Also written as: أم السعد بنت محمد علي نجم، أم السعد محمد علي نجم الإسكندرانية، أم السعد بنت محمد علي نجم الإسكندرانية
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1343 – 1427 AH / 1924/25 – 2006/07 CE No. 29, 30, 31 in the chains from the Prophet ﷺ مصر
Umm al-Sa'd Muhammad Ali Najm was a blind Egyptian woman reader, born in al-Bandariyya (Tala, Menoufia) and based in Alexandria. She read the ten readings with Shaykha Nafisa bint Abi al-Ala, who licensed her at twenty-three, and taught for over half a century, licensing students from many countries, including her husband Muhammad Farid Nu'man.
Each route above this person as the published certificates write it, with its own number; the smallest number is the highest chain.
1. no. 29 from the Prophet ﷺ · through محمد بن حسن السمنودي المنير · رواية حفص عن عاصم · on one certificate
2. no. 30 from the Prophet ﷺ · through علي الحلو إبراهيم السمنودي · قراءة عاصم بن أبي النجود الكوفي براوييه شعبة بن عياش وحفص بن سليمان · on one certificate
3. no. 31 from the Prophet ﷺ · through خليل عامر المطوبسي · القراءات العشر (1) · القراءات السبع (1) · on 2 certificates
4. no. 31 from the Prophet ﷺ · through عبد الرحمن الأجهوري المالكي الأزهري · قراءة الإمام عاصم بن أبي النجود الكوفي · on one certificate
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