Islamic Theology, Philosophy and Law Debating Ibn Taymiyya by Birgit Krawietz, Georges Tamer

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By Birgit Krawietz, Georges Tamer

A special number of experiences, the current quantity sheds new mild on imperative issues of Ibn Taymiyya's (661/1263-728/1328) and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya's (691/1292-751/1350) concept and the relevance in their rules to diversified Muslim societies. Investigating their positions in Islamic theology, philosophy and legislation, the contributions speak about a variety of matters, e.g. legislation and order; the divine compulsion of humans; the eternity of eschatological punishment; the remedy of Sufi terminology; and the right kind Islamic perspective in the direction of Christianity. significantly, a bit of the booklet is devoted to examining Ibn Taymiyya's fight for and opposed to cause in addition to his picture as a thinker in modern Islamic idea. numerous articles current the influential legacy of either thinkers in shaping an Islamic discourse dealing with the demanding situations of modernity. This quantity may be in particular precious for college kids and students of Islamic reports, philosophy, sociology, theology, and historical past of rules.

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Our lack of knowledge in the wisdom of some particulars does not undermine what we know of Him from His being All-Wise. We do not reject what we do not know regarding the details of His Wisdom out of what we know from His Wisdom. [For example] We know that whoever knows the knowledge of the expertise of mathematicians, physicians, and grammarians, while not possessing their qualities which make them deserving to be called mathematicians, physicians, and grammarians, this will not undermine what they say because of a lacking in one’s knowledge of its perspective.

The paths Ibn al-Qayyim did not take in relation to Ibn Taymiyya’s writings, however, have not hitherto been systematically explored; they are, at most, alluded to. Therefore, instead of watching for Ibn al-Qayyim to explicitly distance himself from Ibn Taymiyya, we surmise that interpreters should pay more attention to his silent omissions, slight variants and quotations from Ibn Taymiyya that quite often disclose a slightly shifted meaning by way of translocation and a specific combination with other authors.

Brought to you by | Nanyang Technological University Authenticated Download Date | 6/1/15 8:32 PM 24 Alina Kokoschka and Birgit Krawietz dinary personal humility – an attitude that in some modern settings might be perceived as downright pathological. Ibn al-Qayyim would never voice criticism of Ibn Taymiyya even if some occurred to him. It is inadequate on the part of Western Islamic Studies to expect that Ibn al-Qayyim should explicitly distinguish himself via criticism of Ibn Taymiyya in order to signal being his own man.

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