He had immenseknowledge in the fields of Hadith, Tafsir, Fiqh, the Arabiclanguage, and so forth.
He collected knowledge, authored(books), taught, narrated Hadith and wrote. He was excellent in theareas of Fiqh, Tafsfr and Hadith. He learned extensively and was veryactive in collecting knowledge and writing.
He had a good memory, his books becamepopular during his lifetime, and people benefited from them afterhis death." Also, the renowned historian Abu Al-Mahasin, JamalAd-Din Yusuf bin Sayf Ad-Din (Ibn Taghri Bardi), said in his book,AlManhal As-Safi, "He is the Shaykh, the Imam, the great scholar`Imad Ad-Din Abu Al-Fida'. In his book, Al-Mu jam Al-Mukhtas, Al-HafizAdh-Dhaliabi wrote that Ibn Kathir was, "The Imam, scholar ofjurisprudence, skillful scholar of Hadith, renowned Fagih andscholar of Tafsir who wrote several beneficial books." Further, inAd-Durar Al-Kdminah, Al-Hafiz Ibn Hajar AlAsqalani said, "IbnKathir worked on the subject of the Hadith in the areas of textsand chains of narrators. Also, Abu MusaAl-Qarafai, Abu Al-Fath Ad-Dabbusi and 'Ali bin `Umar As-Suwani andothers who gave him permission to transmit the knowledge he learnedwith them in Egypt. He also read with theImam Hafiz and historian Shams Ad-Din, Muhammad bin Ahmad binUthman bin Qaymaz Adh-Dhahabi, who died in 748 H. He also read withShaykh Al-Islam, Taqi Ad-Din Ahmad bin `Abdul-Halim bin`Abdus-Salam bin Taymiyyah who died in 728 H. He remained with JamalAd-Din, Yusuf bin Az-Zaki AlMizzi who died in 724 H, he benefitedfrom his knowledge and also married his daughter. Ibn Kathirheard Hadiths from `Isa bin Al-Mutim, Ahmad bin Abi Talib, (IbnAsh-Shahnah) (who died in 730 H), Ibn Al-Hajjar, (who died in 730H), and the Hadith narrator of Ash-Sham (modern day Syria andsurrounding areas) Baha Ad-Din Al-Qasim bin Muzaffar bin `Asakir(who died in 723 H), and Ibn Ash-Shirdzi, Ishaq bin YahyaAl-Ammuddi, also known as `Afif Ad-Din, the Zahiriyyah Shaykh whodied in 725 H, and Muhammad bin Zarrad. IbnKathir's brother, Shaykh Abdul-Wahhab, reared him and taught himuntil he moved to Damascus in 706 H., when he was five years old.Ibn Kathir's Teachers: Ibn Kathir studied Fiqh - Islamicjurisprudence - with Burhan Ad-Din, Ibrahim bin `Abdur-RahmanAl-Fizari, known as Ibn Al-Firkah (who died in 729 H). His father was the Friday speaker of thevillage, but he died while Ibn Kathir was only four years old.
Ibn Kathir was born in the cityof Busra in 701 H. Heis the respected Imam, Abu Al-Fida', `Imad Ad-Din Isma'il bin 'Umarbin Kathir Al-Qurashi Al-Busrawi - Busraian in origin Dimashqi intraining, learning and residence. Moved this app to of Hafiz Ibn Kathir Author of Tafsir Ibn Kathir By theHonored Shaykh `Abdul-Qadir Al-Arna'ut, may Allah protect him.
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