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Ibn Kathir loses his sight in his last years, about 772/1371

إضرار ابن كثير في أواخر عمره، نحو ٧٧٢هـ

c. 1371 CE · c. 772 AH

Damascus

Al-Dhahabi's appraisal in the Mu'jam al-mukhtass, as Ibn Hajar transmits it: 'the imam, mufti, accomplished traditionist — a many-sided jurist, an exact muhaddith, a critical mufassir, author of useful works — died in Sha'ban 774, having lost his sight at the end of his life' 1; Ibn Hajar notes he was not of the muhaddiths' rigorous school in gathering attestations but counts among the jurists' traditionists 1.

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Era
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks
Region
Levant & Iraq
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1360137013801390 c.
The Crusades, Ayyubids and Mamluks · The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era

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Damascus

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Summary

Ibn Kathir lost his sight in the last years of his life, before his death in Sha'ban 774, as Ibn Hajar transmits from al-Dhahabi's Mu'jam al-mukhtass 1.

Al-Dhahabi's appraisal

Al-Dhahabi calls him 'the imam, mufti, accomplished traditionist — a many-sided jurist, an exact muhaddith, a critical mufassir, author of useful works' 1.

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Ibn Kathir
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Damascus

People and things also explored

The hafiz Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi dies at Damascus, 12 Safar 742/1341· Ibn Kathir's compilations: al-Bidaya wa'l-Nihaya and his other works, about 738/1338· Ibn Kathir moves to Damascus and grows up there, about 709/1309· Ibn Kathir dies at Damascus, Sha'ban 774/February 1373· Ibn Kathir attaches himself to Ibn Taymiyya and is tried on his account, about 726-728/1326-1328· Ibn Kathir keeps close to the hafiz al-Mizzi and marries his daughter, about 735/1335· Ibn Taymiyya· Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi

Sources

  1. Al-Durar al-Kamina fi A'yan al-Mi'a al-Thamina — Ibn Hajar al-Asqalani (Dar al-Jil, Beirut) , 1/374
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Kathir loses his sight in his last years, about 772/1371”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-kathir-blind-772/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-02.

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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.