Muhammad Abbas al-Baz
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Muhammad Abbas al-Baz (fl. 1421 AH / 2000 CE) is a contemporary scholar of Quranic readings (qira'at), known for his treatise Mabahith fi Ilm al-Qira'at ma'a Bayan Usul Riwayat Hafs ("Studies in the Science of Quranic Readings with an Exposition of the Principles of the Transmission of Hafs") .
Lineage and Education
His full name is Abu Mu'adh Muhammad ibn Abbas ibn Muhammad al-Baz . He studied the discipline of Quranic recitation and received an authorization (ijaza) in the seven canonical readings from his teachers . Among his instructors was the reciter Muhammad Abd al-Hamid Abd Allah Khalil, the head of the reciters' guilds of Alexandria, to whom al-Baz recited parts of the Quranic variants and who reviewed and corrected his writing .
Scholarly Contribution and Reception
Al-Baz focused on the pedagogical exposition of Quranic recitation, particularly the transmission of Hafs from Asim, which has become the predominant reading across the Islamic world . In Mabahith fi Ilm al-Qira'at ma'a Bayan Usul Riwayat Hafs, which he completed in Riyadh on 1 Rajab 1421 AH (28 September 2000 CE), he detailed the foundational rules (usul) of this transmission and cataloged the specific lexical variants in which Hafs diverged from other canonical readers . The work received commendations from his teacher Muhammad Abd al-Hamid Khalil, who praised it for presenting insights omitted by earlier specialists, as well as from the scholar Muhammad ibn Awad ibn Za'id al-Harbawi .
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This treatise introduces the discipline of Quranic readings (Qira'at), detailing the foundational rules governing the transmission of Hafs from Asim. It also compiles the specific lexical variants in which Hafs diverged from other canonical readers.