Ibn Kathir moves to Damascus and grows up there, about 709/1309

انتقال ابن كثير إلى دمشق ونشأته بها، نحو ٧٠٩هـ

c. 1310 CE · 709 AH

Al-Zirikli says he moved with his father to Damascus in 709 ¹; Ibn Hajar records that his father died in 703 and that the boy grew up in Damascus, hearing from Ibn al-Shihna, Ibn al-Zarrad, Ishaq al-Amidi, Ibn 'Asakir, al-Mizzi and Ibn al-Raddi among others, with ijazas from Egyptian scholars ².

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Ibn Kathir moved with his father to Damascus in 709, as al-Zirikli reports ¹; al-Durar al-Kamina records instead that his father died in 703 and that the boy grew up in Damascus ².

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In his Damascus upbringing he heard from Ibn al-Shihna, Ibn al-Zarrad, Ishaq al-Amidi, Ibn 'Asakir, al-Mizzi and Ibn al-Raddi among others, and received ijazas from Egyptian scholars such as al-Dabusi, al-Lawani and al-Khatni ².

The hafiz Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi dies at Damascus, 12 Safar 742/1341

Al-Mizzi died on Saturday 12 Safar 742 and was buried the next day in the Sufi cemetery; his son-in-law Ibn Kathir relates that he was ill for a few days and died between the zuhr and asr prayers while reciting the Throne Verse; the people prayed over him in the congregational mosque then outside Bab al-Nasr, and he was buried in the Sufi cemetery near Ibn Taymiyya, the funeral gathering being very large.

Ibn Kathir moves to Damascus and grows up there, about 709/1309

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The hafiz Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi dies at Damascus, 12 Safar 742/1341