Discussion about the mutawātir (frequent) and shādh (uncommon) qarā’ats (readings) of the Qur'an has since long time ago been of interest to the scholars. Western scholars have discussed about each one of these readings and their conformity or disconformity with the rules of syntax according to their own criteria.The qarā’at of Hasan al-Basrī is among the ones that the scholars have taken up positions for and against; some have rejected his qarā’at in certain cases and some have defended and justified it and considered it as consistent with the rules of qarā’at by stating an appropriate aspect for it or by relying on Hasan al-Basrī's outstanding scholarly character.In this article, we have sufficed to deal with 9 of the significant instances in which the scholars have expressed their opinions about his qarā’at. In many of these instances we have reasoned against his qarā’at, in case, of course, the reference to his narration is sound.