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Translator foreword – The Essential Pearls and Gems of Ibn Taymiyyah

Ibn Taymiyyah was one of the greatest reformers (mujaddid) in Islamic history. He emerged at a time of great turmoil in the Muslim world, when the ummah was in a state of decline, weak and divided, under attack from the east by the Tatars and from the west by the Crusaders.

Moreover, at that time bid’ah (innovation in religion) was rampant; heretical ideas had been introduced into the religion and had come to be regarded as part of it, as a result of the Muslims being influenced by Greek philosophy and the beliefs of other non-Muslim nations.

In addition to that, there was the “fifth column” which never stopped conspiring against Islam and the Muslims, seeking to sabotage Islamic beliefs and religion by introducing innovations at all levels, in beliefs and practice. This was manifested in the form of different Baatini (esoteric) groups who introduced philosophical ideas that were founded by people who did not believe in Islam.

lbn Taymiyyah was the man of the hour who focused all his energy on trying to educate the Muslims about their faith, explaining to them the path of the Messenger of Allah ? and the Sahabah, free from all the corrupt notions that had crept in. He called the Muslims to come back to the Qur’ an and Sunnah, and stood up to all the philosophical, heretical, Baatini and Raafidi ideas that were steering the Muslims away from the straight path.

lbn Taymiyyah never married and never got involved in business

lbn Taymiyyah never married and never got involved in business, trade or other money-earning activities; he spent his entire life in jihad, mostly by the pen, but occasionally by the sword, when it was necessary to rally the Muslims and motivate them to confront danger from without.

lbn Taymiyyah’ s books that describe the path of the Sala/ and discuss the arguments of Muslim philosophers and of Baatini and Raafidi groups, pointing out the flaws therein, are still relevant today, at a time that is in many ways similar to his own era. The ummah is in turmoil, faced with decline and confusion, seeking a way out and beginning to realise, after trying so many isms and ideologies, and after being exposed to Raafidi propaganda and corrupt ideas, that the only way to escape this situation is to go back to the path of the Sala/, the path of the Prophet? and the Sahabah.

This book, [The Essential Pearls & Gems of lbn Taymiyyah -Selections from the Writings of Shaykh al-Islam], touches upon all the ideas that are very relevant to our own time; it is an introduction to the work of lbn Taymiyyah and offers a summary of the ideas that are relevant to the modern reader, pointing to the answers to many questions that arise from the confusion and challenges he is facing.

Much credit is due to Dr. Muhammad ibn ‘Abd ar-Rahman al-‘ Arifi for selecting the material from the huge corpus of Ibn Taymiyyah’ s work and making it accessible to the ordinary reader so that he may learn about the thought of this great scholar of Islam.

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