Question

Assalaamu alaikum,
I have gone to the site www.tadjweed.com that you recommended to me and have
perused the tables on the differences between the various turuq of Hafs. I
have not been able to find the tareeq of ad-Durrah, which is very commonly
recited (to the best of my knowledge reciters on cassettes etc. recite in
Shatibiyyah or ad-Durrah and not much else).
Is the tareeq there under a different name that I don't know of? If it is
not there could you please tell me the variations (ie. what are the lengths
of madd, rulings on ta'mannaa in Yusuf, saads changing to seens etc.) so I
could add it to one of the tables.
Thanks
Was salam 

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

There is a table for the tareeq ad-Durrah, under at  www.tadjweed.com, but there is no information there under the different qurraa'. The Durrah poem, written by Imam Al-Jazaree outlines the different rules for three readers with two subsets each, completing the Shatibiyyah poem that outlined seven different readers and their two subsets, to make a total of 10 different qira'aat.  Since the Durrah gives the rules for three qira'aat, the differences between them and the turuq of Hafs are much more than just medd rulings and ta'manna, etc.  There are differences in the basic rules of qira'aat such as imaalah, taqleel, idghaam kabeer, idghaam of letters that Hafs doesn't have idghaam, the ra' rules, the laam rules, special ways of reading two hamzahs together in one word or two words, special ways of stopping on words that have a hamzah, hamzah saakinah rules, etc.  These unique rules for each qaari' are what are called the 'usool , or basic rules for each reader, in addition to this, there are many words that are read in special ways by different known ways of recitation.  The rules for , reading with some words with a or a , etc., are special words for the different recitations, as well as the different turuq for Hafs, and not in the basic rules.  These special words are called "farshiyaat". 

The way most Muslims in the world read is Hafs 'an 'Aasim min tareeq Ash-Shaatibiyyah, but there are some who read Warsh 'an Naafi' min tareeq Ash-Shaatibiyyah, and Qaloon 'an Naafi min tareeq Ash-Shaatibiyyah.  The seven qira'aat outlined in the Shaatibiyyah poem are all "min tareeq Ash-Shaatibiyyah". 

You are welcome. Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allah.