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The reciter, Sheikh Saeed Hassan
Hussein Sammour (1917 - August 30, 1982), sheikh, scholar, jurist, and reciter
of the Qur’an. He was born and raised in the Palestinian city of Tulkarm. He is
the reciter of the Levant and the Arab world, and he was the most prominent
person who recited the Noble Qur’an on Arab radio stations in his time.
His upbringing and his request for
knowledge
He is Sheikh Saeed bin Hassan
Hussein Sammour. He was born in the city of Tulkarm, Palestine, in 1917. He
grew up in his city in a family known for knowledge. He studied Sharia sciences
and the Qur’an in Tulkarem from a number of scholars and sheikhs. Then, as a
young man, he took over reading the Qur’an in mosques and religious ceremonies
in Tulkarm. .
After that, he joined Al-Azhar in
Cairo in 1937, where he learned the narration of Hafs on the authority of Asim
from the way of Al-Shatibiyyah and mastered it.
In the mid-1940s, he went to
Damascus and joined Issaf Al-Khairy School and the Institute for the Revival of
Sharia Sciences, and in 1960 he obtained a certificate of Sharia studies with
distinction, with the presence of the Qur’an on the Syrian Arab Radio.
Sheikh Saeed Sammour was an imam of
several mosques in Palestine and Jordan, and he established and supervised a
Qur’an role in Jordan. He also contributed to proofreading the printing of
several copies of the Qur’an, and he was an advisor to the Jordanian Ministry
of Endowments.
He worked as a lecturer of Sharia at
Princess Alia College in Amman, and he also worked as a lecturer at the University
of Jordan from the early seventies until his death in 1982.
his elders
From his sheikhs:
Sheikh Othman bin Suleiman Murad.
his students
A large number of scholars and
sheikhs were taught by Sheikh Saeed Hassan Sammour, including:
Sheikh Mahmoud Abdul Qadir Idris.
Sheikh Muhammad Saeed Muhammad Ali
Malhas.
Professor of Sharia, Sheikh Bassam
Ali Salama Al-Amoush.
Sheikh Ammar Tawfiq Ahmed Badawi.
Sheikh Shwish Al-Mahamid.
and many others.
His recordings of the Qur’an on
radio and television
Sheikh Saeed Sammour recorded many
recordings of the Qur’an, which were recorded and broadcast on a wide range of
radio and television channels, including:
Jordan Radio.
Syrian Radio.
Kuwaiti radio.
BBC Arabic Radio.
Jordanian TV.
His writings
The book “The Healing Salsabil in
the Rulings of the Science of Tajweed” was published in 1980. The book was
published in the Arab countries, and a number of famous Islamic preachers
contributed to the publication of the book.
His participation in international
conferences
Sheikh Saeed Samour represented
Jordan in a number of international conferences on the Qur’an, including the
International Qur’an Conference in Turkey during the period between December
15, 1976 and December 21, 1976, with the participation of fifteen countries. He
also represented Jordan at the Quran Conference in Libya in 1978.
He recited the Qur’an on major
occasions
Sheikh Saeed Sammour was chosen to
recite the Qur’an in major ceremonies and occasions. He recited the Qur’an in
Syria in the presence of President Gamal Abdel Nasser during the period of
unity with Egypt. He also performed the Qur’an in Jordan at the Raghadan Royal
Palace in front of Jordan’s King Hussein bin Talal and his crown prince at the
time, Prince Hassan bin Talal.
Achievements and Awards
Honor him
Sheikh Saeed Sammour won the gold
medal for the Qur’an during the Qur’an conference in Turkey in December 1976,
in the presence of then-Turkish Prime Minister Suleiman Demirel. Turkish Prime
Minister Suleiman Demirel also invited Sheikh Sammour to visit his home.
Sheikh Saeed Sammour was honored
more than once, and on November 15, 2013, Sheikh Sammour was honored as part of
the first ceremony honoring scholars and readers in Jordan under the auspices
of the Jordanian Minister of Awqaf, Bassam Al-Amoush, who is one of Sheikh
Saeed Sammour's students.
his death
Sheikh Saeed Hassan Sammour died on
August 30, 1982 AD, corresponding to Dhu al-Qi`dah 11, 1402 AH, and was buried
in the "Sweileh Cemetery" in the Jordanian capital, Amman.
Writings about him
A Palestinian sheikh, Ammar
al-Badawi, the mufti of Tulkarm, wrote a book on the biography of Sheikh Saeed
Sammour.
The elders praise him
Sheikh Mahmoud Idris said: “God
Almighty honored me by reading to my sheikh and teacher, Sheikh Saeed bin
Hassan Samour, may God have mercy on him, the narration of Hafs on the
authority of Asim from the way of Al-Shatibiya, and he rewarded me for it.”
Sheikh Reciter Muhammad Saeed Malhas
said: “The one who was most affected by his reading and his knowledge of
intonation, His Eminence Sheikh Saeed Hassan Hussein Sammour, the owner of the
beautiful voice, with the chain of transmission that is connected to the
Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, and he is one of the oldest
reciters in Palestine and Jordan.”
Sheikh Ammar Al-Badawi said: “Sheikh
Saeed Hassan Samour is considered one of the oldest reciters in Palestine and
Jordan, and he was the first to receive the narration of Hafs on the authority
of Asim with a continuous chain of narrators. Glorious; Thousands of students
graduated from his hands from various countries. Sheikh Saeed excelled in the
narration of Hafs on the authority of Asim in receiving it from his sheikh
Othman Suleiman Murad, and he was considered among the list of the first
brilliant students on his authority, so no writer wrote about Sheikh Othman
except that he mentioned Sheikh Saeed Sammour among the greats Egyptian readers.
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