Hazim Haydar
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Hazim Haydar (b. 1384 AH / 1964 CE) is a contemporary scholar of Quranic exegesis (tafsir), recitation modes (qira'at), and Quranic sciences based in Medina .
Early Life and Education
Hazim ibn Said Haydar al-Karmi was born in the city of Tulkarm, Palestine, in 1384 AH (1964 CE) . He memorized the Quran in his childhood and studied the rules of recitation (tajwid) before relocating to Medina . There, he completed his secondary education at the Scientific Institute (al-Ma'had al-Ilmi) .
He then joined the Faculty of the Holy Quran at the Islamic University of Madinah, graduating with a bachelor's degree . Continuing his postgraduate studies in the same faculty, he received a master's degree with distinction (mumtaz) in Quranic exegesis and Quranic sciences, and subsequently earned a doctorate with first-class honors in the same discipline .
Quranic Studies and Career
In traditional Quranic recitation, he studied under scholars such as Abd al-Fattah al-Marsafi, reciting a complete recitation (khatma) of the Quran in the ten readings via the methods of the Shatibiyya and the Durrah . He also recited the Quran in the transmission of Hafs from Asim .
Professionally, he worked as a researcher at the Center for Quranic Studies at the King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Quran in Medina . His scholarly contributions include studies in the field such as Ulum al-Quran bayna al-Burhan wa-l-Itqan (Quranic Sciences Between al-Burhan and al-Itqan) and Madkhal ila al-Ta'rif bi-l-Mushaf al-Sharif (Introduction to the Noble Mushaf) . He also engaged in textual editing, editing Abu al-Abbas al-Mahdawi's Sharh al-Hidaya .
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al-Muqawwimat al-Shakhsiyya li-Muallim al-Quran al-Karim is a treatise examining the essential personal, intellectual, and pedagogical qualifications required for teachers and instructors of the Quran and its recitation modes (qira'at).