Analysis of Issues in al-Qira’at al-Shadhdhah

Al-Qira’at al-Shadhdhah (unusual recitation) is a type of Qur’anic recitation of which one or more of recitational requirements have been omitted from the established rule of al-Qira’at al-Sahihah (authentic recitation) i.e the narration which is mutawatir conforms to Arabic language grammar, and written in the ‘Uthmani script. According to several hadith, the al-Qira’at al-Shadhdhah emerged from the Sab’ah Ahruf concept which originated from the Prophet SAW. Nevertheless, several issues arose due to confusion with regard to this matter. This article attempts to analyze and discuss the issues. The method used in this research was document analysis. The finding of the research shows that discussion on al-Qira’at al-Shadhdhah also contributed to developing the art of al-Qira’at (recitation of al-Qur’an) and al-Qira’at al-Mutawatirah. It is suggested that issues in al-Qira’at al-Shadhdhah to be further discussed since it could contribute to the corpus of knowledge about al-Qur’an