Ibn Taymiyya was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, Mujtahid, traditionist, Qadiri Sufi, proto-Salafist theologian and iconoclast. Born in Harran in 1263 CE and fleeing from the Mongol invasion, he was t
The Umayyad Mosque pictured in 1895, where Ibn Taymiyya used to give lessons.
An artist illustrated of Ghazan Khan, a historical figure harshly rebuked by Ibn Taymiyya, mainly due to his constant state of hostility towards the Mamluks of Egypt.
Citadel of Cairo, the place where Ibn Taymiyya was imprisoned for 18 months
The Citadel of Damascus, the prison which Ibn Taymiyya died in
Sayyid Muhammad Rashīd Rida Al-Hussaini was an Islamic scholar, reformer, theologian and revivalist. An early Salafist, Rida called for the revival of hadith studies and, as a theoretician of an Islam
Ibn Taymiyya
…Jurisprudence at Damascus. Ibn Taymiyya proved to be a controversial figure among both his contemporaries and in later centuries. Syrian Salafi theologian Muhammad Rashid Rida, one of the major modern proponents of Ibn Taymiyya's works, designated him as the Mujaddid of the 7th Islamic century. Clerics and state authorities…
Sayyid Muhammad Rashid Rida Al-Hussaini
A photo of Muhammad Rashid Rida dated 1315 AH / 1897 CE
Employees of the Al-Manar Publishing House run by Imam Rashid Rida. Al-Manar became a global outlet for pan-Islamist revolutionary themes and Islamic revivalist ideals.
Imam Rashid Rida alongside his sons Muhammad Shafi' (right) and Al-Mu'tasim (left)