Abu Ubaid al-Qasim bin Salam

Abu Ubaid al-Qasim ibn Salam al-Khurasani al-Harawi (Arabic: أبو عبيد القاسم بن سلاّم الخراساني الهروي‎; c. 770–838) was an Arab philologist and the author of many standard works on lexicography, Qur’anic sciences, hadith, and fiqh.

Abu Ubaid
Personal
Bornc. 154 AH/770 CE
Herat, Abbasid Caliphate
Died224 AH/838 (aged 68)
Mecca, Abbasid Caliphate
ReligionIslam
EthnicityGreek
EraIslamic golden age
DenominationSunni
CreedShafi‘i
Main interest(s)History, Tafsir, Hadith, Fiqh
Muslim leader

He was born in Herat, the son of a Byzantine/Greek slave. He left his native town and studied philology at the Basra school under many famous scholars such as al-Asmaʿi (d. 213/828), Abu ʿUbayda (d. c.210/825), and Abu Zayd al-Ansari (d. 214 or 215/830–1), and at the Kufa school under Abu ʿAmr al-Shaybani (d. c.210/825), al-Kisaʾi (d. c.189/805), and others.

He was the first to develop a recorded science for tajwid, giving the rules of tajwid names and putting it into writing in his book called al-Qirā'āt. He wrote about 25 reciters, including the 7 mutawatir reciters.[2] He made the reality, transmitted through reciters of every generation, a science with defined rules, terms, and enunciation.[3][4]

Selected works
  • Kitab al-Amwal (The Book of Revenue)[5]
  • Kitab Al-Nāsikh wa-l-mansūkh (The Book of Abrogation)[6]
  • Kitab Fada’il-al-Qur’an (The Excellent Qualities of the Holy Quran)

References
  1. Fleet, Kate; Krämer, Gudrun; Matringe, Denis; Nawas, John; Rowson, Everett (eds.). "Abū ʿUbayd al-Qāsim b. Sallām". Encyclopaedia of Islam, THREE. Brill Online. ISSN 1873-9830. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  2. Ajaja, Abdurrazzak. "القراءات : The readings".
  3. el-Masry, Shadee. The Science of Tajwid. Safina Society. p. 8. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  4. "What is Tajweed?". Online Quran Teachers. Retrieved 30 March 2020.
  5. "The Book of Revenue : Kitab Al-Amwal". BookDepository. Retrieved 2019-01-08.
  6. "Kitab Al-Nasikh Wa-l-Mmansukh of Abu 'Ubaid Al-Qasim B. Sallam". BookDepository. Retrieved 2019-01-08.


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