The Islamic world has been thrown into mourning following the death of Sheikh Nurayn Muhammad, one of the world’s most popular Qur’an reciters.
He is said to have passed away on Friday in a fatal car crash in Sudan alongside some other Huffadh (Qur’an memorisers).
According to local media, the traffic accident occurred 18 km from Omdurman, on their way back from Wadi Halfa in the Northern State, without indicating the nature of the accident.
Omdurman is the most populated city in Sudan and Khartoum State, lying on the western banks of the River Nile, opposite the capital, Khartoum.
Shaykh Nurayn is one of the most accomplished reciters of Quran.
He is very popular for his distinctive way of communicating in the Al Duri qira’at.
He has a worldwide following whom he inspired.
Abu ‘Amr Hafs Ibn ‘Umar Ibn ‘Abd al-‘Aziz al-Baghdadi, better known as Al-Duri (150-246AH), was a significant figure in the transmission of the Qira’at, or methods of reciting the Qur’an.
Of the seven canonical reciters, al-Duri was a transmitter for two entirely separate methods: that of Abu ‘Amr ibn al-‘Ala’ and that of Al-Kisa’i.
Vice Chairman of the Sudanese Sovereignty Council, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemeti), expressed his condolences on the death of the cleric, adding in a Facebook post that the traffic accident occurred to the Sheikh “while he was on his way back from a missionary trip.”
