Ibn Kathir (ابن كثير المكي)
al-Makki
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Abdullah bin Kathir al-Makki
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| Born | 665CE 45AH
Mecca
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| Died | 737CE 120AH |
| Other names | Abu 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]),[1] was one of the transmitters of the seven canonical Qira'at, or methods of reciting the Qur'an.[2] His recitations were generally popular among the people of Mecca.[3]
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 companions of Muhammad Anas ibn Malik and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr,[4] and he learned his recitation method from a student of Muhammad companion Abd Allah ibn Abbas who in turn learned from Ubay ibn Ka'b and Zayd ibn Thabit who both learned directly from Muhammad.[4] 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.
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