Quranic Sanad Among Selected Earlier Malaysian Qurrā’: An Analytical Study
Sanad is a gift given specifically to the ummah of Prophet Muhammad SAW, which is not given to the ummah of other prophets. It became customary among the previous scholars to obtain a high sanad (al-cUluw al-Sanad), especially in the study of the Qur'an. However, some characteristics or conditi...
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| Summary: | Sanad is a gift given specifically to the ummah of Prophet Muhammad SAW, which is not given to the ummah of other prophets. It became customary among the previous scholars to obtain a high sanad (al-cUluw al-Sanad), especially in the study of the Qur'an. However, some characteristics or conditions can affect the position of the sanad of the Quran. Therefore, examination on the sanad of the Qur'an is very necessary, especially the position of the sanad between Imam Ibn Jazari and below. This study talks about the earliest sanad of the Quran found in Malaysia through semple Qurrā'; namely Dato' Haji Mohd Nor bin Ibrahim, Haji Hassan bin Ismail, Tan Sri Dato' Sri Haji Hassan bin Azhari, and Haji Mohammad bin Awang Kecil (Haji Mat Lintar). The main objective of the study is to analyse the position of the sanad obtained from four Malaysian Qurrā' figures, and then to compare all sanads of the Qur'an. This study uses qualitative methods, which include an interview that was conducted using three methods; structured, semi-structured and unstructured, based on the conditions of the sample. Therefore, the interview questions were jointly drafted and confirmed by three experts, namely two academicians: Sabri bin Mohamad and Shaharuddin Pagilun; and one sanad Quranic study practitioner which is Haji Zulkifli bin Ahmad. In addition, document and data analysis was also chosen as one of the research instruments of this study, which include personal and public documents as primary data. Then, analysis was carried out based on the themes that have been identified with the help of Nvivo 12 software. The results of the study found that the sanad of the Quran obtained by Dato' Haji Mohd Nor bin Ibrahim was the highest sanad among the three Qurrā figures. This is evaluated based on the number of rijal sanad between Dato’ Haji Mohd Nor bin Ibrahim and Muhammad al-Mutawalli that is three rijal sanad, while between Dato’ Haji Mohd Nor bin Ibrahim and Ibn al-Jazari 18 there are rijal sanad, and the owned recitation form of the Qirā'at sanad, which is the sanad of cAsyar al-Kubra by maintaining the method of al-‘Ard and al-Samac. Guides and references in determining the position of the Quranic sanad are compiled and classified as implications of the study. This can facilitate the community to refer and make assessments of the sanad of the Quran that they have. |
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