Ibn Taymiyyah

Ibn Taymiyyah
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) is regarded as one of the prominent Sunni Islamic scholars and mujaddids (renewers or revivers) of Tawheed (the oneness of God within Islam). His full name is Ahmad ibn Abdul Haleem ibn Abdus Salam ibn Taymiyyah. His titles are Sheikh al-Islam, the Imām, the Scholar, the Mufassir (Exegete), the Faqīh (Jurist), the Mujtahid, the Hāfidh, the Muḥaddith (master of hadith). 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). He is the most influential teacher of Ibnul Qayyim.

Views

Ibn Taymiyyah strived to revive Tawheed within Islam by fighting against bid'ah (new things being added to the religion of Islam) in the religion and reviving the way of the Salaf (the 3 best generations of Muslims). He mainly fought against Sufis and considered them as Ahlul Bid'ah (people of Bid'ah). He also fought against mainly the followers of Ash'arism and Maturidism (the majority of Sufis).