Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya | |
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| Born | 1194 (1194) Harran,Sultanate of Rum (modern-day Turkey) |
| Died | 1255 (aged 60–61) Damascus,Mamluk Sultanate (modern-day Syria) |
| Region | Islamic Golden Age |
| Main interest(s) | Hadith, Fiqh, Theology |
| Notable work(s) | Al-Muntaqa fi Ahadith Al-Ahkam,Al-Muharrar fi Al-Fiqh |
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| Religion | Islam |
| Creed | Hanbali |
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Abu al-Barkat Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya (Arabic:عبد السلام بن عبد الله بن الخضر بن محمد بن تيمية الحراني، أبو البركات مجد الدين) (1194 - 1255) wasMuslimscholarmuhaddith,traditionalist theologian,judge andHanbalijurisconsult.[1] He was the father ofShihab al-Din Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyya and the grandfather ofTaq al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya.
He was reputable scholars of theHanbalischool of law.[2] He had two sons:Shihab al-Din Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyya (d. 1284) and Fakhr al-Din (d. 1225).
He was born inHarran in 590 AH.Harran was a city part of theSultanate of Rum, nowHarran is a small city on the border ofSyria andTurkey, currently inŞanlıurfa province.[3] At the beginning of the Islamic period, Harran was located in the land of theMudar tribe (Diyar Mudar).[4] Before itsdestruction by the Mongols, Harran was also well known since the early days of Islam for itsHanbali school and tradition,[5] to which Ibn Taymiyya's family belonged.[3]
He taughtHadith in theLevant, theHijaz andIraq, and in addition to his countryHarran in the Levant, he was a member of his time in the knowledge of the Hanbali school of thought. He was a disciple of ibn Gunaymah & Ibn Qudamah. He is known as ‘al-Majd’ in madhhab. In Hanbali fiqh, the designation ‘ash-Shaykhain” indicates to Imam ibn Qudamah and Imam Majd-ud-din Ibn Taymiyya.[6]
His notable works includes:
1. An explanation of “al-Hidayah”
2. “Al-Muntaqa fi Ahadith Al-Ahkam” was explained byAl-Shawkani titled ‘Nayl al-Awtar’
3. “Al-Muharrar fi Al-Fiqh”, which is more important in terms of the Hanbali jurisprudence- explained by many scholars including his grandson Ibn Taymiyya- his explanation's title was ‘At-Taliq al-Mukarrar’, ibn Rajab andIbn Abdul-Haq.[6][7]
All his works are full of bitter condemnation of philosophy and yet he was a great philosopher himself.
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