Ḥamzah ibn Ḥabīb ibn ʿUmārah ibn Ismāʿīl al-Zayyāt: the sixth imam from the seven qurrāʾ

The piety of Imām Hamzah

Imām Hamzah was the Sheikh al-Qurrāʾ in Kufa during his time.

Imām ash- Shāṭibī mentioned these lines with respect to the purity and righteousness of Imām Hamzah

وحمزةَ ما أزكاه من متورِّعٍ اِماما صبورا للقرانِمُرَتلا

and Hamzah, who was purer than him in piety!!

A patient man who recited with tarteel

The Qirā’ah of Imām Hamzah is measured, slow and has long mudood (of 6 seconds)and the reciter should recite with patience using Tahqeeq (every letter its haqq