Biography of hafiz ibn kathir quran
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His respected name is Abu al-Fida, ‘Imad ad-Din Isma’il bin ‘Umar bin Kathir al-Qurashi al-Busrawi – Busraian (Busra) in origin, Dimashqi (Damascus) in training, learning, and residence.
Ibn Kathir was born in the city of Busra in 701AH. His father was the deliverer of the Friday Khutba in his village and he died when ibn Kathir was only four years old. Ibn Kathir’s brother, Shaykh Abdul-Wahhab raised him and taught him until he moved to Damascus in 706 AH at the age of five.
Teachers:
Ibn Kathir studied Fiqh (Islamic Jurisprudence) with Burhan ad-Din, Ibrahim bin ‘Abdur-Rahman al-Fizari, known as Ibn al-Firkah (died in 729 AH). Ibn Kathir listened to Hadith from ‘Isa bin al-Mutim, Ahmed bin Abi-Talib (Ibn Ash-Shahnah) (died in 730 AH), Ibn al-Hajjar (died in 730 AH), the Hadith narrator of ash-Sham (modern day Syria and surrounding areas), Baha ad-Din al-Qasim bin Muzaffar bin ‘Asakir (died in 723 AH), Ibn
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Imam Ibn Kathir
Full Name:
Hafiz Abul Fida Ismail ibn Abi Hafs Shihabuddin Omar ibn Kathir ibn Daw ibn Kathir in Zar` the Quraishite
Date and Place of Birth:
Hafiz Ibn Kathir was born in the year 701 AH (1301 AC) in an area called Majdal, near Busra, west of Damascus. Syria
Early Life:
His father died when he was only four years old and was taken in by his brother "Kamaluddin Abdul Wahhaab".
Some of his Teachers:
- Ibn Asakir
- Ishaq ibn Yahya al-Amudi
- Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (who was extremely close to him) .
- Al-Sheikh Jamal Yusuf bin Zaki al-Muziyyi Author of Tahzib al-Kamal (His Father in Law)
- Ibn Ghailan al-Ba'labakki al-Hanbali (In Qura'an)
- Muhammad bin Ja'afar al-Lubad (In Qira'at)
- Ziyauddin al-Zarbandi (In Nahw)
- Imam Badruddin Ibn Jama'ah
- Al-Muarrikh Ilmuddin al-Barzali
- Ibn Qazi Shahba
- Al-Sheikh Abu Ishaq Ibrahim al-Fa
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Ibn Kathir
Arab Islamic exegete, historian and scholar (c. 1300–1373)
For the canonical Qur'an transmitter, see Ibn Kathir al-Makki.
Abu al-Fida Isma'il ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Dimashqi (Arabic: أبو الفداء إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير الدمشقي, romanized: Abū al-Fidā’ Ismā‘īl ibn ‘Umar ibn Kathīr al-Dimashqī; c. 1300–1373), known simply as Ibn Kathir, was an Arab Islamic exegete, historian and scholar. An kunnig on tafsir (Qur'anic exegesis), tarikh (history) and fiqh (jurisprudence), he is considered a leading authority on Sunni Islam.
Born in Bostra, Mamluk Sultanate, Ibn Kathir's teachers include al-Dhahabi and Ibn Taymiyya. He wrote several books, including a fourteen-volume universal history titled al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya (Arabic: البداية والنهاية).[12][13]
His renowned tafsir, Tafsir Ibn Kathir, fryst vatten recognized for its critical approach to Israʼiliyyat, especially among Western Muslims and Wahhabi scholars. His methodology large