Question

As-salam 'alaykum warahmatullah,
You have mentioned  number of times in your answers to questions the need to follow a particular tarteeb in the studies of the Qur’an. In a particular answer you mentioned that after memorisation of the Qur’an and obtaining Ijaza in the qira used in memorisation then one may proceed to learning all the different modes of recitation. Does this mean that a person who has completed the two stages can:

1. Learn the different qira'ah on his own and 2. Learn all the modes of recitation of the Qur’an at once and obtaining Ijaza in all, otherwise it’s going to take a long time to learn and master all the qira'aat.
Jazakumullahu lhayran

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

The order mentioned in the various answers to questions is the ideal way of going about things and certainly the norm, but not an absolute must.

After obtaining an ijaazah in the memorized way of recitation, one then can proceed to the study of the qira’aat (different ways of recitation). Studying the basic rules for each qaari and his two raawee can be done in theory somewhat independently, but a source of knowledge to ask questions to and be quizzed by is very necessary to be sure the knowledge gained is correct.  The best way to do this is by studying, understanding and memorizing the first 444 lines of the Shatibiyyah poem ( ). If you read and understand Arabic, there are a number of books that explain the meaning of the lines.  One of the more simpler, yet complete books is:  Al-Waafee fee sharH Ash-Shaatibiyyah fi-l-qira’aat As-Sab3, by Abdu-l-fataaH Al-Qaadhee.

Once the first part is complete in both memorization and understanding, one can start practicing the recitation of each of the different qira’aat with a qualified sheikh, slowly building up, and then learn how to recite them simultaneously.  This is called tareeq al-jam3, which is as requested in the question, is reciting them all at the same time.  The memorization of the remainder of the Shaatibiyyah should be done ahead of your recitation point. For example, most shuyookh require the chapter of the Shaatibiyyah for Al-Baqarah to be complete before the ijaazah can begin.

Memorizing the Shatibiyyah poem has many great advantages; the main one is having the information in your mind to refer to when in doubt of how a particular qaree recites a certain word.

If your intention is to learn the ten qira’aat, then undertaking the smaller poem on the three qira’aat, , can be done after learning the essential 444 lines of Ash-Shaatibiyyah.  You must understand the Shatibiyyah to be able to comprehend , since it is based on Ash-Shaatibiyyah.

Some obtain an ijaazah in the seven qira’aat by the way of Ash-Shatibiyyah, and then later complete the ten by reciting the three by the way of .  It is an individual decision and depends on the student as well as the sheikh giving the ijaazah.

We ask Allah to make the study of the qira’aat and obtaining an ijaazah in them easy for you and to grant you purity in intention. 

Wa iyyakum wa-l-muslimeen