`Imad Ad-Deen Isma`il Ibn `Umar IbnKatheer Al-Basri Ad-Dimashqi 出生于伊历700年，或稍后。他的父亲去世后，当时年仅七岁的伊本·卡西尔与其长兄一同前往大马士革。他的大部分学识得益于伊本·阿什吉纳、阿玛迪、伊本·阿萨基尔等人，愿真主都喜悦他们。他对伊本·太米叶极为敬重，愿真主慈悯他的灵魂；他相信、捍卫并且大多遵循其观点，尤其是在离婚问题上。正因如此，他遭受了磨难，吃了许多苦头。

`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.

伊本·凯西尔因其所达到的卓越学识而广受赞誉。学者们一致证实他博学多闻，尤其在《古兰经》注释、圣训和历史学领域。伊本·哈比卜称他为"所有从事（古兰经）注释之人的领袖。他汇集并整理了（全部的）知识"。

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)

他听闻此事。人们惊叹于他的教法裁决（fatwa），并从他的教诲中获益。他的教法裁决在全国各地广为流传。他以严谨精确而闻名，被公认为历史、圣训和经注学领域的明灯。他的学生之一伊本·希吉吉（Ibn Hijji）说道："在我们同时代的人中，他（伊本·凯西尔）最擅长背诵真实可靠的圣训，也最精通评定圣训传述者的可信度与诚实程度，以及辨别圣训真伪。"他的同伴和导师都认可上述每一句话。我常常去拜访他，每次与他相处，我都有所收获。伊本·凯西尔在公元774年（伊历）去世前不久失明。他与其导师伊本·泰米叶一同葬于苏菲墓地。他最著名的作品之一是其历史巨著《开端与终局》（Al-Bidayah wan-Nihayah）。他还为布哈里的《圣训真本》（Sahih，真实圣训集）作过部分注释。总体而言，伊本·凯西尔令人钦佩的学识与渊博，最能从阅读他两部最负盛名的巨著中体现出来：一部是他的经注，另一部是他的历史著作。

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.