![]() He was also noteworthy for engaging in intense religious polemics in attacking the followers of Kalām (speculative theology) namely Ash'arism, while defending his version of the Athari -traditionalist school of theology which he believed all Sunni Muslims should follow. Ī polarizing figure in his own times and in the centuries that followed, Ibn Taymiyyah has emerged as one of the most influential medieval writers in late modern Sunni Islam. A legal authority within the Hanbali school, Ibn Taymiyyah's condemnation of numerous folk practices associated with saint veneration, perceived worship of tomb-shrines and alleged anthropomorphism made him a contentious figure with rulers of the time, and he was imprisoned several times as a result. He is known for his diplomatic involvement with the Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan Khan and for his involvement at the Battle of Marj al-Saffar which ended the Mongol invasions of the Levant. ![]() Ibn Taymiyyah (Janu– SeptemArabic: ابن تيمية), birth name Taqī ad-Dīn ʾAḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥalīm ibn ʿAbd al-Salām al-Numayrī al-Ḥarrānī ( Arabic: تقي الدين أحمد بن عبد الحليم بن عبد السلام النميري الحراني), was a controversial Sunni Muslim ʿālim, muhaddith, judge, Traditionalist theologian, ascetic, and iconoclastic theorist. ![]()
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