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Ibn Taymiyya

ابن تيمية

661 AH – 728 AH

The Hanbali jurist and theologian titled Shaykh al-Islam Taqi al-Din, of Harran and Damascus, author of al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya, which he wrote in 698 AH.

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Roles
Scholar · Jurist · theologian
Counted among
Sunni
Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq
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Creed

Place in the story

    sunni-hanbali (documented)

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    Connections

    Authored
    al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya

    People and things also explored

    al-Aqida al-WasitiyyaThe people of the qibla and not declaring takfir for sinThe hereafter: the grave, resurrection and reckoningThe ten promised ParadiseSigns of the HourBid'a (religious innovation)Love of the Companions and how to speak of them (in the Tahawi creed)The sanctity of a Muslim's blood

    Sources

    • al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya, Ibn Taymiyya (al-Matba'a al-Salafiyya)
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    islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Taymiyya”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-taymiyya/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-12.

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    al-Aqida al-Wasitiyya

    A statement of the creed of Ahl al-Sunna wa'l-Jama'a written by Ibn Taymiyya in 698 AH at the request of one of the judges of Wasit, which was discussed at a session in Damascus in 705 AH.