{"product_id":"a-treasury-of-ibn-taymiyyah-his-timeless-thought-and-wisdom","title":"A Treasury of Ibn Taymiyyah: His Timeless Thought and Wisdom","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__meta\"\u003e\n\u003ch1 class=\"h2 product-single__title\"\u003eA TREASURY OF IBN TAYMIYYAH\u003c\/h1\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-vendor\"\u003e\n\u003cp class=\"product-contributors\"\u003eBy (author)\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eMustapha Sheikh\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-single__description rte\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv\u003eA representative and wide range of aphorisms from Ibn Taymiyyah's work with accompanying commentaries presented in a beautiful gift format.\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection of wisdoms from the works of Ibn Taymiyyah reflects the range of his penetrative insight and wisdom. It aims to recast his work, which is often mistakenly associated with Islamic fundamentalism, for a new generation of Muslims who\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"dropdown__container\" id=\"other-formats\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe DAMASCENE POLYMATH, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728\/1328) is one of the most fascinating scholars from medieval Islamic civilization, acknowledged for his intellectual brilliance by both his admirers and his detractors. His readiness to present his own scholarly interpretations of scripture, and his instinctive rejection of much of the received wisdom of his day, mark him out as one of the most original thinkers of Islam, and indeed, one of the most incisive minds in human history.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis collection, a commentary on a brief sampling of Ibn Taymiyyah’s writings, represents a drop in the ocean of his multifaceted scholarly legacy. The reader is given a taste of this scholar’s views on \u003cem\u003etheology\u003c\/em\u003e, worship, \u003cem\u003espirituality\u003c\/em\u003e, law, reason, revelation, and much else that is sure to enrich the reader’s understanding of Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul class=\"product-infos\"\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePages:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e160\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublisher:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003eKube Publishing Ltd\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eTrim Size:\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e4.3 x 6.9 inches\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\n\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eFormats\u003c\/strong\u003e: Hardback\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout Shaykh ul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cem\u003eShaykh al-Islam Taqi ud-Din Abu'l-Abbas Ahmad Ibn al-Halim ibn Abd al-Salam Ibn Taymiyyah al-Hanbali\u003c\/em\u003e was born in 661 AH (1263 AC) in Harran, which is now in Eastern Turkey, near the border of northern Iraq.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHis family had long been renowned for its learning , among his teachers, was Shams ud-Din Al-Maqdisi, first Hanbali Chief Justice of Syria following the reform of the judiciary by Baibars. The number of Ibn Taymiyyah's teachers exceeds two hundred. Ibn Taymiyyah was barely seventeen, when Qadi Al-Maqdisi authorised him to issue Fatwa (legal verdict). Qadi remembered with pride that it was he who had first permitted an intelligent and learned man like Ibn Taymiyyah to give Fatwa.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAt the same age, he started delivering lectures. When he was thirty, he was offered the office of Chief Justice, but refused, as he could not persuade himself to follow the limitations imposed by the authorities.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eImam Ibn Taymiyyah's education was essentially that of a Hanbali theologian and jurisconsult. But to his knowledge of early and classical Hanbalism, he added not only that of the other schools of jurisprudence but also that of other literature.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe had an extensive knowledge of Quran, Sunnah, Greek philosophy, Islamic history, and religious books of others, as is evident from the variety of the books he wrote.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAbout The Author\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDr Mustafa Sheikh is a Lecturer in Islamic studies at the Univeristy of Leeds, where he is also the Co-Director of the University’s Iqbal Centre for the Study of Contemporary Islam.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHe completed his traditional Islamic studies in the Middle East, and his MSt and DPhil at Oxford University. He is one of the UK’s authorities on the thought of Ibn Taymiyyah.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Kube","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":20305980686449,"sku":"9781847741035","price":19.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0075\/3290\/4561\/products\/1_f7f1e0cc-ceb5-4662-b2ad-4eb0323a75e9.jpg?v=1612473504","url":"https:\/\/www.dsbooks.com.au\/products\/a-treasury-of-ibn-taymiyyah-his-timeless-thought-and-wisdom","provider":"Darussalam Australia","version":"1.0","type":"link"}