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Question

Assalamu Aleikum

1) Would you please give 2 or 3 examples on how the riwaayah of Qaloon is
different from the riwaayah of Hafs (by the way of Ash Shaatibbiya) as far as the
way it (Qaloon) is read?

2) Just like the recitation of Hafs is recited by ways such as Ash
Shaatibiyyah, does the recitation of Warsh have other ways also? 

May Allah help you in your tasks inshallah

Ma salam

Answer

Wa alaikum assalaam wa rahmatu Allahi wa barakatuh.

One rule that the riwaayah of Qaloon ‘an Naafi’ has different from Hafs ‘an ‘Aasim is that when there are two  next to each other, either in one word, or in another word, Qaloon changes one of the hamzahs, either by , or  (replacing the hamzah with a medd letter), or by dropping one of the hamzahs.  Hafs pronounces both hamzahs clearly. 

The few other differences in the basic rules are in things that Qaloon has two different allowed ways of reading certain things, one of the two allowed ways is like Hafs, the other different.  For example, Qaloon has two allowed ways for reading the plural  when not followed by a sukoon, one just like Hafs, with a sukoon, the other allowed way by making a lengthened dhammah on it (just as in the recitation of Ibn Katheer).  So with the word , as long as the first pronounced letter of the next word is not a sukoon, one of the allowed ways that Qaloon has is putting a dhammah on the  and lengthening it either two vowel counts, or if there is a hamzah as the first letter of the next work, two or four vowel counts. 

The other rule in which there are two allowed ways for the riwaayah of Qaloon , one like Hafs by the way of Ash-Shaatibiyyah, the other not, is that the  can be lengthened two or four vowel counts. The four vowel counts is like Hafs ‘an ‘ Aasim by the way of Ash-Shatibiyyah, the two vowel count lengthening is unlike Hafs ‘an ‘Aasim by the way of Ash-Shatibiyyah.  

There are though, many words that are not pronounced the same as Hafs ‘An ‘Aasim, but theses are special words and not part of the basic rules for each of the two qira’aat.  

2. Yes, every riwaayaah of the ten qira’aat have different ways, called Tareeq At-Tayyibah, as outlined by Imam Ibn Al-Jazaaree in his book An-Nashr.   

Jazaka Allahu khairan.

Wa assalaam alaikum wa rahmatu Allah