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Saad Nomani'is , also known as Sheikh Muhammad Saad Nomani Madani s/o Shahid Khalil Nomani (الشيخ محمد سعد النعماني المدني بن شاهد خليل النعماني), is a reciter of the Qur'an
Qur'an
The Quran , also transliterated Qur'an, Koran, Alcoran, Qur’ān, Coran, Kuran, and al-Qur’ān, is the central religious text of Islam, which Muslims consider the verbatim word of God . It is regarded widely as the finest piece of literature in the Arabic language...

 In the Islamic World who is known for his unique ability to render the recitation of the Quran in a manner recited by many world famous reciters, or qaris, of the world. A qari is one who recites verses or chapters from the Qur'an in a rhythmic manner under strict rules of articulation and recitation. Nomani has been gifted with the talent to read in more than 85 qaris and imam
Imam
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s including the imams of the two Holy Mosque
Mosque
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s of the Muslim
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 world in Makkah and Madinah.

Among his tutors are Shaikh Muhammad Abdul Majed Zakir
(Senior Qari from Riyadh and Ustaad of many world renowned Quraa,

He is of Pakistan
Pakistan
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i descent and was born there. Later, he migrated to Jeddah
Jeddah
Jeddah, Jiddah, Jidda, or Jedda is a city located on the coast of the Red Sea and is the major urban center of western Saudi Arabia. It is the largest city in Makkah Province, the largest sea port on the Red Sea, and the second largest city in Saudi Arabia after the capital city, Riyadh. The...

 and then to Madinah. Currently he is in (Medina
Medina
Medina , or ; also transliterated as Madinah, or madinat al-nabi "the city of the prophet") is a city in the Hejaz region of western Saudi Arabia, and serves as the capital of the Al Madinah Province. It is the second holiest city in Islam, and the burial place of the Islamic Prophet Muhammad, and...

) Saudi Arabia
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 . He has completed his M.A.
Master of Arts (postgraduate)
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 in Islamic Studies from Darululoom Karachi under the aegis of Justice
Judge
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 (retired) Sheikh Mufti
Mufti
A mufti is a Sunni Islamic scholar who is an interpreter or expounder of Islamic law . In religious administrative terms, a mufti is roughly equivalent to a deacon to a Sunni population...

 Muhammad Taqi Usmani.

Qari Saad Nomani is from the progeny of Imam Abu Hanifah, one of the four Imams of Ahlussunnah waljama'ah, and is the 26th in the generation. Abu Hanifah R.A.'s real name was Noman (Numan or Nauman) hence the surname of Nomani / Numani.

Lineage

'Saad
S/o Shahid S/o Khalil-ur-Rahman S/o Fazl-ur-Rahman S/o Badr-ud-Din S/o Imam-ud-Din
S/o Elahi Bakhsh S/o Imam Ali S/o Mahar Ali S/o Fazal Ali S/o Musharraf Ali S/o Ashraf Ali S/o
Muzaffar S/o Khan Muhammad S/o Fathullah S/o Sadr-ud-Din S/o Hameed-ud-Din S/o Najeeb-ud-Din
S/o Muhammad S/o Sultan Muzaffar S/o Ibrahim S/o Abo Bakr S/o Abd-ur-Rasheed S/o Abdullah S/o
Abd-us-Samad S/o Abo Hayyan Abdullah S/o Hammad S/o Imam Abu Hanifa NO'MAN S/o
THABIT,(rahimahu’Allah).

Recently he was invited to England
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 where he performed the Qira'at
Qira'at
In Islam, Qira'at, which means literally the readings, terminologically means the method of recitation. Traditionally, there are 10 recognised schools of qira'at, and each one derives its name from a famous reader of Qur'an recitation....

 (recitation of the Qur'an) in many mosques and venues throughout the UK including East London Mosque
East London Mosque
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. He has also appeared on ISLAM CHANNEL UK. Often his voice is broadcasted on major Islamic radio stations in different parts of the world.

He has also travelled extensively to other parts of the world including UK
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, Canada
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, Australia
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, Italy
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, South Africa
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, Zambia
Zambia
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, Kenya
Kenya
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, Malaysia, Indonesia
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, and other Gulf States
Arab states of the Persian Gulf
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.

The Official personal website of Sheikh Saad Nomani which contains his profile, biography, writings, audio/video stuff and his contact ...
www.saadnomani.com

Membership

  • Chairman of Reviser of Quran Kareem Committee for ILMI KITAB GHAR, Karachi.
  • Member of Reviser of Islamic Books Committee for DAR-UL-KUTUB ANNOMANIA, Karachi.
  • Ex Member of Quran Kareem Recording Control space station Committee of Quran TV & A.R.Y. Television network, Dubai 2002
  • Member of internal regional Committee of Judges of Quran Competition for City District Government of Karachi, Pakistan
  • Member of Islamic Educational board of IQRA INSTITUTE, Islamabad.
  • Ex Executive Education Consultant of ZAKARIYYA ISLAMIC ACADEMY, England.
  • Imam of Masjid Al-Rabiaan MADINA, Saudi Arabia.
  • Head of Qur'an Department of AL BURUJ, London.

Awarded By

  • His Highness Prince Maajid Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (Governor of Makkah Al Mukarrama) 1997
  • His Highness Prince Abdul Majeed Bin Abdul Aziz Al Saud (Governor of Al Madina Al Munawwara ) 1999
  • Al Shaikh Abdul Aziz Bin Abdullah Hanafi (President of Tahfeez - ul- Quran Foundation, Jeddah) 1997
  • Al Shaikh Muhammad Salim bin Shudaid Al ‘Awfie (President of Tahfeez-ul- Quran Foundation, Al Madina Al Munawara,) 1999
  • Dr. Ishrat-ul-Ibad Khan (Governor of Sindh ,Pakistan) 2004
  • Mr. Abdul Raoof Yaqoob (Chairman of ARY Television Network, Dubai) 2004
  • Mr. Naimatullah Khan (Mayor of Karachi City, Pakistan) 2005
  • Al Haaj Shameem Uddin (Ex. Acting Chief Minister of Sind, Pakistan) 2005
  • Justice Sayed Saeed Ashhad ( Judge of Supreme Court of Pakistan) 2005
  • Mr. Abdul Razzaq Al Zahrani (Third Officer of Saudi Consulate, Karachi) 2006
  • Mr. Ejaz-ul-Haq (Central Minister of Religions Affairs, Pakistan) 2006
  • Mr. Muhammad Joosub (Chairman of Radio Al-Ansaar, South African Islamic Radio Station.) 2007
  • Sheikh Abdullah Bin Abdul Aziz Al Rajhee ( President of Al Rajhi Group Kingdom of Saudi Arabia) 2007
  • Mr. Jawaid Ali Khan ( President of the Islamic Foundation of Toronto, Canada) 2008
  • Vice Admiral Saleem Akhtar Meenai HI(M)(Commander of Pakistan Navy, Karachi) 2009

Led Taraweeh Prayers

  • Masjid At-Ta'awun, Madina (1997)
  • Masjid As-Saan'e, Madina (1998)
  • Jame Masjid Memon, Karachi (1999)
  • Jame At-Ta'awun, Madina (2000)
  • Masjid Abdullah Esa, Madina (2001)
  • Jame Masjid Madina, Karachi (2002–03)
  • Masjid Abdullah Esa, Madina (2004)
  • Jame Masjid Okhai Memon, Karachi ( 2005)
  • Jame Masjid Zakariyya, England (2006–07)
  • Jame Msjid Al Rabi'aan, Madina (2008)
  • Jame Msjid Al Zar'ouni, Dubai (2009)


85 Styles of Recitation:

Out of 85 styles of recitation, some of the names of ‘Qaris’, whose recitation he can recite are as follows:

Makkah Mukarama:

01-Shaikh (late) Abdullah Al-Khulaifi

02-Shaikh (late) Abdullah Al Khayyat

03-Shaikh Abdullah As-Subayyil

04-Shaikh Salih Bin Humaid

05-Shaikh (late) Ali Jabir

06-Shaikh Saud Ash-Shuraim

07-Shaikh Abdur Rahman As-Sudais

08-Shaikh (late) Umer As-Subayyil

09-Shaikh Usama Khayyat

11-Shaikh Mahir Al-Muaiqly

12-Shaikh Abdullah Al-Juhani

13-Shaikh Khalid Al-Ghamdi

14-Shaikh Faisal Ghazzawi

15-Shaikh Adil Al-Kalbani.

Al-Madina Al-Munawara

16-Shaikh (late) Abdul Aziz bin Salih

17- Shaikh (late) Abdul Majeed Jabarti

18-Shaikh Ali Abdur Rahman Al-Hudhaifi

19-Ibrahim Al-Akhdhar (Retd.)

20-Shaikh Muhammad Ayub, (Ex.Taraweeh Imam)

21-Shaikh Abdul Wadood Maqbool Hanif, (Ex.Taraweeh Imam)

22-Shaikh Ali As-Sudais, (Ex.Taraweeh Imam)

23-Shaikh Abdul Bari Athubaiti

24-Shaikh Hussain Al-Ashaikh

25-Shaikh Abdul Mohsin Al-Qasim

26-Shaikh Salah Al-Budair.

Masjid Quba – Madina al-Munawara:

27-Shaikh Muhammad Abid

28-Shaikh Muhammad Khalil

29-Shaikh Ahmed Al-Hudhaifi

Masjid Qiblatain – Medina al-Munawara:

30-Shaikh Mahmood Khalil

Others Masajid’s Qarr’aa:

31-Shaikh Sa’ad Al-Ghamdi

32-Shaikh Abdullah Basfar

33-Shaikh Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Mishary Rashid Al-Afasy
Sheikh Mishary bin Rashid Alafasy is a Kuwaiti national, a qari and a munshid. He is the Imam of Masjid Al-Kabir in Kuwait City, and leads the taraweeh prayers in Ramadan every year.-Background:...



34-Shaikh Hani Al-Rifai

35-Shaikh Nabil Al-Rifai

36-Shaikh Abdullah Al Matroud

37-Shaikh Ahmed Al-Ajmi

38-Shaikh Ahmed Khalil

39-Shaikh Abu Bakr As-Shatri

40-Shaikh Muhammad Al-Barrak

41-Shaikh Sulaiman Al-Muhaisni

42-Shaikh Khalid Al-Qahtani

43-Shaikh Nasir Al-Qutami

44-Shaikh Yasir Ad-Dosri

45-Shaikh Abdul Mosin Al-Ubaikan

46-Shaikh Majid Az-Zamil

47-Shaikh Abdul Wali Al-Arkani

48-Shaikh Idrees Abkar

49-Shaikh Abdul Aziz Al-Zahrani

50-Shiakh Salah Bukhatir

Others:

51-Shaikh Muhammad Abdul Majid Zakir

52-Shaikh Khalil Abdur Rahman Al Qari

53-Shaikh Shafiqur Rahman Al Qazi

54-Shaikh Ehtisham ul Haqq

55-Shaikh Muhammad Rafeeq

56-Shaikh Abdur Rasheed

57-Shaikh Ghulam Muhammad

58-Shaikh Mufti Rafi Usmani

59-Shaikh Mufti Taqi Usmani

60-Shaikh Abdul Rauf Sakkharwi

61-Qari Mahmood

62-Qari Sakir Qasmi

63-Qari Waheed Zafar Qasmi

Egyptians Qurr’aa:

64-Shaikh (late) Mahmood Khalil Al Husari, (Hader)

65-Shaikh (late) Muhammad Siddiq Al-Manshawi, (Tarteel)

66-Shaikh (late) Muhammad Siddiq Al-Minshawi, (Hader)

67-Shaikh (late) Abdul Basit Abdul Samad, (Tarteel)

68-Shaikh (late) Abdul Basit Abdul Samad, (Hader)

69-Shaikh (late) Anter Muslim,

70-Shaikh (late) Muhammad Saeed Noor,

71-Muhammad Jibreel,

72-Shaikh Hajjaj Al-Hindawi.

Other Styles:

73-Al-Hijazi

74-An-Najdi

75-As-Shami

76-Al-Basari

77-Al-Koofi

78-Al-Baghdadi

79-Hadar Maut

80-Makki Hazeeni

81-Al Hussaini

82-Pani Patti

83-SHAIKH SAAD NOMANI (His own Style)

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