Ibn Taymiya

Abu al-Abbas Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Abd al-Salaam ibn Abdullah ibn Taymiya al-Harrani, was a jurist, reformer, preacher, scholar, exegete of Islam. There were two opposing opinions on him during his life. That he was a reformer and a leading scholar, or that he broke the consensus of scholars on several matters, including the issue of taking an oath to divorce, and the alleged anthropomorphic in his writings. He published statements that "Allah's 'hand', 'foot', 'shin' and 'face' are literal (haqiqi) attributes, and that He is upon the Throne in person", but maintained that they are unlike the feet, hands, face of humans in any way. He led a contingent of volunteers in fighting against the Mongols invading Syria at the time. Islamic scholars have acknowledged that Ibn Taymiya wrote extensively and had memorized voluminous quantities of hadith. He also wrote extensively on various matters, including Quran exegesis, theology, fiqh, and more. Some scholars (including Taqi al-Din Subki, Ibn Hajar Haytami and al-Izz ibn Jama'a) have issued fatwas against relying on Ibn Taymiya for matters of aqida as his published views fell outside of scholarly consensus of Sunni Muslims. These fatwas were often supported by the temporal authorities of the time, who did not like to see Ibn Taymiya free and preaching. Many of his pupils became famous scholars themselves in various branches of Islamic knowledge, including his closest Ibn al-Qayyim, as well as the exegete, jurist, historian Ibn Kathir, the historian al-Dhahabi, historian Ibn Nasir al-Din and others. Ibn Taymiya's teachings have had a major influence on the Wahhabi movement in Islam.

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\n*Britannica Concise Encyclopedia\n*A short biography\n*Another biography\n*An non-sympathetic biography