Abu Bakr Ibn Mujāhid

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Abū Bakr Ibn Mujāhid (Arabic:ابن مجاهد) (Full name:أبو بكر أحمد بن موسى بن العباس بن مجاهد التميمي)(born 245AH/859-860CE in Baghdad and died 324AH/936CE) . He studied Qur'ān and Hadith in Baghdad. He was most notable for establishing the seven canonical Qur'anic readings (Qira'at)[1].

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  1. ^ Christopher Melchert, Ibn Mujāhid and the Establishment of Seven Qur'anic Readings Stable, Studia Islamica, No. 91. (2000), pp. 5-22.
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