Standing in the register Known
Also written as: محمد بن محمد الافراني، أبو عبد الله محمد محمد الأفراني
The register links these spellings as one person.
No. 20, 23 in the chains from the Prophet ﷺ المغرب
Muhammad ibn Muhammad al-Ifrani of Sus in Morocco was a Qur'an reader who came to Egypt and read with Sultan al-Mazzahi, then took up teaching after his teacher's death; Shams al-Din al-Manufi was among his closest students.
Each route above this person as the published certificates write it, with its own number; the smallest number is the highest chain.
1. no. 20 from the Prophet ﷺ · through إسماعيل بن جعفر · القراءات العشر · on one certificate
2. no. 23 from the Prophet ﷺ · through أبي العباس أحمد بن سهل الأشناني · حفص عن عاصم · on one certificate
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