Ibn Kathir (774H)

Abu al-Fidaa, Ismail ibn 'Umar ibn Kathir (700-774)

Al-Faqih, al-Hafidh. Historian and Muhaddith, he is the author of the most famous Tafsir, and the great history book al-Bidayah wa al-Nihayah. He was Shafi'i of madhhab.