Shaykh al-Islām
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Shaykh al-Islam was used in the classical era as an honorific title for outstanding scholars of the Islamic sciences. It first emerged in Khurasan towards the end of the 4th Islamic century. In the ce
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Sheikh ul-Islam Mehmet Cemaleddin Efendi during the reign of Ottoman Sultan and Caliph Abdul Hamid II
Book cover image, printed in 1906 in Cairo, written on it: Volume II of Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra by Shaykh al-Islam Taj al-Din al-Subki
Ibn Taymiyya
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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
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…conferred by rulers to ulama who played various official roles but were not generally muftis. Sometimes, as in the case of Abu Isma'il al-Harawi and Ibn Taymiyya, the use of the title was subject to controversy. In the Ottoman Empire, starting from the early modern era, the title came to designate the chief…
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