Abstract:
The recitation of Hafs by 'Asim is one of the seven common recitations in the Islamic world, which has become a popular recitation in most Islamic societies during the last few centuries, and the copies of the Qur'an are published based on it. Some have questioned the authenticity of 'Asim and Hafs and claimed that this recitation cannot be the Qur'an revealed by Allah to the Holy Prophet. In this study, we introduce 'Asim and describe his Rijal (a branch of hadith sciences that discusses the qualities of the hadith transmitters, especially their reliability in hadith transmission) personality through a descriptive-analytical method, and we can see that only a few cases of 'Asim's shortcomings have been mentioned in Shia and Sunni religious sources, which we rejected with reasons. Even on the assumption of accepting their validity, it can be seen that this small amount was not significant compared to this validity of Asim's confirmations. The maximum result it will give is that 'Asim did not focus on the field of hadith and was not recognized as a muhaddith, and this cannot cause any problems in his recitation.
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5. Asim's narrators in the sources of the two sects Individuals such as Abu Bakr bin 'Ayyash and the people of Iraq (Ibn Hibban, 1393 AH, Vol. 7, p.
Additionally, it is narrated from Yaqub bin Sufyan that despite his reliability, he considered Asim to be 'mudtarib al-hadith' (unstable in hadith) (Ibn Asakir, 1415 AH, Vol. 25, p.
Also from Hasan bin Salih, who said: I have not found anyone more eloquent than Asim; when he speaks, it is as if inspiration descends upon him; also, in another narration from Abu Bakr bin Ayyash, it is mentioned that Asim said to me: I was ill for two years, and when I recovered, I recited the Quran without committing an error in a single letter (Ibn Mujahid, 1400 AH, Vol. 1, p.
75), and it has been narrated that the recitation which Hafs took from Asim reaches Ali bin Abi Talib through the method of narration of Abu Abd al-Rahman al-Sulami (Ibn al-Nadim, 1417 AH, Vol. 1, p.
Asim said to me: The recitation that I read to you is the recitation that I received from Abu Abd al-Rahman, and the recitation that I read to Abu Bakr bin Ayash is the recitation that I presented to Zirr from Ibn Masud (Dhahabi, 1405 AH, Vol. 5, p.
Naftawayh, Ibrahim bin Muhammad (died 323), who was responsible for teaching recitation for fifty years, always began his session by reciting the Quran according to Asim's recitation and then proceeded to other recitations (Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani, 1390 AH, Vol. 1, p.
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