A thinker, fundamentalist, jurist and linguist, Ibn Taymiyyah is the most famous student, as he stayed with him for 17 years and was imprisoned with him, and his father was known for the values of Al-Jawziyya for his management and his establishment on the Al-Jawziyya school, and he is one of the most prominent Islamic figures and one of the most author.

Birth and upbringing

Ibn al-Qayyim was born in Safar of the year 691 AH, corresponding to the year 1292 AD, and his name is Abu Abdullah Muhammad bin Abi Bakr bin Saad bin Huraiz al-Zar'i al-Dimashqi.

He grew up in a house of knowledge and integrity, so he was raised on religion, and worked hard to obtain knowledge from his father, and then to the most prominent scholars of Damascus.

His studies and knowledge

Ibn al-Qayyim studied various legal and linguistic sciences on the most prominent scholars of his time, they testified to him with seriousness, control and mastery, and the most prominent of those who took them from:

  • His father is Abu Bakr bin Ayyub al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali, Qayyim al-Jawziyya (d. 723 AH).
  • The transient shooting star (d. 697 AH).
  • Safi al-Din al-Hindi (d. 715 AH).
  • Ibn Maktoum al-Musnad (d. 716 AH).
  • Ibn al-Shirazi (d. 723 AH).
  • Al-Baha bin Asaker (723 AH).
  • Ibn al-Zamalkani (d. 727 AH).
  • Badr al-Din Ibn Jama'ah (d. 733 AH).
  • Ibn Sayyid al-Nas (d. 734 AH).
  • Burhan al-Din al-Zar'i (d. 741 AH).
  • Al-Hafiz Al-Mazi (742 AH).
  • Al-Hafiz Al-Dhahabi (d. 748 AH).
  • Ibn Mufleh (d. 763 AH).

The most famous sheikh of Ibn al-Qayyim is Ibn Taymiyyah (d. 728 AH / 1328 AD), he was influenced by him and stayed with him for the last 17 years of his life, and was imprisoned with him in the citadel of Damascus - alone - and tortured, and met in that adversity and tribulations and was not released until after the death of Ibn Taymiyyah.

The Book of Runways of the Walkers by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah - one of his most famous books in detailing the houses of slavery to God Almighty (Al-Jazeera)

His doctrine and opinions

Ibn al-Qayyim Hanbali grew up by virtue of his surroundings and environment, but after he was established in science and accompanied Ibn Taymiyyah, he changed his doctrine, delinquent to what is known as the school of evidence from the Qur'an and Sunnah, thus advocating the direction of his sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah.

This made him jurisprudential opinions of his own, most notably the permissibility of horse racing without an analyst, and his statement that divorce three times with one word entails only one shot.

Ibn al-Qayyim did not change his own opinions despite the harassment, ta'zir and imprisonment they caused, but remained committed to them until he died, which made some criticize him and some raise him to the point of ijtihad.

Its scientific implications

Ibn al-Qayyim left many scientific traces, some of which he broadcast in the breasts of men, and some of which he left a written heritage.

One of his most prominent students was a group of prominent scholars, who stood out in various sciences, including:

  • Majd al-Din al-Firouzabadi, author of the dictionary and al-Qudab (d. 817 AH / 1415 AD).
  • Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, the owner of the Hanbali layers and others (d. 795 AH / 1393 AD).
  • Ibn Kathir, the author of the interpretation, the beginning, the end and others (d. 774 AH / 1373 AD).
  • Ibn Abd al-Hadi, the author of Dari contracts, the layers of preservation and others (d. 744 AH / 1343 AD).

Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah's books

Ibn al-Qayyim wrote and excelled in various sciences of language and religion, from the origins, branches, beliefs and behavior, and his most famous books are:

  • Informing the signatories about the Lord of the Worlds.
  • The runways of the walkers between the houses of you we worship and you do not seek help, which is an explanation of the houses of the walkers by Al-Harawi (d. 481 AH / 1089 AD).
  • Acts of God.
  • The resurrection increased in the guidance of the best of the servants.
  • Several patient.
  • Spirit.
  • Governance methods in Sharia politics.
  • Disease and medicine.
  • The masterpiece of the friendly in the provisions of the newborn.
  • Healing the sick in matters of fate, predestination, wisdom and reasoning.
  • Thunderbolts sent on the Jahmiyyah and disabled.
  • Refinement of the Sunan of Abu Dawood.

The Book of Disease and Medicine by Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah - written by him to address the issues of the human soul and its medicines (Al-Jazeera)

Ibn al-Qayyim as a poet

He has a huge poetry collection, as the writings of Ibn al-Qayyim show his literature and wide knowledge of Arabic poetry, and this is reflected in his quotations from him and his citation, but critics see his poetry more scientific than literary, for his employment often religious and scientific employment, and examples of this are his long poem that describes the guidance of the Companions, may God be pleased with them, including:

O benevolence seeker of his Lord... To win from him with the utmost hopes

Look at the guidance of the Companions and who... They were on it in the empty time

Then his intention in response to the misguided teams, which are about 6,<> houses and their insider:

The rule of love is fixed in the pillars of what is to be repelled by the annulment of that is condemned

I and Qadi Al-Hassan carried out her ruling, so the two opponents acknowledged that

The witnesses of the connection came to testify that it really took place in the Ihsan Council

So the dear judgment was confirmed, but you did not find the annulment of the whistleblower to him from a sultan

It is also his poetry that he says:

When the sun of the day rises, it is a sign of my greeting to you, so say hello

Peace from the merciful every hour and soul and basil and favor and softest

On the companions, the Brotherhood, the boy, and those who called them with charity, so they were serious and blessed

And the rest of the pure Sunnah traced and what is removed from it is a right provided

Those followers of the Prophet and his party, and without them, there would be no Muslim on earth

And if it were not for them, it would have almost extended its people, but its anchors and stakes are

And if it wasn't for them, it would have been dark with its people, but they are in it with a role and a star

The book of several patient people by Ibn al-Qayyim and its subject is the virtue of patience and its reward and urging it (Al-Jazeera)

Opinions of scientists about it

The scholars were divided around Ibn al-Qayyim into two sections, a recommendatory section and a critical section, and the views of each of them are due to intellectual and doctrinal consensus or hostility.

In the acclamation, Burhan al-Din al-Zar'i says, "What is beneath the heavens is wider in knowledge than Ibn al-Qayyim."

Al-Hafiz al-Mazi (d. 742 AH / 1324 CE) says of him, "Ibn al-Qayyim at this time is like Ibn Khuzaymah in his time."

Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah says, "I saw Ibn al-Qayyim in a dream comparable to Ibn Khuzaymah."

As for criticizing his statements, Taqi al-Din al-Subki (d. 756 AH / 1355 CE) says, "Ibn al-Qayyim and Ibn Taymiyyah denied saying that the fire was annihilated."

Ibn Hajar al-Haytami (d. 974 AH / 1567 CE) said, "Do not listen to the books of Ibn Taymiyyah, his student Ibn al-Qayyim and others who have taken his god as his passion."

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Ibn al-Qayyim taught and issued fatwas alongside and after his sheikh Ibn Taymiyyah, and also practiced authorship and preaching in Damascus mosques, including the Umayyad Mosque.

He led the Jawziyya school and taught at the Sadrist school, two of the Damascus schools.

Death

The death of Ibn al-Qayyim in Damascus in Rajab of the year 751 AH corresponding to September 1350 AD, at the age of 60 years, and prayed for him in the Umayyad Mosque amid unprecedented crowds, and was buried with his mother in the cemetery of the small door in Damascus.