ʻAbd al-Salām ibn ʻAbd Allāh Ibn Taymīyah

Abu al-Barkat Majd al-Din ibn Taymiyya (1194 - 1255) was Muslim scholar muhaddith, traditionalist theologian, judge and Hanbali jurisconsult. He was the father of Shihab al-Din Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyya [ ar] and the grandfather of Taqi al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya.

He was a reputable scholar of the Hanbali school of law. He had a son: Shihab al-Din Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyya [ ar] (d. 1284) and an uncle: Fakhr al-Din ibn Taymiyya (d. 1225) [ ar].

Biography He was born in Harran in 590 AH. Harran was a city part of the Sultanate of Rum, now Harran is a small city on the border of Syria and Turkey, currently in Şanlıurfa province. Before its destruction by the Mongols, Harran was also well known since the early days of Islam for its Hanbali school and tradition, to which Ibn Taymiyya's family belonged.

He taught Hadith in the Levant, the Hijaz, and Iraq, and in addition to his country Harran in the Levant, he was a member of his time in the knowledge of the Hanbali school of thought. He was a disciple of ibn Gunaymah & Ibn Qudamah. He is known as ‘al-Majd’ in madhhab. In Hanbali fiqh, the designation ‘ash-Shaykhain” indicates to Imam ibn Qudamah and Imam Majd-ud-din Ibn Taymiyya.

Books His notable works includes:

1. An explanation of “al-Hidayah”

2. “Al-Muntaqa fi Ahadith Al-Ahkam” was explained by Al-Shawkani titled ‘Nayl al-Awtar’

3. “Al-Muharrar fi Al-Fiqh”, which is more important in terms of the Hanbali jurisprudence- explained by many scholars including his grandson Ibn Taymiyya- his explanation's title was ‘At-Taliq al-Mukarrar’, ibn Rajab and Ibn Abdul-Haq.