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).
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]
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]
All his works are full of bitter condemnation of philosophy and yet he was a great philosopher himself.
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).
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]
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]
All his works are full of bitter condemnation of philosophy and yet he was a great philosopher himself.