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Also known as Ismail ibn Kathir, Ismāʻīl ibn ʻUmar Ibn Kathīr, Ibn Kathīr al-Dimashqī, Ismāʻīl ibn ʻOmar Ibn Kathīr

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
madhhab
Shafi'i
different from
Ibn Kathir al-Makki
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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).

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ibn Kathir” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.