Ijazah (in recitation)

A licence to teach a reading, granted after reciting the entire Qur'an to a qualified teacher.

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The meaning

What Ijazah (in recitation) means in Islam

The teacher listens to every letter, corrects it, and only then names the student in an unbroken chain of teachers reaching back to the Prophet. It certifies that you were heard, not that you passed a written exam. Most ijazahs given today are in Hafs from Asim, though teachers of the other readings still grant them.

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Qira'atThe canonical ways of reciting the Qur'an, each carried by chain from the Prophet through a named reader.القِراءات
Hafs an AsimThe reading found in most printed mushafs today, transmitted by Hafs from his teacher Asim of Kufa.حَفْصٌ عَنْ عاصِم
QariA reciter of the Qur'an; in the classical sense, one trained and certified in a particular reading.القارِئ
TajwidThe rules for pronouncing the Qur'an correctly: each letter from its place, with its proper qualities.التَّجْويد