Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Hussary, or Al-Hussary, was a renowned Egyptian Qāriʾ celebrated for his precise Qur'an recitation. He memorized the entire Qur'an by age 8 and began public recitations at 12. In 1944, he won Egypt Radio's Qur'an Recitation competition. Al-Hussary, along with Al-Minshawy, Abdul Basit, and Mustafa Ismail, forms a quartet considered the most influential modern reciters, significantly impacting the Islamic world.
In September 1917, Sheikh Mahmoud Khalil al-Hussary was born. He later became a renowned Egyptian qāriʾ known for his accurate recitation of the Qur'an.
On 16 February 1944, Al-Hussary made his first appearance on Egypt's official Qur'an radio station as a reciter after moving to Cairo.
In 1944, Al-Hussary won Egypt Radio's Qu'ran Recitation competition which had around 200 participants.
In 1945, Al-Hussary was appointed as a reciter at the Ahmad al-Badawi mosque.
On 7 August 1948, al-Hussary was nominated mu'adhin of the Sidi Hamza Mosque and later, a muqriʾ at the same mosque.
In 1955, Al-Hussary was appointed to the Al-Hussein Mosque in Cairo, where he remained in-service for 29 years until his death.
In 1957, Al-Azhar awarded Al-Hussary the title Shaykh al-Maqāriʾ and he was appointed to the board of Islamic research on Hadith and the Qur'an at Al-Azhar.
In 1960, Al-Hussary led the department of al-Ḥadīth bi-Jāmiʿ al-Buḥūth al-ʾIslāmiyya for correcting Qur'anic codexes present in the al-Azhar libraries.
In 1961, Al-Hussary recorded the complete Qur'anic text in the Ḥafs ʿan ʿĀṣim style of recitation.
In 1964, Al-Hussary recorded the complete Qur'anic text in the Warsh ʿan Nāfiʾ style of recitation.
In 1967, Al-Hussary received the Egyptian Medal of Honour for Arts and Sciences, First Grade, from the Egyptian president Gamal 'Abd Al-Nasir. The same year, he was elected the President of the Islamic World League of Qur'an Reciters.
In 1968, Al-Hussary recorded the Qālān ʿan Nāfiʾ and ad-Dūrī ʿan Abi ʿAmr styles of recitation. In the same year, he also recorded the Qu'ran in the style known as al-Muṣḥaf al-Muʿallim.
In 1976, Al-Hussary was invited to participate in the World of Islam Festival in London.
In 1977, Al-Hussary recited the Qur'an at the United Nations.
In 1978, Al-Hussary recited the Qur'an at Buckingham Palace.
In November 1980, Al-Hussary died of liver failure during a trip to Kuwait. His last public recitals were at the Kaaba in Mecca and Masjid al Nabawi in Medina.
In November 1980, Al-Hussary died. He was widely acclaimed for his accurate recitation of the Qur'an.
In 1980, Al-Hussary left a third of his wealth to build a mosque on Al-Ajuzah Street in Cairo. He also left expenses for the mosque in Tanta, three Islamic institutes and a Qur'an memorization center.
In October 2005, the Al-Hosary Mosque, the largest mosque in 6th of October City, was inaugurated in Al-Hussary's honour by the "Shaykh al-Hussary Society".
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