Ibn Taymiya

Abu al-Abbas Taqi al-Din ibn Taymiya al-Harrani, also known as Ahmad ibn Abd al-Salaam ibn Abdullah, was imprisoned for much of his life because of his published statements that "Allah's 'hand', 'foot', 'shin' and 'face' are literal (haqiqi) attributes, and that He is upon the Throne in person." [1] While Islamic scholars have acknowledged that Ibn Taymiya wrote extensively and had memorized voluminous quantities of hadith, several (including Taqi al-Din Subki, Ibn Hajar Haytami and al-Izz ibn Jama'a) have issued fatwas against relying on Ibn Taymiya for matters of aqida as his published views fell outside of scholarly consensus of Sunni Muslims.

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