Shaykh Mohamed Salamah (Arabic: محمد سلامة), born in 1899 in Musturud, Qalyubia, Egypt, and died in 1982, was a student at Al-Azhar University who memorized the Qur'an and became a Qur'anic reciter at a young age. He fought in the Egyptian Revolution of 1919 against the British.[1] He moved to Palestine after the World War I, before returning to Egypt in the 1930s.
Mohamed Salamah | |
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| Born | 1899 |
| Died | 1982 |
| Known for | Being a Qari; recitation of the Quran |
Shaykh Salamah was the only prominent reciter to refuse to record for radio, believing it to be forbidden, until he eventually relented in 1948.[1][2] In 1937 he participated in a conference of Qur'an reciters which led to the establishment of a Reciters' Association.[1]
He was the mentor of celebrated reciters Kamil Yusuf Al-Bahtimi and Mohamed Siddiq El-Minshawi, both of whom lived and studied in Salamah's home at one point. He also taught other prominent reciters including Sayyid Darwish, Zakariyya Ahmad, and Ali Mahmud.[1]
References
edit- ^ a b c d Kristina Nelson (2001). The Art of Reciting the Qur'an. American University in Cairo Press. pp. 195–196. ISBN 9789774245947.
- ^ الشيخ محمد سلامة.. رفض التلاوة في الإذاعة