Ibn Kathir al-Makki

This article is about the canonical Qur'an transmitter. For the historian and exegete, see Ibn Kathir.

Abu Ma‘bad Abdullah al-‘Attar al-Dari, better known as Ibn Kathir al-Makki (45-120AH),[1] was one of the transmitters of the seven canonical Qira'at, or methods of reciting the Qur'an.[2] His reading was generally popular among the people of Mecca.[3]

Al-Makki was born in Mecca and was one of the Tabi‘un.[4] He 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][5] Though associated with the people of Mecca,[3][6] he was ethnically Persian. The two primary transmitters of his method of recitation, Al-Buzzi and Qunbul,[2][6] were Persian and Meccan respectively.

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 3 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. © 2013 Prophetic Guidance. Published June 16, 2013. Accessed April 13, 2016.
  5. ↑ 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
  6. 1 2 Shady Nasser, Canonization, p. 129.
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