A note on Warsh’s narration on the authority of Nafi’:
Warsh’s narration on the authority of Nafi’ is considered one of the frequent narrations through which the Holy Qur’an is read in various Islamic countries, especially in the North African region and the Arab Maghreb countries. Islamic historians attribute this narration to Abu Saeed Othman bin Saeed bin Abdullah bin Amr bin Suleiman, nicknamed Bursh, who lived in Egypt during the period between the years 197-110 AH.
Imam Warsh was known in Egypt for his good voice, mastery of the Arabic language, and mastery of the rules of reading the Holy Qur’an. He was helped in this by his reading of the Qur’an at the hands of his sheikhs in Egypt, but he soon traveled to Medina to hone his talent at the hands of Imam Nafi’ ibn Abi Nu’aym, who read to him several verses in many aspects in the year 155 AH. He approved his reading because of its compatibility with some of the aspects that Nafi’ had taken. About his seventy sheikhs.
After that, he returned to Egypt again, after which he became the sheikh of reciters in Egypt, which is a sign that confirms the people of this country’s acknowledgment of his reading, despite their knowledge of the readings of the people of Medina during Hajj trips, and despite their knowledge of the readings of the sheikhs and imams residing among them. Since then, Warsh’s reading has become frequent and has remained approved to this day. this.