Asim b. Abi l-Najud: Difference between revisions

According to almost all biographers, 4 out of the Seven Reciters were Shi'as or followers of [[Ahl al-Bayt (a)]]: 'Asim b. Abi l-Najud, [[Abu 'Umar b. al-'Ala']], [[Hamza b. Habib]], and [['Ali b. Hamza al-Kasa'i]].

 

According to [[al-Shaykh 'Abd al-Jalil al-Razi]], most of the masters of the recital of the Quran were Shi'as. Most of the reciters from [[Mecca]], [[Medina]], Kufa, and [[Basra]] were [['Adliyya]] and Shi'as, rather than [[Mushabbiha]], [[Khawarij]], and [[Jabri]]. And they transmitted their recitals of the Quran from Imam 'Ali (a).

In his book, ''[[al-Bayan]]'', [[Ayatollah Khu'i]] said about 'Asim: “Abu Bakr 'Asim b. Abi l-Najud al-Asad was an emancipated slave of the Asad family and was from Kufa. He was one of the Seven Reciters of the Quran and was a Shi'a. He recited the Quran for 'Abd Allah b. al-Rahman b. Habib al-Aslami, who was also a Shi'a and a follower of 'Ali (a), and also for Zarr b. Hubaysh and [[Abu 'Amr al-Shibani]]”.

Qays Al Qays says: “'Asim was one of the [[Tabi'un]] and a proponent of the Prophet’s (s) household. He learned his recital from [[Shaykhayn]], and from Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami who had learned it from 'Ali (a)”.

[[Qadi Nur Allah al-Shushtari]], [['Abd al-Jalil al-Qazwini]], and [[Sayyid Hasan al-Sadr]] also believed that 'Asim was a Shi'a.