Ibn Kathir al-Makki

Abū Maʿbad (or Abū Bakr) ʿAbd Allāh ibn Kathīr al-Dārānī al-Makkī, 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]

Ibn Kathir (‫
)ابن الكثير‬
al-Makki

Born 665CE

45AH

Mecca

Died 737CE

120AH

Other names Abu Ma‘bad Abdullah al-‘Attar al-Dari

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

Nafi‘ al-Madani
Qalun

Warsh

Ibn Kathir al-Makki

Al-Bazzi

Qunbul

Abu 'Amr ibn al-'Ala'

Ad-Duri

Al-Susi

Ibn Amir ad-Dimashqi

Hisham

Ibn Dhakwan

Aasim ibn Abi al-Najud

Shu'bah

Hafs

Hamzah az-Zaiyyat
Khalaf

Khallad

Al-Kisa'i
Al-Layth

Ad-Duri
Abu Ja'far
'Isa ibn Waddan

Ibn Jummaz

Ya'qub al-Yamani
Ruways

Rawh

Khalaf
Ishaq

Idris

References

1. Josef W. Meri and Jere L. Bacharach, Quran, Reciters and Recitation (https://books.google.com/books?id
=LaV-IGZ8VKIC&pg=PA660&dq=kathir+qira%27at&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=kathir%20qir
a'at&f=false) , p. 660. Taken from Medieval Islamic Civilization: L-Z. Abingdon-on-Thames: Taylor &
Francis, 2006. ISBN 9780415966924

2. Muhammad Ghoniem and MSM Saifullah, The Ten Readers & Their Transmitters (http://www.islamic-awa
reness.org/Quran/Text/Qiraat/the10.html) . (c) Islamic Awareness. Updated January 8, 2002; accessed
April 11, 2016.

3. Peter G. Riddell, Islamic scripture and textual materials (https://books.google.com/books?id=Tq1v_V4haj

4C&pg=PA164&dq=nafi%27+al+madani&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=nafi'%20al%20madani&
f=false) , p. 18. Taken from Islam and the Malay-Indonesian World: Transmission and Responses.
London: C. Hurst & Co., 2001. ISBN 9781850653363

4. Imām ibn Kathīr al-Makkī (http://propheticguidance.co.uk/imam-ibn-kathir-al-makki/) . © 2013

Prophetic Guidance. Published June 16, 2013. Accessed April 13, 2016.

5. Vadet, J.-C. (1971). "Ibn Kat̲h̲īr" (https://referenceworks.brillonline.com/entries/encyclopaedia-of-islam-2/

ibn-kathir-SIM_3236?s.num=18&s.f.s2_parent=s.f.book.encyclopaedia-of-islam-2&s.q=Attar) . In Lewis,
B.; Ménage, V. L.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, New Edition, Volume III: H–
Iram. Leiden: E. J. Brill. p. 817. OCLC 495469525 (https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/495469525) .

6. Shady Hekmat Nasser, Ibn Mujahid and the Canonization of the Seven Readings (https://books.google.co
m/books?id=Kx7i2Y56WuYC&pg=PA57&dq=aasim+qira%27ah&hl=en&sa=X&redir_esc=y#v=onepage&q=
aasim%20qira'ah&f=false) , 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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