Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya

Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya
Personal life
Born1194
Harran, Sultanate of Rum (modern-day Turkey)
Died1255
Damascus, Mamluk Sultanate (modern-day Syria)
RegionIslamic Golden Age
Main interest(s)Hadith, Fiqh, Theology
Notable work(s)Al-Muntaqa fi Ahadith Al-Ahkam, Al-Muharrar fi Al-Fiqh
CreedHanbali
Senior posting
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Abu al-Barkat Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya (Arabic: عبد السلام بن عبد الله بن الخضر بن محمد بن تيمية الحراني، أبو البركات مجد الدين) (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 and the grandfather of Taq al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya.

He was reputable scholars of the Hanbali school of law. He had two sons: Shihab al-Din Abd al-Halim ibn Taymiyya (d. 1284) and Fakhr al-Din (d. 1225).