At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq · Egypt & Nile
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Overview
Ibn Taymiyya's enemies cast doubt on his Wasitiyya, written shortly before the Mongols entered Damascus. Two councils at the governor's residence on 8 and 12 Rajab 705/24 and 28 January 1306 found it 'in conformity with the Qur'an and the Sunna'; when the qadi al-qudat Ibn al-Sarsari reopened the matter, a third council on 7 Sha'ban 705/22 February 1306 again declined to condemn it, and Ibn al-Sarsari resigned. The two adversaries were sent to Cairo, arriving on 22 Ramadan 705/7 April 1306. The next day a citadel council of Egypt's four chief qadis convicted him of anthropomorphism; he remained in the Cairo citadel about a year and a half, released on 26 Rabi' I 707/25 September 1307 through the intercession of the amir Salar and the Bedouin amir Muhanna ibn Isa 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn Taymiyya
- Occurred at
- Damascus· Cairo
People and things also explored
Al-Subki summoned to Egypt, then restored at Damascus, 743/1342· Al-Subki leaves Damascus for Egypt in a litter, 26 Rabi' II 756· 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· Ibn Taymiyya's exile in a tower at Alexandria, 709/1309· 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
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 984
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Wasitiyya councils and the Cairo citadel imprisonment, 705-707/1306-1307”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-taymiyya-wasitiyya-trial-705/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.