Ibn Kathir

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Islamic historian Quran exegete Sunni Muslim scholar faqih muhaddith

Ibn Kathir was a 14th-century Sunni Muslim scholar, historian, and Qur’anic exegete best known for his influential tafsir (Qur’an commentary) and historical works.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Ibn Kathir canonical	6
Ismaʿil ibn ʿUmar ibn Kathir	1

Statements (52)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Islamic historian ⓘ Quran exegete ⓘ Sunni Muslim scholar ⓘ faqih ⓘ muhaddith ⓘ
birthCountryHistorical	Bilad al-Sham@ar ⓘ surface form: Bilad al-Sham
birthPlace	Mijdal ⓘ
birthRegion	near Busra ⓘ
birthYear	1300 ⓘ
birthYearHijri	701 AH ⓘ
burialPlace	Damascus ⓘ
creed	Athari ⓘ
deathCountryHistorical	Mamluk Sultanate ⓘ
deathPlace	Damascus ⓘ
deathYear	1373 ⓘ
deathYearHijri	774 AH ⓘ
denomination	Sunni Islam ⓘ surface form: Sunni
era	14th century ⓘ Mamluk period ⓘ
fieldOfWork	Islamic history ⓘ fiqh ⓘ hadith ⓘ tafsir ⓘ
fullName	Ibn Kathir self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Ismaʿil ibn ʿUmar ibn Kathir
givenName	Ismail ⓘ surface form: Ismaʿil
influencedBy	Ibn Taymiyyah ⓘ
knownFor	Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya ⓘ Islamic historiography ⓘ Quran exegesis ⓘ Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr ⓘ surface form: Tafsir Ibn Kathir hadith scholarship ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
madhhab	Shafi'i school ⓘ surface form: Shafiʿi
mainResidence	Damascus ⓘ
notableWork	Al-Ahkam al-Kabir ⓘ Al-Bidaya wa al-Nihaya ⓘ Al-Sira al-Nabawiyya ⓘ Jamiʿ al-Masanid wa al-Sunan ⓘ Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr ⓘ surface form: Tafsir Ibn Kathir Tafsīr Ibn Kathīr ⓘ surface form: Tafsir al-Qurʾan al-ʿAzim
occupation	Quran commentator ⓘ historian ⓘ jurist ⓘ scholar of hadith ⓘ
patronymic	Ibn Umar ⓘ surface form: ibn ʿUmar
regionOfActivity	Damascus ⓘ Greater Syria ⓘ
religion	Islam ⓘ
studentOf	Al-Mizzi ⓘ Ibn Taymiyyah ⓘ Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah ⓘ surface form: Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya
taughtAt	Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyyah in Damascus ⓘ surface form: Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyya in Damascus

Referenced by (7)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Quran 17:1 → commentedOnBy → Ibn Kathir ⓘ

Ayat al-Kursi → hasExegesisBy → Ibn Kathir ⓘ

Shaykh al-Islam → hasNotableBearer → Ibn Kathir ⓘ

Ahmad ibn Hanbal → influenced → Ibn Kathir ⓘ

Ibn Taymiyyah → student → Ibn Kathir ⓘ

Abasa → hasExegesisBy → Ibn Kathir ⓘ

Ibn Kathir → fullName → Ibn Kathir self-linksurface differs ⓘ

this entity surface form: Ismaʿil ibn ʿUmar ibn Kathir