Ibn Taymiyya (1263-1328) is one of the most influential Muslim Theologian
Full Name:
- Laqab ( Nick Name): Shayakh al-Islam
- Kunya (Prefix): Abū al-ʿAbbās.
- First Name: Taqī al-Dīn Ahmad b. Abd al-Ḥalīm b. Muḥammad b. Abd al-Salām (Majd al-Dīn).
- Family Name: Ibn Taymiyya.
- Widely known as: Sheyakh al-Islam.
- City Named after: al-Ḥarānī (from Kurdish Ḥarrān in Northern Iraq-Western Syria).
Biography:
Original Source Biography:
- Ibn Taymiyya: Obituary from Ibn Khathir’s history book: al-Bidāyya wal-nihāyya. (link -in searchable Arabic text)- and in pdf facsimile of the print edition (link)
Additional Source Biography:
- Ibn-Taymiyya: Biography From Routledge
- Ibn Taymiyya: had interesting opinions on philosophy and al-Ghazali too. (English-html)
- Ibn Taymiyya: by Abul Hasan al-Nadawi. Beirut: Dar al-Qalam, 2002; in pdf facsimile of the print edition (link)
Standard web Biographies:
- A better than average web biography. by J. Pavlin. (link in English)
- A brief biography – Including a list of his works (link -in English)
- Who was Ibn Taymiyya ? by Aisha bint Muhammad (link -in English)
- His role in the war against the Mongols. (link -in English)
- A brief biography -includes hyperlinks. (link -in English)
- Yet another Bio. (link -in English)
His Works:Ibn Taymiyya was a very prolific writer even when he was in prison he maintained the pace of his prodigious output. His works can be divided up into two major categories. One Fatāway (rulings) and the other is books. There are many printed books that gathered up from his Fatāwa which can create difficulty for scholars studying his works.
- Complete works listing from waqfeya site: (link)
- The entire corpus of rulings (Grand Fatāwy) in searchable Arabic text. also in pdf facsimile of the print edition (link)
- A question regarding churchs, includes a listing of 250 manuscripts of his works. (pdf) in Arabic
- A new series of Taymiyyan spiritual texts by Prof. Yahya Michot, to be developed progressively from July 2009 onwards
- Announcement: (pdf)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. I. “Jésus est vivant” (Jesus is alive)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. II. “Ventouses et amour de l’argent” (Cupping and Love of Money)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. III. “Le jour de Âshûrâ'” (The day of Âshûrâ’)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. IV. “L’obéissance aux autorités” (Obeying Authorities).
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. V. “Dieu a pour toute chose établi une mesure” (God has set a measure for all things).
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. VI.“Musulman parmi les « mécréants »” (Being a Muslim among the ‘unbelievers’)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. VII.“Comme Joseph, au service de Pharaon” (Like Joseph, in the service of Pharaoh)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. VIII.“Les meilleurs livres” (The best books)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. IX.“Lumière sur lumière…” (Light upon Light)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. X.“La nécessité du Message” (The necessity of Messengership)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XI.“Abū Ḥāmid al-Ghazālī & Fakhr al-Dīn al-Rāzī”
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XII.“Salafisme vrai et nouveautés mamlūkes (True Salafism and the New Mamaluks)”
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XIII.“Impudence (baghî) and Patience (sabr)”
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XIV.“Au-delà de la mystique d’Avicenne” (“Beyond Avicenna’s Mysticism”)”
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XV.“Revenants et réapparitions de Jésus” (“Revenants and reapparitions of Jesus”)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XVI.“Ghadîr Khumm” (“Ghadîr Khumm”)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XVII.”Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya (Nouvelle série). XVII. Les Rāfiḍites)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XVIII.“La Syrie”)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XIX.Guerre civile (fitan) et refus de combattre)
- Pages Spirituelles (updated!) (French Translations from Prof. Yahya M. Michot – Hartford Sem.) ( 18KB PDF file) (Traductions Françaises publiées dans Action (Port-Louis, Maurice) et réunies pour quelques frères et amis par Yahya M. Michot)-available in one pdf file.
- Book I ( 38 KB PDF file) in French
- Book II ( 34 KB PDF file) in French
- Book III ( 41 KB PDF file) in French
- Book IV ( 41 KB PDF file) in French
- Book V ( 39 KB PDF file) in French
- Book VI ( 39 KB PDF file) in French
- Book VII ( 39 KB PDF file) in French
- Book VIII ( 41 KB PDF file) in French
- Book IX ( 40 KB PDF file) in French
- Book X ( 19 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XI ( 32 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XII ( 59 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XIII ( 76 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XIV ( 99 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XV ( 34 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XVI ( 378 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XVII ( 33 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XVIII ( 32 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XIX ( 267 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XX ( 39 KB PDF file) in French
- Book XXI ( 28 KB PDF file ) in French
- TEXTES SPIRITUELS I-XVI: TRADUCTIONS PUBLIÉES DANS LE MUSULMAN ET RÉUNIES POUR QUELQUES FRÈRES ET AMIS PAR YAHYA MICHOT (PDF in French). available in one pdf file.
- PRÉSENTATION
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. I. L’ extincition (fanâ’)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. II. L’être(kawn) et la religion(dîn)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. III. La servitude (‘ubûdiyya): de l’asservissement à l’adoration de Dieu
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. IV. Entre la divinité et la seigneurialité le polymorphisme de l’associationnisme (shirk)
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. V. Samâ` corqnique et samâ` innové: de l’amour de Dieu à la déviance
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. VI. La foi et l’amour: du tawhîd théorique à sa mise en oeuvre effective
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. VII. La servitude d”adoration, ou la perfection dans la liberté du coeur.
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. VIII: L’unité de la Communauté (umma), dans la tolérance et la rigueur.
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. IX: <<Moi, je ne vous ai pas demandé de me faire sortir d’ici…>>
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. X: <<Je ne suis dans cette affaire qu’un musluman par mi d’autres…>>
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XI: Mongols et Mamlûks: l’état du monde musulman vers 709/1310.
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XII: Mongols et Mamlûks: l’état du monde musulman vers 709/1310 (suite).
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XIII: Mongols et Mamlûks: l’état du monde musulman vers 709/1310 (fin).
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XIV: Raison, confession, Loi : une typologie musulmane du religieux.
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XV: La réalité de l’amour (mahabba) de Dieu et de l’homme.
- Textes spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya. XVI: La réalité de l’amour (mahabba) de Dieu et de l’homme (suite).
- Risâlat al-wâsita bayna l-khalq wa l-haqq PAR YAHYA MICHOT (PDF in French). 255 kb
- The statute of monks (Fetwa des Moines) PAR YAHYA MICHOT (PDF in French). 1160 kb
- al-Saram al-Maslul (Defaming the Messenger) in Arabic. (link)
- al-Aqeedah al-Wasitiyah (Mediterranean Creed) in Arabic. (link)
- Principles of Islamic Faith – English translation (link)
- From another site. – English translation (link)
- Michot, Y. “A Mamluk Theologian’s Commentary on Avicenna’s Risla Adhawiyya: Being a Translation of a Part of the Dar’ al-ta’rud of Ibn Taymiyya with Introduction, Annotation, and Appendices” Part I, Journal of Islamic Studies, 2003 14:2 pp.149-203 and Part II , Journal of Islamic Studies, 2003 14:3 pp. 309-363 (PDF). Courtesy of the author.
- Iqtida’ al-Sirat al-Mustaqeem (Following the straight path) in Arabic. (link)
- al-Firqan byan awliya’a al-rahman… (Criterion) in Arabic. (link)
- The Criterion Between the Allies of the Merciful and the Allies of the Devil (link in English)
- al-Uboodiyah (Worship) in Arabic. (link)
- Partial translation in English. (link)
- al-Rislah al-Tadmriyah (Creed regarding Allah’s Names and Attributes) in Arabic. (link)
- Ilm al-Tafseer (Intro to the Science of Exegesis) in Arabic. (link)
- An Introduction to the Principles of Tafseer – Excerpts from his book on exegesis (link in English)
- Siyahsa al-Shariyah (Islamic Politics) in Arabic. (link)
- al-Kalim al-Tayib (What is excellent in Remembering Allah) in Arabic. (link)
- al-Hisbah an essay on: Enjoining Right and Forbidding Wrong. (link in English)
- Letters from Prison (link in English)
- From another site. (link -in English)
- A picture of the prison in which he died in. (photo)
- Ibn Taymiyyah’s View on Fitrah (human nature) (link in English)
Works about his thought:
- Ibn Taymiyya’s “New Mardin Fatwa”. Is genetically modified Islam (GMI) carcinogenic? Yahya Michot, The Muslim World 101:2 pp. 130-181. (PDF)
- Un célibataire endurci et sa maman: Ibn Taymiyya (m. 728/1328) et les femmes par Yahya Michot (French PDF)
- Rashîd al-Dîn et Ibn Taymiyya: regards croisés sur la royauté par Yahya Michot (French PDF)
- Vizir « hérétique » mais philosophe d’entre les plus éminents: Al-Tûsî vu par Ibn Taymiyya par Yahya Michot (French PDF)
- Refutation of accusations against Ibn Taymiyyah (link, English)
New Publications:
Shameless Plug: Prof. Yahya Michot who has kindly send us many of translations of Ibn Taymiyya’s fatway has just published 2 new volumes of translations. I urge you to buy them without hesitation right now just because they are in French and include excellent introductory essays. The essays cover the effect of the thought of Ibn Taymiyya on the current Islamic Movements through the writings of its major proponents. I do not want to mention any names!
- Ibn Taymiyya. Fetwa de Mardin (See pdf for Table des matières) Un ouvrage de XII & 176p. (13X19) ISBN: 2841612554 (12€) La Librairie de l’Orient (El-Bouraq éditions) Site web: www.orient-lib.com.
- Ibn Taymiyya. Un Dieu Hésitant? See pdf for Table des matières) Un ouvrage de VI & 37p. (14X21) ISBN: 2841612554 (4€) La Librairie de l’Orient (El-Bouraq éditions) Site web: www.orient-lib.com.
- Ibn Taymiyya. Le haschich et l’extase. Textes traduits de l’arabe, présentés et annotés, « Fetwas d’Ibn Taymiyya, 3 », Paris, Albouraq, 2001, VIII & 200 p. – ISBN 2-84161-174-4.
- Ibn Taymiyya. Mécréance, tolérance et pardon. Textes traduits de l’arabe, présentés et annotés, « Écrits spirituels d’Ibn Taymiyya, 2 », Paris, Albouraq. À paraître en 1026/2005.
- Ibn Sînâ. Lettre au vizir Abû Sa‘d. Editio princeps d’après le manuscrit de Bursa, traduction de l’arabe, introduction, notes et lexique, « Sagesses Musulmanes, 4 », Paris, Albouraq, 1421/2000, XII, 130*, 61, 4 et 186 p. ISBN 2-84161-150-7. Prof. Michot is an Ibn Sina scholar too!
Related Philosophers & Muslim Scholars:
- al-Ghazali. enough said. (Web site)
- Ibn Sina and al-Farabi, the Muslim philosophers that al-Ghazali refuted.
- Ibn Rushd, one of the Muslim philosophers that tried to refute some of al-Ghazali’s arguments.
- Fakhr ad-Din ar-Razi. Need I say more. (link) see this as well.
- Ahmad bin Hanbal. (link -in English)
- Imam al-Jawazi. A Hanabali and a famous Orator in his own right.
- Standard web Bio in English. (link)
- Sayad al-Khahatir (Capturing what comes to mind) in Arabic. (link) His best and last work.
- Sifat al-Safawh (Description of the Elite) in Arabic. (link) Biographies of Eminent people.
- Imam ibn Qiyam al-Jawaziyah a famous student of Ibn Taymiayah. (Arabic Link – Biography)
- Standard Bio in English. (link)
- Another Standard bio in English (link)
- Madarij al-Salikeen (Stations of Seekers) in Arabic. (link) Sufi work
- Tarik al-Hijrateen (Path of dual Migrations) in Arabic. (link) yet another Sufi work
- Ighathat al-Lafhan min Masayid al-Shiytan (Rescuing the Bedazzled from Satan’s Traps) in Arabic. (link) A very unique work on Human psychology!
- Rawadat al-Muhibeen (Lover’s Garden) in Arabic. (link) yes! a book on Love!
- Miftah Dar al-Saadah (Keys to the abode of Bliss) in Arabic. (link) How to get to paradise.
- Hadi al-Arwah (Uniter of Souls) in Arabic. (link) How to get to Paradise
- Idat al-Sabreen (Tools for Patience) in Arabic. (link) How to be Patient in times of trouble.
- al-Fawaid (What is Beneficial) in Arabic. (link) Unique commentary on Hadith.
- ahkam ahl-al-thimah (Laws of Dhimis) in Arabic. (link)
- Furisyah (Foresight) in Arabic. (link) insights into foresight -It beats Sherlock Holmes!
- Taruq al-Hikmyah (Guidelines for Judges) in Arabic. (link)
Further Research on the net:
Research note: Ibn Tayimyah is credited with the start of Salafi revival what is called neo-Hanbalism. Actually this salafi revival was started by two diametrically opposed lines of Islamic thought at the turn of the last century by Ibn Abdel Wahab (hence whabhism) and Muhammad Abdo / Jamal ad-Din al-Afghani. There is a tremendous renewed interest in him in the Muslim world today. (At least countries that surround the Gulf).
- Ibn Taymiyah site. at least he has the URL!
- from google (our favorite search engine): Ibn Tayimyya, Ibn Taymiyah.
- Experts on Ibn Tayimyah.
- Prof. Yahya M. Michot: Hartford Seminary
- Prof. Wael B. Hallaq: McGill University.
- Dr. James Pavlin: Rutgers University.