Ibn Taymiyyah
Also known as Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya
Islamic scholar, jurist and philosopher (1263–1328)
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Ibn Taymiyyah was an influential Islamic scholar, jurist, and philosopher who lived in the late 13th and early 14th centuries and whose interpretations of Islamic law and theology continue to shape Islamic thought today. He matters because his ideas have had wide-ranging impact on how different Muslim communities understand and practice their faith, making him one of the most significant religious thinkers in Islamic history.
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- Born
- 22 January 1263
- Died
- 26 September 1328
- Works
- 448
Top works
- 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
- al-Amr bi-al-maʻrūf wa-al-nahy ʻan al-munkar
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Ibn Taymiyya (Arabic: ٱبْن تَيْمِيَّة; 22 January 1263 – 26 September 1328) was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, Mujtahid, traditionist, Qadiri Sufi, proto-Salafist theologian and iconoclast. Born in Harran in 1263 CE and fleeing from the Mongol invasion, he was taught by his grandfather and father in the principles of Islamic Jurisprudence at Damascus. Ibn Taymiyya proved to be a controversial figure among both his contemporaries and in later centuries. Syrian Salafi theologian Muhammad Rashid Rida, one of the major modern proponents of Ibn Taymiyya's works, designated him as the Mujaddid of the 7th Islamic century.
Clerics and state authorities accused Ibn Taymiyya and his disciples of anthropomorphism, which eventually led to the censoring of his works and subsequent incarceration.