the four variant recitations (القِرَاءَاتُ الأَرْبَع)

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التعريف :

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The four variants added to the ten well-known variant recitations. These are classified as odd. They are the recitations of al-Ḥasan al-Baṣrī, the leading scholar of Basra (died 110 AH 729 CE), Ibn Muḥayṣin of Makkah (died 123 AH 741 CE), Yaḥyā al-Yazīdī of Basra (died 202 AH 818 CE) and Sulaymān al-AꜤmash al-Asadī (died 148 AH 766 CE).