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Majmu' al-Fatawa

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By Ibn Taymiyya

مجموع الفتاوى

The great collection of the fatwas, treatises and rules of Taqi al-Din Ibn Taymiyya (d. 728 AH), gathered and arranged by subject by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim with the help of his son Muhammad; it has been printed several times, among them by the King Fahd Complex in Medina (1425 AH / 2004) and by Dar al-Wafa' under Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz in thirty-seven volumes, the last being the general indexes.

Depth

At a glance

Era
The Mongol and Post-Mongol Era
Region
Levant & Iraq

CreedSpirituality and SufismSects and schoolsPolemic and apologetic

Summary

Majmu' al-Fatawa ("The Collected Fatwas") is the great gathering of the fatwas, answers, treatises and "rules" written by Taqi al-Din Ahmad ibn Abd al-Halim Ibn Taymiyya of Harran (d. 728 AH). It was collected and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, helped by his son Muhammad, as the title page of the King Fahd Complex printing states. 1 It is not a book Ibn Taymiyya composed in this order: it is the compiler's arrangement of scattered texts under subject headings, many of which open with "He was asked" followed by "He answered", or "Shaykh al-Islam said" followed by "Section". 2 3

Editions present

  • The King Fahd Complex for the Printing of the Holy Qur'an, Medina, printed by order of King Fahd ibn Abd al-Aziz under the supervision of the Ministry of Islamic Affairs, Endowments, Da'wa and Guidance, in 1425 AH / 2004; its volume 10 has 792 pages. 1 4
  • Dar al-Wafa', Mansura, with Obeikan of Riyadh, under the title Majmu'at al-Fatawa, edited with references for its hadiths by Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz; first edition 1418 AH / 1997. 5 6 Its volume 37 records a second edition in 1422 AH / 2001 and a third in 1426 AH / 2005. 7

The volumes read here

Volume 7: Faith

Titled "al-Iman" in the Dar al-Wafa' printing, it holds two books: Kitab al-Iman al-Kabir and Kitab al-Iman al-Awsat. 8 9 10 The first opens by stating that faith (iman) and submission (islam) together comprise the whole religion, that the dispute over their reality has gone on since the Kharijites came out, and that the author will set out what can be learned from the words of God and His Messenger before mentioning people's disagreements. 11 See Kitab al-Iman.

Volume 8: Destiny

Titled "Kitab al-Qadar", it opens with a section on the power of the Lord. 12 13 Its sections, according to its table of contents, include contentment with God's decree, arguing from prior destiny, the three kinds of Qadariyya, the debate of Adam and Moses, human capacity, the wisdom behind God's acts, whether reason judges acts good or bad, and the agreement of the early generations that human beings have will, power and action. 14 15 16 17 18 See Did Adam argue from destiny to excuse his sin?

Volume 10: The science of the spiritual path

Titled "Kitab 'Ilm al-Suluk". 19 It opens with al-Tuhfa al-'Iraqiyya fi al-A'mal al-Qalbiyya (pp. 5–90), followed by Amrad al-Qulub wa-Shifa'uha ("The Diseases of the Hearts and Their Cure", pp. 91–149), then the treatise al-'Ubudiyya (from p. 149), then answers on the prayer of Dhu al-Nun and the protection of prophets from sin, and sections on the annihilation (fana') found in the words of the Sufis, on the names of the ascetics and the term "Sufi", on lawful and innovated forms of worship including the Sufi retreats, and on seclusion and company. 20 21 22 It also contains a commentary on sayings from Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani's Futuh al-Ghayb, a discussion of al-Junayd's dispute with some of his companions over gathering and separation, an answer on Ihya' 'Ulum al-Din and Qut al-Qulub, and al-Wasiyya al-Sughra ("The Short Counsel"). 22

Volume 37: The general indexes

A detailed subject index of the whole collection, referring to volume and page, beginning with the topics of the Introduction to the Principles of Tafsir and the Qur'anic Sciences, such as revelation and its kinds and the names of the Qur'an. 23 24 At its end is an index of the books Ibn Taymiyya names in the collection, among them al-Qushayri's Risala, al-Jilani's Futuh al-Ghayb, Ibn Arabi's al-Futuhat al-Makkiyya, Ibn Sina's al-Shifa', the Hikmat al-Ishraq of al-Suhrawardi "al-Maqtul", the Rasa'il Ikhwan al-Safa', and al-Khallal's Kitab al-Sunna and Kitab al-'Ilm. 25 26

Subjects from it in the museum

Notes on the sources

The pages cited are the pages of the scan files. In volume 10 of the Complex printing and in volume 37 they match the printed pages; in volumes 7 and 8 of the Dar al-Wafa' printing they exceed the printed page by four and by four hundred and thirty-two respectively. The other volumes have not yet been read.

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Has part
al-Tuhfa al-'Iraqiyya fi al-A'mal al-Qalbiyya· al-'Ubudiyya· Kitab al-Iman (al-Iman al-Kabir) of Ibn Taymiyya

People and things also explored

Kitab al-Iman (al-Iman al-Kabir) of Ibn Taymiyya· Talbis Iblis (The Devil's Delusion)· al-Farq bayn al-Firaq· al-Fisal fi al-Milal wa-l-Ahwa' wa-l-Nihal· al-Sawa'iq al-Mursala 'ala al-Jahmiyya wa'l-Mu'attila· al-Tuhfa al-'Iraqiyya fi al-A'mal al-Qalbiyya· al-'Ubudiyya· Dar' Ta'arud al-'Aql wa'l-Naql

Sources

  1. Majmu' Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Taymiyya, compiled and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, vol. 10 ('Ilm al-Suluk), King Fahd Complex, 1425 AH / 2004 , p. 1
  2. Majmu' Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Taymiyya, compiled and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, vol. 10 ('Ilm al-Suluk), King Fahd Complex, 1425 AH / 2004 , p. 149
  3. Majmu' Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Taymiyya, compiled and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, vol. 10 ('Ilm al-Suluk), King Fahd Complex, 1425 AH / 2004 , p. 553
  4. Majmu' Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Taymiyya, compiled and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, vol. 10 ('Ilm al-Suluk), King Fahd Complex, 1425 AH / 2004 , p. 2
  5. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 7 (al-Iman), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 6
  6. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 7 (al-Iman), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 7
  7. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 37 (general indexes), Dar al-Wafa', 3rd ed., 1426 AH / 2005 , p. 4
  8. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 7 (al-Iman), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 9
  9. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 7 (al-Iman), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 423
  10. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 7 (al-Iman), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 429
  11. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 7 (al-Iman), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 11
  12. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 8 (al-Qadar), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 437
  13. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 8 (al-Qadar), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 439
  14. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 8 (al-Qadar), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 762
  15. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 8 (al-Qadar), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 763
  16. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 8 (al-Qadar), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 764
  17. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 8 (al-Qadar), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 765
  18. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 8 (al-Qadar), Dar al-Wafa', 1st ed., 1418 AH / 1997 , p. 766
  19. Majmu' Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Taymiyya, compiled and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, vol. 10 ('Ilm al-Suluk), King Fahd Complex, 1425 AH / 2004 , p. 3
  20. Majmu' Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Taymiyya, compiled and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, vol. 10 ('Ilm al-Suluk), King Fahd Complex, 1425 AH / 2004 , p. 770
  21. Majmu' Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Taymiyya, compiled and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, vol. 10 ('Ilm al-Suluk), King Fahd Complex, 1425 AH / 2004 , p. 772
  22. Majmu' Fatawa Shaykh al-Islam Ahmad ibn Taymiyya, compiled and arranged by Abd al-Rahman ibn Muhammad ibn Qasim, vol. 10 ('Ilm al-Suluk), King Fahd Complex, 1425 AH / 2004 , p. 773
  23. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 37 (general indexes), Dar al-Wafa', 3rd ed., 1426 AH / 2005 , p. 5
  24. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 37 (general indexes), Dar al-Wafa', 3rd ed., 1426 AH / 2005 , p. 7
  25. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 37 (general indexes), Dar al-Wafa', 3rd ed., 1426 AH / 2005 , p. 604
  26. Majmu'at al-Fatawa of Ibn Taymiyya, ed. Amir al-Jazzar and Anwar al-Baz, vol. 37 (general indexes), Dar al-Wafa', 3rd ed., 1426 AH / 2005 , p. 605
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