Abu Ja'far al-Madani explained

Abu Ja'far al-Madani (Arabic:) was a significant figure in the transmission of the Qira'at - the different linguistic, lexical, phonetic, morphological and syntactical forms permitted with reciting the Quran, having transmitted one of the Ten qira'at himself.^[1]

Name and early life

Debate exists on Abu Ja'far's birth name. The majority position states that he was Yazid ibn al-Qa'qa', while others say that his name was Jundub ibn Fairuz. He was born in Medina in 655 CE.^[2]

Qira'at

Abu Ja'far had his qira'a, which he transmitted on the authorities of Abu Hurayra and Ibn Abbas, on the authority of Ubayy ibn Ka'b, on the authority of the Prophet Muhammad.^[3] His qira'a has two transmitters:^[4]

• Ibn Wirdan
• Ibn Jammaz

Hadith and fiqh

In contrast to his well-known qira'a, he was not a renowned transmitter of the Hadith, although Malik ibn Anas narrated from him a few times and Ibn Hatim described him as a reliable transmitter.^[5] He was also a Faqīh, issuing fatwas in Medina.^[6]

Death

Abu Ja'far died in 748 CE. It is said that when ritual ghusl was performed on his body, "they looked at what's between his throat and his heart; it was like a page of the mushaf, and no one thought it wasn't the light of the Quran."^[7]

References

1. Web site: قصة الإسلام الإمام أبو جعفر المدني . 2023-01-15 . islamstory.com . ar.
2. Web site: 2015-09-06 . التعريف بالقارئ أبي جعفر المدني وإسناد قراءته . 2023-01-15 . www.alukah.net . ar.
3. Web site: إسلام ويب - سير أعلام النبلاء - الطبقة الثالثة - أبو جعفر القارئ- الجزء رقم5 . 2023-01-15 . islamweb.net . ar.
4. Web site: 2021-07-26 . إسلام ويب - النشر في القراءت العشر - باب ذكر إسناد هذه العشر القراءات من هذه الطرق والروايات - أسانيد المؤلف إلى أئمة القراءة - قراءة أبي جعفر رواية عيسى بن وردان- الجزء رقم1 . 2023-01-15 . 2021-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726211843/https://islamweb.net/ar/library/index.php?page=bookcontents&flag=1&bk_no=70&ID=33 . bot: unknown .
5. Web site: قصة الإسلام الإمام أبو جعفر المدني . 2023-01-15 . islamstory.com . ar.
6. Web site: 2021-07-26 . ص41 - كتاب معرفة القراء الكبار على الطبقات والأعصار - الطبقة الثالثة وهم من التابعين - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة . 2023-01-15 . 2021-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726203927/https://al-maktaba.org/book/8349/38 . bot: unknown .
7. Web site: 2021-07-26 . ص42 - كتاب معرفة القراء الكبار على الطبقات والأعصار - الطبقة الثالثة وهم من التابعين - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة . 2023-01-15 . 2021-07-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210726205914/https://al-maktaba.org/book/8349/39 . bot: unknown .