Biography of hafiz ibn kathir quran
Biography of hafiz ibn kathir quran
Biography of ibn kathir!
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