Tag: IBN TAYMIYYAH
State of Nature: Rousseau & Ibn Taymiyya
Is man inherently good? What drives man to commit evil acts? Is man corrupt from birth?
“I have pardoned every Muslim who has harmed me.”
When the life of Shaykh al-Islām Ibnu Taymiyyah is discussed the focus, many a time, is on the dimensions of his knowledge, his flawless memory, his Jihād, his enjoining of good and forbidding of evil, his trials, his ʿIbādah, his fearlessness and bravery, and his eloquence. But, such discussions often…
