A Treasury of Ibn Taymiyyah

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A Treasury of Ibn Taymiyyah

A representative and wide range of aphorisms from Ibn Taymiyyah's work with accompanying commentaries presented in a beautiful gift format.

This collection of wisdoms from the works of Ibn Taymiyyah reflects the range of his penetrative insight and wisdom. It aims to recast his work, which is often mistakenly associated with Islamic fundamentalism, for a new generation of Muslims who are seeking a path through the challenges of the modern age.

With an emphasis upon literary concision each aphorism is pregnant with meaning, which is carefully explored in a commentary.

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About The Author

Dr. Mustapha Sheikh

Dr. Mustapha Sheikh has a degree in Islamic Law and Theology (Fath al-Islami, Syria and EIHS, Wales), an MSt in the Study of Religions (St Cross College, Oxford), a DPhil in Theology (St Cross College, Oxford), having previously taken a degree in Project Management at UCL. He has been a member of Arabic, Islamic and Middle Eastern Studies at the University of Leeds since 2009, and has held visiting positions at Bangor University and Aston Business School.

Dr. Mustapha Sheikh

Dr. Mustapha Sheikh work is distinguished in the field for its critical engagement with Muslim tradition that is attentive to the play between power and knowledge building; and for a scholarly approach grounded in both academic and traditional-madrasa training. He is also an academic and a theologian. Evidenced in the scholarship he has developed a conscious and self-reflexive centering of a Muslim subject position. This is articulated in major piece of scholarship on Muslim intellectual history, Ottoman Puritanism and Its Discontents (Oxford University Press, 2016); in his engagements that he describe as the “critique of tradition” (see co-authored international peer-reviewed papers in Islamic finance); in his critique of orientalism/eurocentrism in Islamic Studies (see co-authored article, ‘Islam, Alcohol and Identity: Towards a Critical Muslim Studies Approach’); and in work on Islamophobia (particularly my public engagement work on the definition of Islamophobia and associated outreach activities). These scholarly outputs contribute to and expand the range of examples of both Muslim Reformist Thought and Critical Muslim Studies (CMS). While the former is a well-established paradigm, the latter is an emerging field of thought and study that is being pioneered here at Leeds.