Ibn Taymiyya's first lesson at the Sukkariyya, Damascus, 683/1284

أول درس لابن تيمية في السكرية بدمشق، ٦٨٣هـ/١٢٨٤م

21 March 1284 CE · 2 Muharram 683 AH – 17 April 1285 CE · 1 Safar 684 AH

Damascus

Succeeding his father Abd al-Halim (d. 682/1284) in his post at the Sukkariyya madrasa, Ibn Taymiyya gave his first lesson there on 2 Muharram 683/21 March 1284; a year later, on 1 Safar 684/17 April 1285, he began teaching Qur'anic exegesis 1.

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Succeeding his father Abd al-Halim (d. 682/1284) in his post at the Sukkariyya madrasa, Ibn Taymiyya gave his first lesson there on 2 Muharram 683/21 March 1284; a year later, on 1 Safar 684/17 April 1285, he began teaching Qur'anic exegesis 1.

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Ibn Taymiyya
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Ghazan's Campaign against Syria, 700 AH· Ibn Kathir attaches himself to Ibn Taymiyya and is tried on his account, about 726-728/1326-1328· Ibn Qayyim attaches himself to Ibn Taymiyya on the latter's return to Damascus, 712/1312-13· The Assaf al-Nasrani affair and Ibn Taymiyya's first imprisonment, 693/1293· The last imprisonment in the Damascus citadel until death, 726-728/1326-1328· Ibn Taymiyya's pilgrimage and his treatise on the rites, 691/1292· The Hamawiyya creed and the councils that cleared it, 698/1299· Ibn Taymiyya begins teaching at the Hanbaliyya, 695/1296

Sources

  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 983
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Taymiyya's first lesson at the Sukkariyya, Damascus, 683/1284”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-taymiyya-first-lesson-683/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.

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Ghazan's Campaign against Syria, 700 AH

In 700 Ghazan crossed the Euphrates for Aleppo; Ibn Taymiyya rode the barid post to Cairo rousing jihad while Damascus emptied at the crier's 'let him who can flee save himself' — then the fear eased as Ghazan turned back, worn by hardships and snows.