At a glance
- Era
- The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
- Region
- Levant & Iraq
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Overview
Ibn Taymiyya's first incursion into political life came in 693/1293 with the affair of Assaf al-Nasrani, a Christian of Suwayda accused of having insulted the Prophet. His intransigence in the affair led to his first imprisonment, at the Adhrawiyya, where he wrote his first major work, al-Sarim al-maslul 'ala shatim al-Rasul 1.
Connections
- Had participant
- Ibn Taymiyya
- Occurred at
- Damascus
People and things also explored
Ghazan's Campaign against Syria, 700 AH· Ibn Kathir attaches himself to Ibn Taymiyya and is tried on his account, about 726-728/1326-1328· Ibn Qayyim attaches himself to Ibn Taymiyya on the latter's return to Damascus, 712/1312-13· The last imprisonment in the Damascus citadel until death, 726-728/1326-1328· Ibn Taymiyya's first lesson at the Sukkariyya, Damascus, 683/1284· Ibn Taymiyya's pilgrimage and his treatise on the rites, 691/1292· The Hamawiyya creed and the councils that cleared it, 698/1299· Ibn Taymiyya begins teaching at the Hanbaliyya, 695/1296
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 983
Cite this page
islam.museum contributors. “The Assaf al-Nasrani affair and Ibn Taymiyya's first imprisonment, 693/1293”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/ibn-taymiyya-assaf-affair-693/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.