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Ibn Taymiyyah
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Islamic scholar, jurist and philosopher (1263–1328)

Also known as: Ibn Taimīya, Ibn Taimija, Ibn Taimiyya, Ibn Taymiya, Ibn Taymiyya, Ibn Tejmijja

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Known works

  • Fatāwá al-kubrá
  • Ikhtiyārāt Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyah al-fiqhīyah
  • Public duties in Islam
  • Majmūʻ fatāwá Shaykh al-Islām Aḥmad ibn Ṭaymīyah (1977)
  • al- ʻIṣyān al-musallaḥ, aw, Qitāl ahl al-baghy fī dawlat al-Islām wa-mawqif al-ḥākim minhu (1992)