THE CONTRIBUTIONS OF QUR’ANIC TAJWID AND MEMORIZATION BOARD GUSAU TO THE DEVELOPMENT OF TAJWID IN ZAMFARA STATE, FROM 2005 TO 2013.

Abstract

ABSTRACT The Qur`anic Tajwid and Memorization Board was established in Zamfara State in 2005. The Board is charged with the responsibilities of teaching Zamfara State Imams, the Mu ̍adhins, Islamic Traditional school teachers (Islamiyyah) and all Muslims in general, the proper recitation of the Glorious Qur`ān. In the course of this study, it was discovered that the Qur`ānic Tajwid Memorization Board has contributed immensely to the development of Tajwid as a branch of Qur`ānic sciences in Zamfara State. The major areas of success recorded by the Board include training, Qur`ānic Recitation Competitions, provision of employment opportunities as a means of encouragement for those who have excelled in this branch of knowledge, performance appraisal through monitoring of Tahajjud prayers in the month of Ramadān and provisions of scholarship for those who memorized the Glorious Qur`an to any level of their academic aspirations. These and other related issues were dealt with in the course of conducting the research.