Abd al-Salam Muqbil al-Majidi
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Abd al-Salam Muqbil al-Majidi is a contemporary Islamic scholar and researcher specializing in Quranic studies and the prophetic methodology of teaching the Quran.
Scholarly Background and Activity
Holding a doctorate degree, al-Majidi is among the contemporary scholars associated with the Yemeni jurist and judge Muhammad ibn Isma'il al-'Amrani.
Al-Majidi's research focuses extensively on Quranic pedagogical methods and the historical transmission of the text. In his work Idhhab al-Huzn wa-Shifa' al-Sadr al-Saqim (Dispelling Sorrow and Healing the Ailing Chest), he examines the pedagogical character of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ as an instructor of the Quran, the legal methodology of transmitting the Quranic text through continuous transmission (tawatur), and the instruction of recitations according to the revealed seven ahruf. He also authored Talaqqi al-Nabi Alfaz al-Qur'an al-Karim (The Prophet's Reception of the Wording of the Noble Quran), published in Beirut in 1421 AH (2000 CE).
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List of Works
Idhhab al-Huzn wa Shifa al-Sadr al-Saqim (Dispelling Sorrow and Healing the Ailing Chest) is a study of the Prophetic methodology in teaching and reciting the words of the Quran. Originating as a doctoral dissertation, the work examines how the Prophet Muhammad taught Quranic pronunciation to his Companions while establishing a legal foundation for the rules of tajwid and the methods of recitation teachers.