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Hafs taught the recital of the Quran to people of Mecca, [[Baghdad]], and Kufa. Following his teacher, 'Asim, he was also a Shi'a. And like his teacher, Hafs is of a high ranking among the Seven Reciters. His recital of the Quran is popular among Muslims. The recital that 'Asim taught Hafs was the one he had learned from Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami who had learned it, in turn, from [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. | Hafs taught the recital of the Quran to people of Mecca, [[Baghdad]], and Kufa. Following his teacher, 'Asim, he was also a Shi'a. And like his teacher, Hafs is of a high ranking among the Seven Reciters. His recital of the Quran is popular among Muslims. The recital that 'Asim taught Hafs was the one he had learned from Abu 'Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami who had learned it, in turn, from [[Imam 'Ali (a)]]. | ||
Hafs was the best student of 'Asim and very knowledgeable about his recital. He is more reliable than Abu Bakr, the other transmitter of 'Asim’s recital, and this is why, Hafs’s recital of the Quran became popular among Muslims. According to al-Dhahabi: “Hafs did not have a good memory with respect to [[hadiths]], but with respect to the recital of the Quran, he is very reliable. He said that he never opposed 'Asim’s recital of the Quran except in one letter of a verse in [[Sura al-Rum]] ([[ | Hafs was the best student of 'Asim and very knowledgeable about his recital. He is more reliable than Abu Bakr, the other transmitter of 'Asim’s recital, and this is why, Hafs’s recital of the Quran became popular among Muslims. According to al-Dhahabi: “Hafs did not have a good memory with respect to [[hadiths]], but with respect to the recital of the Quran, he is very reliable. He said that he never opposed 'Asim’s recital of the Quran except in one letter of a verse in chapter [[Q 30|30]] ([[Sura al-Rum]]): “It is Allah who created you from [a state of] weakness” {{enote|اللَّهُ الَّذِى خَلَقَكُم مِّن ضَعْف ([[Quran 30]]:54}}. Hafs read the word “{{ia|ضعف}}” as “du'f” that means frailty, but 'Asim read it as “da'f” (weakness)”. | ||
In fact, Hafs’s recital of the Quran is the one widely received by Muslims, because he and his teacher, 'Asim, were strongly committed to the accurate and [[Tawatur|mutawatir]] (numerously reported) transmission of the Quranic recital among Muslims at their time. It was this recital that 'Asim had taught Hafs. | In fact, Hafs’s recital of the Quran is the one widely received by Muslims, because he and his teacher, 'Asim, were strongly committed to the accurate and [[Tawatur|mutawatir]] (numerously reported) transmission of the Quranic recital among Muslims at their time. It was this recital that 'Asim had taught Hafs. | ||