Ibn Taymiyyah Expounds on Islam: Selected Writings of Ibn Taymiyyah on Islamic Faith Life and Society

<p>     For various reasons<u> the West has not been able to appreciate</u> <b>Ibn Taymiyyah’s</b> place in Islam. His criticism of<i> Ash’ari Kalam</i> Greek logic and philosophy monistic <i>Sufism</i> <i>Shi’i</i> doctrines and Christian faith have proved great obstacles to appreciating his contribution.</p><p><u>His way of writing has also been to an extent responsible.</u> Most of his writings are short or long responsa (<i>fatawa</i>) to particular questions often recurring put to him by different men at different times rather than planned systematic works on particular subjects. This makes the appreciation of his contribution somewhat difficult.</p><p>Henri Laoust in France was the first to take serious notice of him. Since the publication of his <i>Essay on the Social and Political Doctrines of Ibn Taymiyyah </i>(1939) a few articles and books have appeared on Ibn Taymiyyah’s thought but they are far from giving any clear idea of his overall contribution to Islam even less of assessing his role in its revival and renewal (<i>tajdid</i>). In fact there has been little understanding of the concept of <i>tajdid </i>in Islam.      </p><p>This volume consists of <b>selections from various writings of Ibn Taymiyyah</b> included in <b><u>Majmu’ Fatawa Shaykh Al Islam</u></b> (37 volumes) as well as some of his major works such as <b><u>Minhaj as Sunnah An Nabawiyyah Dar Ta’arud al Aql wa-An Naql kitab Ar Rad alaa Mantaqayyin Al-Istiqamah</u></b> and <b><u>Iqtida As Sirat Al Mustaqeem</u></b>.      </p><p>These selections will present a <u>clearer</u> and <u>complete view</u> of Ibn Taymiyyah’s concept of <u>Islamic faith life and society</u>. They are primarily intended to highlight his positive position and mention his criticisms and refutations of other positions only to the extent needed.</p>