Ibn Taymiyyah

Ibn Taymiyyah اُّبِْنٌُُ تَيْمٍِيَّةٌََُّ
Caligraphy of Ibn Taymiyyah's name
Religion	Islam
Date of birth	1263 CE 661 AH
Date of death	1328 CE 728 AH
Known for	Reviving Tawheed in Islam
Website	www.ibntaymiyyah.com

Ibn Taymiyyah (661-728 AH/ 1263-1328 CE)^[1] is regarded as one of the prominent Sunni Islamic scholars and mujaddids (renewers or revivers) of Tawheed (the oneness of God within Islam).^[2] His full name is Ahmad ibn Abdul Haleem ibn Abdus Salam ibn Taymiyyah. His titles are Sheikh al-Islam,^[3] the Imām, the Scholar, the Mufassir (Exegete), the Faqīh (Jurist), the Mujtahid, the Hāfidh, the Muḥaddith (master of hadith).^[4] He was a member of the islamic jurisprudence school founded by Ahmad ibn Hanbal. He was notable for wanting to return Islam to what he viewed as earlier interpretations of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. He lived during the troubled times of the Mongol invasions in Syam (the Levant).^[1] He is the most influential teacher of Ibnul Qayyim.

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1} "Shaykh al-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah". Fatwa-online.com. Archived from the original on 5 March 2010. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
2. ↑ "On shaykhul Islaam Ibn-Taymiyyah". Troid.ca. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
3. ↑ "Ibn Hajar Al-Asqalani on Ibn Taymiyyah: Part 1". Ibntaymiyyah.com. Retrieved 24 April 2014.
4. ↑ "Imaam adh-Dhahabi on Ibn Taymiyyah: Removing the Misconceptions". Spubs.com. Archived from the original on 10 March 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2014.