Ibn Taymiyyah

Ibn Taymiyyah (in full: Ahmad ibn Abdul Haleem ibn Abdus Salam ibn Taymiyyah, 661-728 AH/1263-1328 CE)  is regarded as one of the prominent Sunni Islamic scholars and mujaddids (renewers or revivers) of tawhid, the oneness of God in Islam. His titles were Sheikh al-Islam, the Imām, the Scholar, the Mufassir (exegete), the Faqīh (jurist), the Mujtahid, the Hāfidh, the Muḥaddith (master of hadith). He was a member of the school of Islamic jurisprudence founded by Ahmad ibn Hanbal. 

Ibn Taymiyyah was notable for wanting to return Islam to what he viewed as earlier interpretations of the Qur'an and the Sunnah. He lived during the troubled times of the Mongol invasions in Syam (the Levant). He is the most influential teacher of Ibnul Qayyim. 

 Views 
Ibn Taymiyyah strived to revive tawhid in Islam by fighting against bid'ah (innovation, or new things that were added to Islam) and by reviving the way of the Salaf (the first three generations of Muslims, which he viewed as the best). He mainly fought against Sufis and considered them as Ahlul Bid'ah (people of bid'ah). He also fought against mainly the followers of Ash'arism and Maturidism (the majority of the Sufis).

 Works 

 Majmu' al-Fatawa: a collection of religious rulings that was issued by Ibn Taymiyyah.
 Dar' Ta'arud al-Aql wa al-Naql: a collection that refutes philosophers by using the Qur'an and the Sunnah.
 Towards Understanding Tadmuriyyah: a book that refutes deviant sects like the Ash'aris or Maturidis.

 References 

Category:Muslim scholars
Category:Philosophers
Category:1260s births
Category:1328 deaths