Shaykh-ul-Islaam Taqee-ud-Deen Abul-'Abbaas Ahmad ibn Abd-il-Haleem ibn Abd-is-Salaam ibn Taymeeyah was born in, 661 AH (1263 CE) in Haran, which is now in Eastern Turkey, near the border of northern Iraq. His family had long been renowned for its learning , among his teachers, was Shams ud-Din Al-Maqdisi, first Hanbali Chief Justice of Syria following the reform of the judiciary by Baibars. The number of Ibn Taymeeyah's teachers exceeds two hundred. Ibn Taymeeyah was barely seventeen, when Qadi Al-Maqdisi authorized him to issue Fatwa (legal verdict). Qadi remembered with pride that it was he who had first permitted an intelligent and learned man like Ibn Taimiyah to give Fatwa. At the same age, he started delivering lectures. When he was thirty, he was offered the office of Chief Justice, but refused, as he could not persuade himself to follow the limitations imposed by the authorities. Imam Ibn Taimiyah's education was essentially that of a Hanbali theologian and jurisconsult. But to his knowledge of early and classical Hanbalism, he added not only that of the other schools of jurisprudence but also that of other literature. He had an extensive knowledge of Quran, Sunnah, Greek philosophy, Islamic history, and religious books of others
I've read this boob over a loooong period of my life and during each it made different sense to me. I don't think I'm able to actually assist a real review. Needs to be reread.
honestly an amazing breakdown of the claims brought to sheikh al islam ibn taymiyyah. the structure is very heavy though and it鈥檚 extremely packed with things to consider so it鈥檚 definitely not something i鈥檇 class as an easy read, but 100% worth it
Ibn Taymiyyah authored other books regarding this topic, such as Ar-Radd 'ala al-Nasara (Answering the Christians); Takhjil Ahl Al-lnjil (Refuting the Allegations of the People of the Gospel); and Al-Risalah Al-Qubrusiyah (Answering the Cyprus Message). This one is seen as the strongest, therefore it is the one that was chosen by this team for translation
A very heavy book with heavy arguments. Should be read only after gaining some biblical knowledge as some Bible verses are taken out of context and/or interpreted wrongly