Al-Bidāyah wa’l-Nihāyah
The Prophetic Biography: from the Book of Delegations up to His ﷺ Horses and Mounts

Authored by
the Imām, ḥāfiẓ, and historian
Abū al-Fidāʾ Ismāʿīl ibn Kathīr (701–774 AH)

Critically edited, the ḥadīths verified, and annotated by
Dr. Riyāḍ ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd Murād

Reviewed by
Shaykh ʿAbd al-Qādir al-Arnāʿūṭ and Dr. Bashshār ʿAwwād Maʿrūf

Volume Five