Ibn Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din (1263-1328)
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Description: Biography and ideas of the philosopher whose ideas on the causes of the weakness of the Muslim nations and on the need to return to the Qur'an and sunna (practices) are seminal for modern revival movements.
Ibn Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din (1263-1328) Ibn Taymiyya, Taqi al-Din (1263-1328) Ibn Taymiyya was a staunch defender of Sunni Islam based on strict adherence to the Qur'an and authentic (practices) of the Prophet Muhammad. He believed that these two sources contain all the religious and spiritual guidance necessary for our salvation in the hereafter. Thus he rejected the arguments and ideas of both philosophers and Sufis regarding religious knowledge, spiritual experiences and ritual practices. He believed that logic is not a reliable means of attaining religious truth and that the intellect must be subservient to revealed truth. He also came into conflict with many of his fellow Sunni scholars because of his rejection of the rigidity of the schools of jurisprudence in Islam. He believed that the four accepted schools of jurisprudence had become stagnant and sectarian, and also that they were being improperly influenced by aspects of Greek logic and thought as well as Sufi mysticism. His challenge to the leading scholars of the day was to return to an understanding of Islam in practice and in faith, based solely on the Qur'an and
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