Ibn Kathir
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Syrian Islamic historian, exegete and scholar (c.1300–1373)
Key facts
- Title
- Imam
- Born
- c. 1300 (701 AH ), Bosra , Sham , Mamluk Sultanate
- Died
- 27 February 1373 (774 AH), Damascus , Mamluk Sultanate (now Syria )
- Era
- Medieval Era ( Middle Ages )
- Region
- Sham
- Main interest s
- History exegesis jurisprudence creed
- Notable work s
- Tafsir Ibn Kathir , Tarikh Ibn Kathir , Kitab al-Jami' , al-Sira al-Nabawiyya
- Occupation
- Scholar historian exegete jurist theologian
- Religion
- Islam
- Denomination
- Sunni
- Jurisprudence
- Shafi'i
- Creed
- Athari
- Personal ism
- Ismāʿīl, إسماعيل
- Patronymic nasab
- ibn ʿUmar ibn Kaṯīr , بن عمر بن كثير
- Teknonymic kunya
- Abū al-Fidāʾ, أبو الفداء
- Epithet laqab
- ʿImād al-Dīn, عماد الدين , "pillar of the faith"
- Toponymic nisba
- Al-Dimashqi, Al-Qurashi, Al-Busrawi
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ismail
- Gender
- male
- Place of birth
- Daraa
- Place of death
- Damascus
- Languages spoken
- Arabic
- Native language
- Arabic
- Religion
- Islam
- Student of
- al-Dimyāṭī
- Field of work
- fiqh
- Image
- Hafiz Ibn Kathir.png
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- date of birth
- 1301-00-00
- date of death
- 1373-00-00
- Commons category
- Ibn Kathir
- name in native language
- إسماعيل بن عُمر بن كثير بن ضَوْ بن درع القرشي الحَصْلي البُصروي الدمشقي الشافعي
- nickname
- أبو الفداء
- relative
- Yusuf ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Mizzi
- madhhab
- Shafi'i
- different from
- Ibn Kathir al-Makki
- P13311
- Molló
- honorific suffix
- rahimahullah
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Encyclopedic overview
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 expert on tafsir (Quranic exegesis), tarikh (history) and fiqh (Islamic jurisprudence), he is considered a leading authority on Sunni Islam.
Born in Bostra, Mamluk Sultanate, located in modern-day Syria. Ibn Kathir's teachers include Ibn Taymiyya and al-Dhahabi. He wrote several books, including a fourteen-volume universal history titled al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya (Arabic: البداية والنهاية).
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