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]),[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]

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 prophetic companions Anas ibn Malik and Abd Allah ibn al-Zubayr,[4] and he learned his recitation method from a student of the prophetic companion Abd Allah ibn Abbas who in turn learned from Ubay ibn Ka'b and Zayd ibn Thabit who both learned directly from the prophet 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.

See also

Ten readers and transmitters

References

  1. Josef W. Meri and Jere L. Bacharach, Quran, Reciters and Recitation, p. 660. Taken from Medieval Islamic Civilization: L-Z. Abingdon-on-Thames: Taylor & Francis, 2006. ISBN 9780415966924
  2. 1 2 Muhammad Ghoniem and MSM Saifullah, The Ten Readers & Their Transmitters. (c) Islamic Awareness. Updated January 8, 2002; accessed April 11, 2016.
  3. 1 2 Peter G. Riddell, Islamic scripture and textual materials, p. 18. Taken from Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmission and Responses. London: C. Hurst & Co., 2001. ISBN 9781850653363
  4. 1 2 3 4 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. 1 2 Vadet, J.-C. (1971). "Ibn Kat̲h̲īr". In Lewis, B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). Encyclopaedia of Islam. Volume III: H–Iram (2nd ed.). Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 817. OCLC 495469525.
  6. Shady Hekmat Nasser, Ibn Mujahid and the Canonization of the Seven Readings, p. 49. Taken from The Transmission of the Variant Readings of the Qur'an: The Problem of Tawaatur and the Emergence of Shawaadhdh. Leiden: Brill Publishers, 2012. ISBN 9789004240810
  7. Shady Nasser, Canonization, p. 129.
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