Harakat of the Qur’an & Al-Khalili ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi al-Ibadi

“And among those We created is a community which guides by truth and thereby establishes justice.” (Qur’an 7:181)

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The next time someone says that we Ibadi are Khawarij and that we do not take our deen from them perhaps gently remind those people to stop using harakat when teaching your children how to read the Qur’an properly!

That system—you use to teach their children, which enables tajwīd, which facilitates tarāwīḥ prayers, and which is the very means of correctly reciting the Qur’an—was systematized by an Ibadi scholar.

There is scarcely a grammar book that talks about the essence of ilmu al-nahw except that the name: Al-Khalili ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi is mentioned.

The “Shining Star” of the Basran school of Arabic grammar, a polymath and scholar, he was a man of genuinely original thought. Al-Farahidi was the first scholar to subject the prosody of Classical Arabic poetry to a detailed phonological analysis.

He was born in Oman circa 718 and died in Basra, Iraq circa 791. He was an Arab philologist and the first to compile an Arabic dictionary. He was the teacher of Sībawayh, whom latter compiled al-Kitāb fī an-naḥw (“The Book on Grammar”).

The lie that Al-Khalili ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi al-Ibadi left the school of Ahl Haqq Wal Istiqamah to join Ahl Sunnah Wal Jammah is a whopper of a lie!

“This is where history records the role of Khalil bin Ahmad al-Farahidy al-Ibadi. He then determined the form of fathah with the lowercase alif letter lying on top of the letter, kasrah with a small ya’ letter below it and dhammah with a small waw letter above it. Meanwhile, tanwin is formed by duplicating the writing of each of these signs, in addition there are several other signs.”

Source: https://www.muslimcreed.com/2022/03/the-history-of-giving-dots-and-harakat.html

“In Khalili’s time, the Qur’anic manuscripts were equipped with various points with various functions and purposes. In the disciplines of the Qur’an, it is known as naqthi’rab, or simply the point of harakat, and naqthi’jam which are nothing but dots on each other. The two types of dots are written differently by using red for vowel points and black for letter points.”


“The number of dots scattered on each page of the Qur’anic manuscripts which then gave birth to problems, both for readers and writers. For readers, reading errors are not impossible to avoid because sometimes they cannot distinguish one from another. As for writers, it is considered a hassle because they always have to change colours at one time in the writing process.”

Source: (https://www.muslimcreed.com/2022/03/history-of-harakat-in-mushaf-quran.html

Every time your children use the system of harakat to read the Qur’an, rather it is in reciting the Qur’an in Ramadan during tarweeh prayers, or in one’s private reading of the Qur’an during prayers, or in any type of gathering all of that hasanat, all that blessing is being accredited to Al-Khalili ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi al-Ibadi!! May Allah (swt) cover him in mercy!

May Allah Guide the Ummah.

May Allah Forgive the Ummah.

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2 responses to “Harakat of the Qur’an & Al-Khalili ibn Ahmad al-Farahidi al-Ibadi

  1. Abdullah's avatar Abdullah

    If someone gives knowledge of something that does not in any way means that he is right in everything.
    If khalili was an ibadi scholar that does not make ibadism haq
    Please give some source that he lived and died as ibadi before claiming it
    Please give me some “primary” sources that ibadi accept in hadith (with isnad) and history

    • “If khalili was an ibadi scholar that does not make ibadism haq.”

      This I am in agreement. Islam is a not a religion of passions and emotions.

      Haq is known on it’s own without regard to affiliations. Truth is truth.

      “Please give some source that he lived and died as ibadi before claiming it.”

      Insh’Allah it is a fair request do give me some time to source you that information.

      Previously on this link: https://primaquran.com/2022/10/05/the-ibadi-perspective-rebellion-and-oppression-a-middle-way/comment-page-1/#comment-8375

      You made the following comment:
      ““if like ibn masud saying that Qur’an does not have al falaq and an nas some scholars say that he has this opinion but changed it.”

      Do you have a reference for the great Sahaba Ibn Masud (ra) making the claim that the Qur’an does not have al falaq and al nas?

      “Please give me some “primary” sources that ibadi accept in hadith (with isnad) and history.”

      This is from the book: Towards Understanding the Hadith from Shaykh Juma Al Mazrui.

      Click to access towards-understanding-hadiths.pdf

      The standards and criteria for accepting and rejecting a hadith in the Ibadhi
      School are not different from those laid down by the four schools commonly
      known as the Sunni Schools – they are the same and common. But the fact
      that a little attention has been paid to the implantation of those principles,
      explains why we sometimes come into a strong clash of opinions as to
      whether a particular hadith is authentic or not. We, in the Ibadhi School,
      though regard the genuineness of sanad (chain of narrators) of a hadith as
      one basic condition for its acceptability, yet do not strictly authenticate it on
      the basis of appealing and sound sanad only, an extensive study of its matn
      (text) must be run to avoid four major contradictions in the following areas:
      1) The contradiction between the hadith and the Quran.
      2) The contradiction between two hadiths, one of which is authentic or
      more authentic.
      3) The contradiction between the hadith and the consensus held by all
      Islamic denominations.
      4) The contradiction between the hadith and the human logic.

      As you seem very interested in the Ibadi school and you are wanting to know more if you know send me your e-mail address you can be added to an Arabic group where you can sit with teachers and have access to scholars.

      That is if you are keen to know more. You are Most Welcome.

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