Ibn Taymiyyah Language: English Format: PDF Pages: 36 Size: 1 MBIbn Taymiyyah verdicts in regards to Jihad are often not available especially on whom Jihaad is to be carried out. The shaykhs verdicts are filled with a sea of knowledge that oulines fighting not only the enemy aggressor, but also apostates and even those who oppose clear cut rulings of Islam, despite their claims to be Muslims.Taqi ud-Deen Abu-l-'Abbas Ahmad ibn 'Abd al-Haleem ibn'Abd as-Salam ibn Taymiyyah al-Harrani al-Hanbali, wasborn on Monday the 10th of Rabi' al-Awwal 66l H./22nd ofJanuary 1263 C.E. at Harran. His father fled with his familyfrom Harran to Damascus in the year 667 H. /1268 C.E. outof fear of the Tartars who invaded the land of Islaam andwere very close to Harran. In Damascus, the centre ofIslaamic studies at that time, Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah followedin the footsteps of his father who was a scholar of Islaamicstudies by studying with the great scholars of his time, amongthem four women including Zainab bint al-Makki whotaught him hadeeth.
He completed his studies when he was a teenager and at theage of nineteen he became a teacher of Islamic doctrines. Hewas well versed in Quraanic studies, hadeeth, fiqh, theology,Arabic grammar and scholastic theology. He started givingfataawa on religious legal matters without following any ofthe traditional legal schools. He defended the soundprophetic traditions by arguments, which, although takenfrom the Quraan and the Sunnah, had hitherto beenunfamiliar to people of his time.
This was a time when the entire world of Islaam wastrembling with fright as an imminent target of Tartaroppression. Iraq, Iran, and Khurasaan continued to bedespotically ruled by the Tartars. The Mamluke Turks ruledEgypt, Sudan, Syria, and Hijaz. Simultaneously, a largeChristian evangelical movement was mounting to censureIslaam. The crusaders were incessantly attacking Palestineand the European Christians residing in Syria and Cyprushad become emboldened to criticize the prophethood ofRasoolullah r, compose works on the alleged truthfulness ofChristianity, and to invite theological debate.
Ibn Taymiyyah responded at every possible level. He foughtheretical innovations in religion which were wide spreadduring his time all over the Muslim world, especially certainacts and beliefs of some Sufi orders, like saint worship andvisiting saints' tombs seeking help from them, his refutationson shirk and bid`ah caused him to be persecuted by theauthorities whose leaders were under the influence of certainscholars.
Ibn Taymiyyah’s fight was not limited to the people whofollowed the heretical innovations; in addition, he foughtagainst the Tartars who attacked the Muslim world andalmost reached Damascus. The people of Syria sent him toEgypt to urge the Mamluke Sultan, the Sultan of Egypt andSyria to lead his troops to Syria to save it from the invadingTartars. When he realized that the Sultan was hesitant to dowhat he asked of him, he threatened the Sultan by saying: “Ifyou turn your back on Syria we will appoint a Sultan over itwho can defend it and enjoy it at the time of peace”.
He was present at the battle of Shaqhab near Damascusagainst the Tartars which took place during the fastingmonth of Ramadhaan and gave a fatwa to the army to breaktheir fast in order to help them against their enemy, as theProphet Muhammad (PBUH) did during the battle of the liberationof Makkah. The Muslims won the battle against the Tartarsand drove them away from Damascus and all Syria.
ISBN: 0-9539847-5-3 British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataFirst Edition 1421/2001 CE© Copyright 2001 Maktabah Al Ansaar Publications
All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system ortransmitted in any form or by any means; electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission ofthe publishers.Typeset by: Maktabah Al Ansaar PublicationsPublished, Edited and Distributed by:Maktabah Al Ansaar316 Ladypool Road,Birmingham B12 6JYEngland. UKTel: ++ 44 (0) 121 449 1684Fax: ++ 44 (0) 121 449
This was a time when the entire world of Islaam wastrembling with fright as an imminent target of Tartaroppression. Iraq, Iran, and Khurasaan continued to bedespotically ruled by the Tartars. The Mamluke Turks ruledEgypt, Sudan, Syria, and Hijaz. Simultaneously, a largeChristian evangelical movement was mounting to censureIslaam. The crusaders were incessantly attacking Palestineand the European Christians residing in Syria and Cyprushad become emboldened to criticize the prophethood ofRasoolullah r, compose works on the alleged truthfulness ofChristianity, and to invite theological debate.
Ibn Taymiyyah responded at every possible level. He foughtheretical innovations in religion which were wide spreadduring his time all over the Muslim world, especially certainacts and beliefs of some Sufi orders, like saint worship andvisiting saints' tombs seeking help from them, his refutationson shirk and bid`ah caused him to be persecuted by theauthorities whose leaders were under the influence of certainscholars.
Ibn Taymiyyah’s fight was not limited to the people whofollowed the heretical innovations; in addition, he foughtagainst the Tartars who attacked the Muslim world andalmost reached Damascus. The people of Syria sent him toEgypt to urge the Mamluke Sultan, the Sultan of Egypt andSyria to lead his troops to Syria to save it from the invadingTartars. When he realized that the Sultan was hesitant to dowhat he asked of him, he threatened the Sultan by saying: “Ifyou turn your back on Syria we will appoint a Sultan over itwho can defend it and enjoy it at the time of peace”.
He was present at the battle of Shaqhab near Damascusagainst the Tartars which took place during the fastingmonth of Ramadhaan and gave a fatwa to the army to breaktheir fast in order to help them against their enemy, as theProphet Muhammad (PBUH) did during the battle of the liberationof Makkah. The Muslims won the battle against the Tartarsand drove them away from Damascus and all Syria.
ISBN: 0-9539847-5-3 British Library Cataloguing in Publication DataFirst Edition 1421/2001 CE© Copyright 2001 Maktabah Al Ansaar Publications
All rights reserved.No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system ortransmitted in any form or by any means; electronic, mechanical,photocopying, recording or otherwise without the written permission ofthe publishers.Typeset by: Maktabah Al Ansaar PublicationsPublished, Edited and Distributed by:Maktabah Al Ansaar316 Ladypool Road,Birmingham B12 6JYEngland. UKTel: ++ 44 (0) 121 449 1684Fax: ++ 44 (0) 121 449
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