Diskursus Keabsahan Al-qirâ\u27ât Al-‘ashr Sebagai Bacaan Mutawâtir

Ten qirâ\u27ah belongs to the ten Imams of Qur\u27anic recitaters. It composes seven Imams who are remarkably recognized in Muslim traditions mainly introduced by Ibn Mujâhid (245- 324 H), with three additional Imams, Abû Ja‘far al-Qa‘qâ‘, Abû Ya‘qûb al-Haḍramî, and Khalaf bin Hishâm. Different from seven qirâ\u27ah that is officially approved (mutawâtir) by most of Muslim scholars, the existence of ten qirâ\u27ah is still debatable. Indeed, some of scholars classify it as poor qirâ\u27ah (shâdh). Five centuries later after Ibn Mujâhid\u27s introduction on seven qirâ\u27ah, al-Jazarî (d. 833 H) argues some evidences on the validity of chain transmission (sanad) of the last three Imams. In the hand of al-Jazarî, the ten qirâ\u27ah is attested to be completely meeting a requirements of qirâ\u27ah such like, reliable chain\u27s transmission, compatible to rasm ‘Uthmânî, and convenient to Arabic rules. Therefore, there is no reason to leave and refuse the last three Imams (ten qirâ\u27ah) in the Islamic tradition of Qur\u27anic recitation