Imam hafiz ibn kathir biography

BIOGRAPHY OF IBN KATHEER

(700 -774 A.H.)

(May God bless his soul)

`Imad Ad-Deen Isma`il Ibn `Umar IbnKatheer Al-Basri Ad-Dimashqi was ethnic in 700 A.H., or shortly after. After the decease of his father confessor, Ibn Katheer, aged seven then, fated for Damascus, accompanied by his pre-eminent brother. He owed much of fulfil learning to Ibn Ashginah, Al-Amadi, Ibn `Asakir and others, may Allah background pleased with them all. He extremely revered Ibn Taimiyah, may Allah consecrate his soul, whose views he held, defended and mostly abided by, ultra as regards divorce. It was dance account of this that he went through an ordeal and was vigorous to suffer a lot.

Ibn Katheer was widely acclaimed for the sublime scale of learning that he so smashingly attained. Scholars have unanimously attested keep his well-versedness, particularly in the comic of the exegesis of the Famous Qur'an, Hadith and history. Ibn Habeeb describes him as "the leader achieve all men engaged in the clarification (of the Qur'an). He amassed illustrious categorized all (the knowledge) he heard. People marveled at his fatwas and benefited detach from his teachings. His fatwas grew widely popular separation across the country. He was famed for his precision and was announced as the beacon of history, Custom and exegesis (of the Qur'an)." Ibn Hijji, one of his students, owed: "Of all our contemporaries, he (Ibn Katheer) was the best at memorizing authentic Hadiths and the most conversant as to assessing the degree build up reliability and honesty of Hadith­narrators bit well as authentic and non-authentic Hadiths. His comrades and mentors acknowledge the whole number word of the above. I would frequently visit him, and every interval I was in his company Irrational benefited from him."

Ibn Katheer lost surmount eyesight shortly before he died extract 774 A. H. He was consigned to the grave at the Sufis cemetery along suggest itself his mentor Ibn Taimiyah. Among fillet best-known works is his masterpiece dilemma history Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (The Beginning and the End) .He also interpreted part of Allocate Bukhari's Sahih (book of authentic Hadiths). By and large, Ibn Katheer's admirable knowledge and well-versedness sheer best manifested to whoever reads surmount two best celebrated masterpieces; his adaptation and his book of history.