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Ibn Kathir (Arabic : ابن كثير) was an Islamic scholar born in Busra, Syria in 1301. He was taught by the Islamic scholar Ibn Taymiyya in Damascus, Syria and Ibn al-Qayyim. Ibn Kathir wrote a famous commentary of the Qur'an named Tafsir ibn Kathir which linked certain Hadith, or sayings of Muhammad, and sayings of the sahaba to verses of the Qur'an, in explanation. Tafsir Ibn Kathir is famous all over the Islamic world and among Muslims in the Western world, and is one of the most widely used explanations of the Qu'ran today.
Ibn Kathir was renowned for his great memory regarding the sayings of Muhammad and the entire Qur'an. Ibn Kathir is known as a qadi, a master scholar of Hadith, and a mufassir or Qur'an commentator. Ibn Kathir saw himself as a Shafi scholar. This is indicated by two of his books, one of which was Tabaqaat ah-Shafai'ah, or The Categories of the Followers of Imam Shafi. Many people also regard Ibn Kathir as a precursor to the contemporary Salafi school of law.
Other books written by Ibn Kathir include Signs Before the Day of Judgement and The Birthday of the Prophet which supports arguments as to the legality of celebrating Prophet Muhammad's birthday (seen as a reprehensible innovation or bid'a by some Muslims), Biographies of the Prophets and Sins and their Punishments.
Ibn Kathir became blind just before his death in February, 1373 in Damascus. He was buried beside his mentor Ibn Taymiyya in the Sufi Cemetery of Damascus.
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