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Ibn Taymiyyah

Type Figure Region Syria Time 1263–1328 Also known as Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Taymiyya

Ibn Taymiyyah (1263–1328) was a renowned Mamluk-era Syrian Islamic theologian, jurist, and reform thinker, born in Harran and raised in Damascus.

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  1. 1263–1280Damascus · DamascusBorn in Harran, he moved with his family to Damascus due to the Mongol conquests. Raised in a scholarly household, he broadly studied hadith, jurisprudence, grammar, and logic, laying the foundation for becoming an independent scholar.
  2. 1281–1309Damascus · DamascusAs an adult he taught at the Umayyad Mosque in Damascus and elsewhere, producing numerous works and fatwas on jurisprudence, theology, politics, and philosophy. He advocated a return to the classical texts and opposed certain philosophical and Sufi tendencies, gaining wide renown.
  3. 1310–1328Damascus · DamascusRepeatedly imprisoned by the authorities for his theological and political positions, he continued writing. His health deteriorated in his later years, and he died in a Damascus prison in 1328, buried in a Sufi cemetery.

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