Imad Ad-Deen Isma`il Ibn `Umar Ibn Katheer Al-Basri Ad-Dimashqi an haife shi a shekara ta 700 bayan hijira, ko kuma jim kadan bayan haka. Bayan rasuwar mahaifinsa, Ibn Katheer, wanda a lokacin yana da shekara bakwai, ya tafi Dimashq tare da babban dan'uwansa. Yana bin malamai da dama wajen ilimin da ya samu, ciki har da Ibn Ashginah, Al-Amadi, Ibn `Asakir da wasu, Allah ya yarda da su baki daya. Yana matukar girmama Ibn Taimiyah, Allah ya yi masa rahama, wanda ya yi imani da ra'ayoyinsa, ya kare su, kuma galibi ya bi su, musamman game da batun saki. Saboda haka ya sha wahala da tsanani, aka kuma sa shi cikin wahala mai yawa.

`Imad Ad-Deen Isma`il Ibn `Umar IbnKatheer Al-Basri Ad-Dimashqi was born in 700 A.H., or shortly afterwards. After the decease of his father, Ibn Katheer, aged seven then, headed for Damascus, accompanied by his elder brother. He owed much of his learning to Ibn Ashginah, Al-Amadi, Ibn `Asakir and others, may Allah be pleased with them all. He immensely revered Ibn Taimiyah, may Allah bless his soul, whose views he believed, defended and mostly abided by, particularly as regards divorce. It was on account of this that he went through an ordeal and was made to suffer a lot.

Ibn Katheer an yaba shi sosai saboda babban matsayin ilimi da ya kai da kyau. Malamai sun shaida baki ɗaya cewa yana da zurfin ilimi, musamman a fannonin tafsirin Alƙur'ani mai girma, Hadisi da tarihi. Ibn Habeeb ya bayyana shi da cewa "shugaban dukkan mutanen da ke aikin tafsiri (na Alƙur'ani). Ya tara tare da raba dukkan (ilimin) zuwa rukunai."

Ibn Katheer was widely acclaimed for the sublime degree of learning that he so admirably attained. Scholars have unanimously attested to his wellversedness, particularly in the fields of the exegesis of the Glorious Qur'an, Hadith and history. Ibn Habeeb describes him as "the leader of all men engaged in the exegesis (of the Qur'an). He amassed and categorized all (the knowledge)

Ya ji labarin. Mutane sun yi mamakin fatawoyinsa, kuma sun amfana da koyarwarsa. Fatawoyinsa sun yi matukar shahara a ko'ina cikin kasar. An san shi da daidaito a cikin ilimi, kuma an ayyana shi a matsayin hasken tarihi, Hadisi da tafsiri (na Alkur'ani). Ibn Hijji, daya daga cikin dalibansa, ya ce: "Daga cikin dukkan abokan zamaninmu, shi (Ibn Katheer) ya fi kowa iya haddace Hadisai ingantattu, kuma ya fi kowa sani wajen tantance matakin amincewa da gaskiyar masu ruwaito Hadisi, da kuma Hadisai ingantattu da wadanda ba ingantattu ba." Abokan karatunsa da malamansa sun amince da kowace kalma ta abin da ke sama. Ina ziyartarsa akai-akai, kuma duk lokacin da nake tare da shi, ina amfana daga gare shi. Ibn Katheer ya rasa ganinsa jim kadan kafin ya rasu a shekara ta 774 bayan hijira. An binne shi a makabartar Sufaye tare da malaminsa Ibn Taimiyya. Daga cikin shahararrun ayyukansa akwai babban littafinsa a fannin tarihi mai suna Al-Bidaya wan-Nihaya (Farko da Karshe). Ya kuma yi tafsirin wani bangare na Sahihul Bukhari (littafin Hadisai ingantattu). Gabaki daya, kyakkyawan ilimi da zurfin fahimtar Ibn Katheer suna bayyana sosai ga duk wanda ya karanta manyan littattafansa guda biyu da aka fi yabawa: tafsirinsa da littafinsa na tarihi.

he heard. People marveled at his fatwas and benefited from his teachings. His fatwas grew widely popular all across the country. He was renowned for his precision and was proclaimed as the beacon of history, Hadith and exegesis (of the Qur'an)." Ibn Hijji, one of his students, owed: "Of all our contemporaries, he (Ibn Katheer) was the best at memorizing authentic Hadiths and the most knowledgeable as to assessing the degree of reliability and honesty of Hadithnarrators as well as authentic and non-authentic Hadiths. His comrades and mentors acknowledge every word of the above. I would frequently visit him, and every time I was in his company I benefited from him." Ibn Katheer lost his eyesight shortly before he died in 774 A. H. He was buried at the Sufis cemetery along with his mentor Ibn Taimiyah. Among his best-known works is his masterpiece in history Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah (The Beginning and the End) .He also interpreted part of Al Bukhari's Sahih (book of authentic Hadiths). By and large, Ibn Katheer's admirable knowledge and well-versedness are best manifested to whoever reads his two best celebrated masterpieces; his interpretation and his book of history.