Ibn Taymiyyah

Ahmad Ibn Taymiyyah, also known by the honorific Sheikh-ul-Islam, was an Islamic jurist, poet, writer, and author. Born in Harran on 22 January 1263, he died in Damascus on 26 September 1328. A citizen of the Mamluk Sultanate of Egypt, he resided in Harran, Damascus, and the Cairo Citadel, working primarily in Damascus and Cairo. He spoke Arabic and adhered to Islam. His fields of work included fiqh, tafsir, science of hadith, and politics.

His notable works include Mecmu-u Fetava, Minhaj as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah, and Al-Aqidah Al-Waasitiyyah. Other significant writings are Lettre à un roi croisé, Kitāb al-radd ʻalá al-manṭiqiyīn, Fiqh al-Kitab wa-al-sunnah wa-rafʻ al-haraj ʻan al-ummah, al-Qawāʻid al-nūrānīyah al-fiqhīyah, and al-Amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar. He participated in the Mongol invasions of the Levant and the Battle of Marj al-Saffar. His students included Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya, Al-Dhahabi, Ibn Kathir, Ṣafadī, and Khalīl ibn Aybak. His father was Shihab ad-Din ibn Taymiyyah.