About Ibn Kathir al-Makki
Lived 665 – 737 (aged 71–72). Ibn Kathir al-Makki was an ulema, qāriʾ, qadi and apothecary.
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]), was one of the transmitters of the seven canonical Qira'at, or methods of reciting the Qur'an. His recitations were generally popular among the people of Mecca.
Biography Al-Makki was born in Mecca and was one of the Tabi‘un. His family was of Iranian origin and were immigrants to Yemen. Al-Makki was a mawla ("freedman") of Amr ibn Alkama al-Kinani. The two primary transmitters of his method of recitation, Al-Bazzi and Qunbul, were Persian and Meccan respectively.
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Who was Ibn Kathir al-Makki?
Yemeni transmitter of the seven canonical Qira'at (665–737)
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Ibn Kathir al-Makki was born in 665 in Mecca.
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Ibn Kathir al-Makki died in 737 in Mecca.
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Ibn Kathir al-Makki was an ulema, qāriʾ, qadi and apothecary.
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