document Should we learn Tajweed or Qur'an from an imaam or teacher if he/she does not have an ijaazah?



RSS