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Ismail ibn Kathir

1300–1373 • Damascus • Shafi'i • Athari

Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1300–1373) wrote the tafsir that Salafi lessons use most after the Qur’an itself. He was Shafi'i in fiqh and Athari in creed, a student of Ibn Taymiyyah and al-Mizzi.

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About the Shaykh

Born1300
Died1373
PlaceDamascus
MadhhabShafi'i
Scholar ofTafsir, Hadith, Seerah
CreedAthari

Shafi'iTafsirHadithSeerah

Ismail ibn Umar ibn Kathir (701–774 AH / 1300–1373) wrote the tafsir that Salafi lessons use most after the Qur’an itself. He was Shafi'i in fiqh and Athari in creed, a student of Ibn Taymiyyah and al-Mizzi.

His method is to explain the Qur’an by the Qur’an, then the Sunnah, then the statements of the salaf. Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah and his seerah sit beside the tafsir.

Legacy

The default Athari tafsir in contemporary Salafi teaching.

Areas of knowledge

TafsirReadings of the Qur’an with language, context, and the comments of earlier imams.
HadithThe speech and practice of the Prophet ﷺ, kept with the chains and the fiqh that follows them.
SeerahThe life of the Prophet ﷺ and the generations who carried his way.

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ت Book Tafsir Ibn Kathir ا Book Al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah