Muhammad Ibrahim Salim
- Died
- 1430 AH
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Muhammad Ibrahim Salim (d. 1430 AH / 2009 CE) was a scholar of Quranic recitations (qira'at) and editorial verification (tahrirat), known for his multi-volume reference work Faridat al-Dahr fi Ta'sil wa Jam' al-Qira'at (The Unique Jewel of the Age in the Grounding and Synthesis of Recitations).
Scholarship and Reception
Muhammad Ibrahim Muhammad Salim specialized in the verification and transmission pathways (turuq) of the ten continuous (mutawatir) Quranic recitations. His primary work, Faridat al-Dahr fi Ta'sil wa Jam' al-Qira'at, was published in Cairo in four volumes. In it, he systematically brought together the rules for synthesizing recitations across the entire Quran, incorporating detailed treatments of Quranic orthography (rasm), vocalization marks (dabt), and verse-end counting ('add al-fawasil), while drawing upon a wide range of manuscript and printed treatises.
As a supplement to Faridat al-Dahr, he published an edition of Ithaf al-barara bi-ma sakata 'anhu Nashr al-'ashara (also known as Tahrir al-Nashr) by the Ottoman scholar Mustafa al-Izmiri. Subsequent editors recognized his pioneering effort in printing this rare treatise, while noting that his edition was based on a single manuscript copy containing notable textual omissions.
Death
He died in 1430 AH (2009 CE).
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List of Works
Faridat al-Dahr fi Tasil wa Jam al-Qiraat is a multi-volume work on the science of Quranic recitations and editorial verification (tahrirat). It serves as an exhaustive reference for tracing textual routes (turuq) and systematically synthesizing the ten continuous (mutawatir) recitations across the entire Quran.