Brief Presentation on Sheikh Ul Islam Ibn Tayymiah

1. S H E I K H U L I S L A M
IBN-E-TAYYMIAH

2. INTRODUCTION TO IBN-E-TAYYMIAH
NAME BIRTH
• Also reffered as Taqi Ad Din
• FATHER= ABDUL HALEEM
• KUNYAH= ABD’AL ABASS
• Grandfather= Majd ad Din
• Tayymiah, was a female (grandmother)
• Related to him, a scholar of her time
• 661 Hijri
• HARAN ( a place btw SHAM and IRAQ)
• Migrated to Damascus due to Tartars /
Mongolian attacks
• Belongs to renowned family of stature
and knowledge
• Father was Alim in Dar-Us Sakkariyah,
Damascus

3. ACCOMPLISHMENTS
• Hafid Quran, stregnth of Memory
• Quick in writing
• Research,Teaching, Writing books and
letters to refuting opponents
• Sources of Knowledge centered around
Tafsir, Sciences of hadith, Quran, Fiqh,
history and some other subjects
• Like to consult 100 books for one ayah
tafsir
•
• Ibn Kathir
• Adh-Dhahabi
• Al- Mizzi
• Ibn Al Hadi
• Started writing at the age of 17 years
• Joined Dar-Us Sakkariyah, Damascus
• First Dars at the age of 22 years
• Wrote 591 books on different subjects
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah

4. - Majmua Al- Fatwa
• Risala ZIYARATUL
QABUR
• Al- Aqeeda Al Wastiyah
• Fatwa on divorce
- Al Istiqamah
- Minhaj As Sunnah An
Nabiwiyyah
FAMOUS WORK
OF IBN TAYYMIAH
Referred to prison as "a divine blessing”
• Due to his treatise Al-Hamawiyyah in the year 698H.
• Due to his treatise Al-Wasitiyyah in the year 705 H.
• Imprisonment in Eygpt, in the year 705H for 18
months.
• Ordeal with the Sufiyyah in Egypt after his release.
• Deportation to Alexandria in the year 709H and
imprisonment there for 8 months.
• Ordeal because of specific verdicts related to divorce
and imprisonment in the year 720H, for five months.
• Ordeal due to his fatwa on the undertaking of
journeys for visiting graves and imprisonment in the
year 726H until his death 728H

5. DEATH : 661H – 728H
During his last imprisonment, he was banned to use books, paper,
pen
Devoted his whole time in Dawrah (Revision) Quran, did 80 times
before death with his brother.
Died at age of 66 years.
More than 3 hundred thousand people prayed his Janazah.
May Allah reward Shaykh ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah with goodness and
grant him Al-Firdaws al-A'la and may He cause those after him to
benefit from his knowledge.

6. FAMOUS SAYINGS OF IBN TAYYMIAH