Short biography of Sheikh Mahmud Khalil al-Husary:
He memorized the Qur’an when he was eight years of age, and studied in Al-Azhar. Then freed himself to study the Qur’an sciences, with his beautiful voice and excellent skill. He took first in the radio exam in 1944, and was a reciter at the Ahmedee mosque. He then went to Cairo and was at the Husaynee mosque from the year 1955. He was selected as the inspector for the Egyptian reciters, then deputy of them, until he became the head sheikh of the reciters in Egypt in 1961. He was of the first to make an audio recording in Tajweed of the Qur’an in the way of Hafs ‘an ‘Aasim, and his voice remained the sole voice on the Qur’an radio of Egypt for around ten years. He later made a recording of his recitation in the way of Warsh ‘an Naafi’, and then Qaloon, and Ad-Dooree, 1968, and in this same year made a Mu'allim recording of the Qur’an, and was also selected as chairman of the Islamic world reciters union. Sheikh al-Husary is known for the correctness of his recitation (Tajweed
) and adherence to the Sunnah, his distinctive deep voice and his long breath.
During his lifetime he not only recorded the Qur'ân six times in the transmission of Hafs (three murattal, two mujawwad and one mu'allim), but also recorded it in the transmissions of Qâlûn 'an Nâfi', Warsh 'an Nâfi' and ad-Dûri 'an Abî 'Amr.
He traveled and visited many Islamic countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, and many became Muslim through him, by Allah’s Will. He called for the establishment of Glorious Qur’an libraries in all cities and villages. He willed one-third of his wealth to serve the Glorious Qur’an and its memorizers and spending in all kinds of charity.
He died, may Allah be merciful to him and make him of the inhabitants of Paradise, on Monday evening, the 16th of Muharram 1401 h, (24 Nov. 1980).
He memorized the Qur’an when he was eight years of age, and studied in Al-Azhar. Then freed himself to study the Qur’an sciences, with his beautiful voice and excellent skill. He took first in the radio exam in 1944, and was a reciter at the Ahmedee mosque. He then went to Cairo and was at the Husaynee mosque from the year 1955. He was selected as the inspector for the Egyptian reciters, then deputy of them, until he became the head sheikh of the reciters in Egypt in 1961. He was of the first to make an audio recording in Tajweed of the Qur’an in the way of Hafs ‘an ‘Aasim, and his voice remained the sole voice on the Qur’an radio of Egypt for around ten years. He later made a recording of his recitation in the way of Warsh ‘an Naafi’, and then Qaloon, and Ad-Dooree, 1968, and in this same year made a Mu'allim recording of the Qur’an, and was also selected as chairman of the Islamic world reciters union. Sheikh al-Husary is known for the correctness of his recitation (Tajweed
) and adherence to the Sunnah, his distinctive deep voice and his long breath.During his lifetime he not only recorded the Qur'ân six times in the transmission of Hafs (three murattal, two mujawwad and one mu'allim), but also recorded it in the transmissions of Qâlûn 'an Nâfi', Warsh 'an Nâfi' and ad-Dûri 'an Abî 'Amr.
He traveled and visited many Islamic countries in the Middle East, Asia, and Africa, and many became Muslim through him, by Allah’s Will. He called for the establishment of Glorious Qur’an libraries in all cities and villages. He willed one-third of his wealth to serve the Glorious Qur’an and its memorizers and spending in all kinds of charity.
He died, may Allah be merciful to him and make him of the inhabitants of Paradise, on Monday evening, the 16th of Muharram 1401 h, (24 Nov. 1980).
