Ibn Taymiyya begins teaching at the Hanbaliyya, 695/1296

تدريس ابن تيمية في الحنبلية بدمشق، ٦٩٥هـ/١٢٩٦م

20 June 1296 CE · 17 Sha'ban 695 AH

Damascus

On 17 Sha'ban 695/20 June 1296 Ibn Taymiyya began teaching at the Hanbaliyya, the oldest Hanbali madrasa of Damascus, succeeding his late teacher Zayn al-Din Ibn al-Munajja. Under al-Malik al-Mansur Lajin (696-8/1297-9) the sultan appointed him to exhort the faithful to jihad for the expedition against the kingdom of Little Armenia 1.

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On 17 Sha'ban 695/20 June 1296 Ibn Taymiyya began teaching at the Hanbaliyya, the oldest Hanbali madrasa of Damascus, succeeding his late teacher Zayn al-Din Ibn al-Munajja. Under al-Malik al-Mansur Lajin (696-8/1297-9) the sultan appointed him to exhort the faithful to jihad for the expedition against the kingdom of Little Armenia 1.

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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 Assaf al-Nasrani affair and Ibn Taymiyya's first imprisonment, 693/1293· 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

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  1. Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 3 p. 983
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Ghazan's Campaign against Syria, 700 AH

In 700 Ghazan crossed the Euphrates for Aleppo; Ibn Taymiyya rode the barid post to Cairo rousing jihad while Damascus emptied at the crier's 'let him who can flee save himself' — then the fear eased as Ghazan turned back, worn by hardships and snows.