Hezzab

Mosques in Algeria recruit several hezzabine as salaried employees responsible for reciting the Hizb Rateb on a daily basis, as well as the Salka periodically, under the supervision of a Bash Hezzab.{{Cite web|url=https://al-maktaba.org/book/33512/2094|title=ص32 - كتاب تاريخ الجزائر الثقافي - مساجد العاصمة - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة|website=al-maktaba.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=E7hRAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA60|title=Les édifices religieux de l'ancien Alger|first=Albert|last=Devoulx|date=January 6, 1870|publisher=Bastide|via=Google Books}}

As an example, the {{interlanguage link|Mosque of Sidi Abderrahmane Et-Thaalibi|ar|مسجد سيدي عبد الرحمان}} had its employees such as Wakil, Imam and Hezzab among others.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ogj9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT59|title=النخب الجزائرية: 1892–1942|first1=خالد|last1=بوهند|first2=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة|last2=السياسات|date=August 1, 2020|publisher=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات|isbn=9786144453506|via=Google Books}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=m80OAAAAQAAJ&pg=PA530|title=Revue africaine|first=Société historique|last=algérienne|date=January 6, 1875|publisher=La Société|via=Google Books}}

The hezzab should be a hafiz of the Quran as a whole, with the narration of Warsh recitation.{{Cite web|url=https://www.djazairess.com/akhbarelyoum/151417|title=الجامع ليس للصلاة فقط|website=جزايرس}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=VGbNAAAAMAAJ&pg=RA1-PA69|title=Revue des sociétés savantes des departements|date=January 6, 1882|publisher=Imprimerie nationale.|via=Google Books}}

When accomplishing the Tilawa, the condition of memorizing the entire Quran is because it is not suitable and acceptable for him to read from the Mus'haf while he leads the group of readers ({{langx|ar|ناس الحضور}}) and directing them at the same time.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=c_JHDwAAQBAJ&pg=PA23|title=مدارس سوس العتيقة - نظامها - أساتذتها: و يليه رجالات العلم العربي في سوس من القرن الخامس الهجري الى منتصف القرن الرابع عشر|first=محمد|last=المختار/السوسي|date=January 1, 2015|publisher=Dar Al Kotob Al Ilmiyah دار الكتب العلمية|isbn=9782745100733|via=Google Books}}

It is good for him to obtain a Quran Idjaza from an accredited body such as a zawiya or an Islamic institute to prove his merit for the position and religious responsibility.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ogj9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT7|title=النخب الجزائرية: 1892–1942|first1=خالد|last1=بوهند|first2=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة|last2=السياسات|date=August 1, 2020|publisher=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات|isbn=9786144453506|via=Google Books}}

And he must possess a strong vocal layer that allows him to dominate the voice over the entirety of the qāriʾs during the Hizb Rateb recitation.{{Cite web|url=https://al-maktaba.org/book/33512/1077|title=ص81 - كتاب تاريخ الجزائر الثقافي - بعض أعيان المدرسين في العاصمة - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة|website=al-maktaba.org}}

This is because the reading stations of the hezzab make its circle attractive, and dozens or even hundreds of worshipers visit the mosque for the daily participation in this collective recitation.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ogj9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT65|title=النخب الجزائرية: 1892–1942|first1=خالد|last1=بوهند|first2=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة|last2=السياسات|date=August 1, 2020|publisher=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات|isbn=9786144453506|via=Google Books}}

According to the degree of skill, discipline, attractiveness of voice and performance, the hezzab can rise to the rank of Bash Hezzab in the large mosques that contain many hezzabine.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=Ogj9DwAAQBAJ&pg=PT68|title=النخب الجزائرية: 1892–1942|first1=خالد|last1=بوهند|first2=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة|last2=السياسات|date=August 1, 2020|publisher=المركز العربي للأبحاث ودراسة السياسات|isbn=9786144453506|via=Google Books}}

After that, he can be promoted to the rank of a muezzin and then imam, as was done in the past in the Algerian mosques and zawiyas.{{Cite web|url=https://al-maktaba.org/book/33512/1876|title=ص367 - كتاب تاريخ الجزائر الثقافي - الهيئة الدينية - المكتبة الشاملة الحديثة|website=al-maktaba.org}}{{Cite web|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=3jcMAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA1042|title=Code de l'Algérie annoté: recueil chronologique des lois, ordonnances, décrets, arrêtés, circulaires, etc., formant la législation algérienne actuellement en vigeur, avec les travaux préparatoires et l'indication de la jurisprudence, suivi d'une table alphabétique de concordance|date=January 6, 1896|publisher=A. Jourdan|via=Google Books}}

File:Ivan Bilibin 182.jpg|Hezzabine reading the Hizb Rateb

File:Quran Reading.JPG|Hezzabine reading the Hizb Rateb

File:Bruner-Dvorak, Rudolf - Bosna, medresa 2 (ca 1906).jpg|Hezzabine reading the Hizb Rateb

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