Zain's Guide to Overthinking Everything

The Legacy of Ibn Taymiyya: A Comprehensive Overview of His Life and Systematic Theology   Life:         Ibn Taymiyya (January 22, 1263 - September 26, 1328 (age 65 years)) was born in in Harran, Mamluk Sultanate (modern day Turkey) to a family of traditional Hanbali scholars. In 1269, Ibn Taymiyya, aged seven, left Harran together with his father and three brothers; however, the city was completely destroyed by the ensuing Mongol invasion. Ibn Taymiyya's family moved and settled in Damascus, Syria, which was ruled by the Mamluk Sultanate at the time. In Damascus, his father served as the director of the Sukkariyya Madrasa, a place where Ibn Taymiyya also received his early education. He acquainted himself with the religious and secular sciences of his time. His religious studies began in his early teens when he committed the entire Quran to memory, and later came to learn the disciplines of the Quran. From his father, he learnt the religious scien...