Muhammad Saddiq Al-Minshawi

Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi (Arabic: مُحَـمّـد صِـدّيْـق المِـنـشَـاوي), also simply known as Al-Minshawi or Menshawy, (January 20, 1920 – June 20, 1969), born in Upper Egypt, was a Qur'anic reciter and a Hafiz.[1] The quadrumvirate of Al-Minshawi, Abdul Basit, Mustafa Ismail, and Mahmoud Khalil Al-Hussary who belong to the famous and well-respected "Egyptian Reciting School" are generally considered to be the most important and famous Qurra' of modern times to have had an outsized impact on the Islamic world.

Shaykh al-Maqâri

Muhammad Saddiq Al-Minshawi
مُحَـمّـد صِـدّيْـق المِـنـشَـاوي
Personal
Born(1920-01-20)January 20, 1920
Al Minshah, Sohag Governorate, Egypt[1]
DiedJune 20, 1969(1969-06-20) (aged 49)
Cairo, Egypt
ReligionIslam
Nationality Egyptian
Known forAccurate recitation of the Qur'an[2] Unique recitation of the Qur'an
Other names
  • Mohamed Seddik El-Menshawy
  • El Minshawy
  • El Minshawi
Occupation

History

Having been significantly influenced by his father, Al-Minshawi was also a protégé of Muhammad Rifat,[3] Muhammad Salamah,[4] famous reciters of the 20th century. He studied the rules of recitation under Ibrahim As-Su'oodi at a young age. He committed Qur'an to memory when he was 8 years old.[5] He traveled to many countries outside of his homeland, including Indonesia, Jordan, Kuwait, Libya, Palestine (Al-Aqsa Mosque), Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Syria.[1]

Al-Minshawi also participated in recorded recitations with the two other reciters: Kamel al-Bahtimi and Fouad al-Aroussi.[5] He helped children with the recitation of Quran.

Personal life

Al-Minshawi married two times, he had three boys and one girl with the first wife in addition to five boys and four girls with the second wife, but in 1968, his second wife died while on a pilgrimage.[5]

Al-Minshawi belongs to a family of traditional Huffaz, Calligraphers, and Qaris; and like him, his father, Seddik Al Minshawy, and his brother, Mahmoud Al Minshawy, were professional Qurra, too. His son Mushaf Mulaim had also become a professional reciter teaching kids in the style of his father.[3][5][6] He died on June 20, 1969 due to being afflicted by esophageal varices for a long period of his life.[7]

Legacy

Al Minshawi's recitations continue to be amongst the well known due to his impeccable Tajweed and style.[2] He was the author of many books on various aspects of the Quran, and was also involved in the calligraphic printing of the Quranic text and “World of Islam festival”. His status as a Qari was lofty: He held the title Shaykh al-Maqâri,[6] and his opinions were frequently solicited and quoted by the media. One can count a generation of younger reciters among his imitators.[8] Al Minshawi also recited in the presence of many significant figures such as the Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser in Syria's Umayyad Mosque in 1959. Abdel Nasser had also invited Sheikh al Minshawi to recite at the funeral of his father's death in Alexandria, 1968.[9]

References
  1. "Ceremony Marks Birthday of Late Egyptian Qari Muhammad Sidiq Minshawi". iqna.ir. 21 Jan 2020. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  2. "Ulama on the wonder that is Muhammad Siddiq al-Minshawi". contemplatequran.wordpress.com. 25 Feb 2015. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  3. "About the life of Sheikh Mohammed Siddiq Minshawi". Islamweb. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 2019-08-06.
  4. Kristina Nelson (2001). The Art of Reciting the Qur'an. American University in Cairo Press. pp. 195–196. ISBN 9789774245947.
  5. "Muhammad Al-Minshawi". islamhouse.com. 14 Apr 2008. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  6. "Reports on Death of Egyptian Quran Master Denied". iqna.ir. 25 May 2016. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  7. "قصة العشق بين الشيخ محمد صديق المنشاوى وأم كلثوم". عين (in Arabic). 2018-08-05. Retrieved 2021-09-05.
  8. "Egyptian Qari Says Mostly Inspired by Minshawi". iqna.ir. 18 July 2017. Archived from the original on 18 May 2020. Retrieved 18 May 2020.
  9. "شائعة تاريخية .. هل رفض الشيخ محمد صديق المنشاوي تلاوة القرآن أمام الرئيس جمال عبدالناصر ؟". النصر 24. Retrieved 2021-09-05.


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