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'''Abu al-Fida Imad al-Din Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi''' (إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير القرشي الدمشقي أبو الفداء عماد الدين), better known as '''Ibn Kathir''', was one of the most influential scholars of [[hadith]] and scholars of [[tafsir]] in Islamic intellectual history. He was born in Bosra (located in present-day Syria) during the Mamluk Sultanate c. 1300 and died in Damascus in 1373. His most famous works include the eponymous [https://tafsir.app/ibn-katheer/1/1 Tafsir Ibn Kathir], the 14-volume hadith-based historical and apocalyptic work ''Al-Bidayah wal-Nihaya'' (literally "The Beginning and the End"), and the still widely-read ''Qisas al-Anbiya'' (translated into English as ''Stories of the Prophets''). | |||
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''[https://app.turath.io/book/4445 al-Bidayah wal-Nihaya]'' (''The Beginning and the End'')<br>''Kitab al-Jami'' (''The Comprehensive Book'')<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/930 al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah]'' (''The Prophetic Sira'')<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/932 Qisas al-Anbiya]'' (''Tales of the Prophets'')<br>''al-Ijtihad fi Talab al-Jihad'' (''Deliberation in the Quest of Jihad'')|Madh'hab=[[Sunni]], Shafi'i, Athari}} | ''[https://app.turath.io/book/4445 al-Bidayah wal-Nihaya]'' (''The Beginning and the End'')<br>''Kitab al-Jami'' (''The Comprehensive Book'')<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/930 al-Sirah al-Nabawiyyah]'' (''The Prophetic Sira'')<br>''[https://app.turath.io/book/932 Qisas al-Anbiya]'' (''Tales of the Prophets'')<br>''al-Ijtihad fi Talab al-Jihad'' (''Deliberation in the Quest of Jihad'')|Madh'hab=[[Sunni]], Shafi'i, Athari}} | ||
Revision as of 18:06, 7 January 2021
Abu al-Fida Imad al-Din Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir al-Qurashi al-Dimashqi (إسماعيل بن عمر بن كثير القرشي الدمشقي أبو الفداء عماد الدين), better known as Ibn Kathir, was one of the most influential scholars of hadith and scholars of tafsir in Islamic intellectual history. He was born in Bosra (located in present-day Syria) during the Mamluk Sultanate c. 1300 and died in Damascus in 1373. His most famous works include the eponymous Tafsir Ibn Kathir, the 14-volume hadith-based historical and apocalyptic work Al-Bidayah wal-Nihaya (literally "The Beginning and the End"), and the still widely-read Qisas al-Anbiya (translated into English as Stories of the Prophets).
| Ismā‘īl ibn Kathīr | |
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| Born | c. 1300 Bosra, Mamluk Sultanate (present-day Syria) |
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| Died | 18 February 1373 Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate, (present-day Syria) |
| Occupation | Scholar of hadith, scholar of tafsir |
| Notable works | Tafsir al-Qur'an al-Adheem (Tafsir Ibn Kathir) al-Bidayah wal-Nihaya (The Beginning and the End) |