Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya
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Born | 1194 Harran, Sultanate of Rum (modern-day Turkey) |
Died | 1255 Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate (modern-day Syria) |
Region | Islamic Golden Age |
Creed | Hanbali |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, Fiqh, Theology |
Notable work(s) | Al-Muntaqa fi Ahadith Al-Ahkam, Al-Muharrar fi Al-Fiqh |
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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) was Muslim scholar muhaddith, traditionalist theologian, judge and Hanbali jurisconsult.[1] He was the father of Shihab al-Din Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyya and the grandfather of Taq al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya.
He was reputable scholars of the Hanbali school of law.[2] He had two sons: Shihab al-Din Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyya (d. 1284) and Fakhr al-Din (d. 1225).
Biography
He was born in Harran in 590 AH. Harran was a city part of the Sultanate of Rum, now Harran is a small city on the border of Syria and Turkey, currently in Şanlıurfa province.[3] At the beginning of the Islamic period, Harran was located in the land of the Mudar tribe (Diyar Mudar).[4] Before its destruction by the Mongols, Harran was also well known since the early days of Islam for its Hanbali school and tradition,[5] to which Ibn Taymiyya's family belonged.[3]
He taught Hadith in the Levant, the Hijaz and Iraq, and in addition to his country Harran 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]
Books
His notable works includes:
1. An explanation of “al-Hidayah”
2. “Al-Muntaqa fi Ahadith Al-Ahkam” was explained by Al-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 and Ibn Abdul-Haq.[6][7]
References
- ^ Nadvi, Syed Suleiman (2012). "Muslims and Greek Schools of Philosophy". Islamic Studies. 51 (2): 218. JSTOR 23643961.
All his works are full of bitter condemnation of philosophy and yet he was a great philosopher himself.
- ^ Laoust, Henri (2012). ""Ibn Taymiyya." Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition". BrillOnline. Archived from the original on 2015-01-16. Retrieved 2015-01-28.
- ^ a b Hastings, James (1908). Encyclopædia of Religion and Ethics. Vol. 7. Morrison and Gibb Limited. p. 72.
- ^ Canard, Marius & Cahen, Claude (1965). "Diyār Mudar". In Lewis, B.; Pellat, Ch. & Schacht, J. (eds.). The Encyclopaedia of Islam, Second Edition. Volume II: C–G. Leiden: E. J. Brill. pp. 347–348. OCLC 495469475.
- ^ Al-Dhahabi, Muhammad ibn Ahmad. Tadhkirat al-huffaz. Haidarabad. p. 48.
- ^ a b হেলাল, ইমরান (2021). হাম্বলি মাযহাবের ক্রমবিকাশ. হাম্বলী ফিকহ্. p. 13.
- ^ "Biography of a Scholar". www2.gvsu.edu. Retrieved 2020-10-17.
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