Contemporary · born 1970
Abu Bakr Al-Shatri أبو بكر الشاطري
Saudi Quran reciter · Imam, al-Furqan Mosque, Jeddah · recites in Hafs 'an 'Asim.
- Born
- 1970, Jeddah
- Role
- Imam, al-Furqan Mosque, Jeddah
- Riwayah
- Hafs 'an 'Asim
- Nationality
- Saudi
Biography
Abu Bakr Al-Shatri (b. 1970, Jeddah) is a Saudi Quran reciter of Yemeni descent who studied Quranic recitation under Sheikh Ayman Rushdi Suwayd and holds an ijazah in the Hafs 'an 'Asim narration. He has recorded the complete Quran twice, in 1988 and again in 2006, and serves as imam of the al-Furqan Mosque in Jeddah.
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Abu Bakr Al-Shatri is a Saudi reciter. Abu Bakr Al-Shatri (b. 1970, Jeddah) is a Saudi Quran reciter of Yemeni descent who studied Quranic recitation under Sheikh Ayman Rushdi Suwayd and holds an ijazah in the Hafs 'an 'Asim.
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Abu Bakr Al-Shatri was born in 1970.
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