AhlulBayt News Agency (ABNA): Mahmoud Abdul Sattar al-Utwa, an Egyptian Qari and Quran memorizer, died at the age of 26.
According to Youm7 website, the young Qari died of a heart attack.
Mahmoud was from a village named al-Shabanat in the Arab country’s Sharqia Governorate.
His father, Mohammad, says Mahmoud learned the entire Quran by heart at an early age.
As Mahmoud had a beautiful voice, he started learning Quran recitation with prominent masters, Mohammad added.
He noted that his son’s main activity was reciting the Quran and teaching the Holy Book to children and teenagers in al-Shabanat and nearby villages.
Egypt is a country in North Africa with a population of around 96 million.
Muslims account for around 90 percent of the country’s total population.
Quranic activities are very common in the Muslim-majority Arab country and many of the Muslim world’s top Qaris in the past and present have been Egyptian.
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