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Ibn Taymiyyah (RH)

Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyyah

Also known as: Ibn Taymiya, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah

661–728 AH · 1263–1328 CE

Fiqh Hanbali Theology

Hanbali scholar of Damascus, prolific and influential, whose views were both followed and contested.

Ibn Taymiyyah's family fled the Mongols from Harran to Damascus when he was a child. He became a scholar of exceptional range in Quran, hadith, law, theology and the refutation of philosophy, and he urged resistance to the Mongol invasions, taking part in the Battle of Shaqhab in 1303.

He argued for returning directly to the Quran, the Sunnah and the early generations, and wrote critically of philosophy, theological schools and practices he considered innovations. Several of his positions in theology and law were opposed by many scholars of his time, and he was imprisoned more than once in Cairo and Damascus, dying in prison. His writings, gathered in Majmu' al-Fatawa and works such as al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyyah and al-Siyasah al-Shar'iyyah, have been deeply influential in later centuries, and he remains both highly regarded and strongly criticised.

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