Ibn Kathir al-Makki

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Ibn Kathir (ابن كثير المكي)
al-Makki
Abdullah bin Kathir al-Makki
Born665CE
45AH
Mecca
Died737CE
120AH
Other namesAbu Ma‘bad Abdullah al-‘Attar al-Dari

Abū Maʿbad (or Abū Bakr) ʿAbd Allāh ibn Kathīr al-Dārānī al-Makkī, better known as Ibn Kathir al-Makki (665–737 CE [45–120 AH]),

Qur'an.[2] His recitations were generally popular among the people of Mecca.[3]

Biography

Al-Makki was born in Mecca and was one of the

Tabi‘un.[4] His family was of Iranian origin and were immigrants to Yemen.[5] Al-Makki was a mawla ("freedman") of Amr ibn Alkama al-Kinani.[5]

Al-Makki met the

Al-Shafi‘i, the namesake of one of the four primary schools of thought in Sunni Islam, preferred to recite the Qur'an according to al-Makki's method.[4]

He died in the year 737CE.[3][6] The two primary transmitters of his method of recitation, Al-Bazzi and Qunbul,[2][7] were Persian and Meccan respectively.

See also

Ten readers and transmitters

References

  1. ISBN 9780415966924
  2. ^ a b Muhammad Ghoniem and MSM Saifullah, The Ten Readers & Their Transmitters. (c) Islamic Awareness. Updated January 8, 2002; accessed April 11, 2016.
  3. ^
    ISBN 9781850653363
  4. ^ a b c d Imām ibn Kathīr al-Makkī Archived 2016-07-06 at the Wayback Machine. © 2013 Prophetic Guidance. Published June 16, 2013. Accessed April 13, 2016.
  5. ^
    OCLC 495469525
    .
  6. ISBN 9789004240810
  7. ^ Shady Nasser, Canonization, p. 129.
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