Talk:Ibn Taymiyya

Uniting the structure of the English and Arabic pages

The English and Arabic pages of Ibn Taymiyya are structured differently:

• The English page is organized as follows: Name, Overview, Early years, Life as a scholar, Involvement in the Mongol invasions, Imprisonment on charges of anthropomorphism, Life in Egypt, Return to Damascus and later years, Death, Students, Legacy, Influences, Views, Contemporary influence, Modern reception, Works.

• The Arabic is organized as follows: Beginnings, Biography, Methodology, Jurisprudential and doctrinal opinions, Positions, impact on his time, Extension of its influence, Opinions and positions about him, His writings.

The Arabic page is better in these regards:

• Overview is not found in the Arabic page. Indeed, it seems to be superfluous. The preliminary introduction already serves as an overview. I think it should be removed entirely.

• Life as a scholar, Involvement in the Mongol invasions, Imprisonment on charges of anthropomorphism, Life in Egypt, Return to Damascus and later years, and Death are subsections under Biography in the Arabic page, which seems to be more rational. In fact, I think Early years/Beginnings should also be under Biography.

• Impact on his time, extension of its influence, Opinions and positions about him are clearer titles than Legacy, Contemporary influence, and Modern reception. The synonymous nature of the previous sections resulted in large overlap between them. They should be titled clearly as Impact in his time, Contemporary influence, and Opinions about him.

The English page is better in these regards:

• The Arabic page includes Name (Lineage) under Beginnings (Early years). I think the separation by the English page is better, because they're arguably unrelated.

• I think the Arabic distinction between Methodology, Jurisprudential and doctrinal opinions, Positions is entirely unclear, and if there is any, they should be subsections under Views.

• The Arabic page includes Students under Impact on his time. I think the separation by the English page is better, because him having an impact on his students is not necessary. Dinomar2000 (talk) 06:51, 26 November 2023 (UTC)

citations in lead

the citations should be moved from the lead into the body as per MOS:LEADCITE, except for anything controversial. also, the citations listed next to the word "judge" are actually citations for him being a philosopher. Yasinzayd (talk) 07:14, 14 February 2024 (UTC)

Views of Ibn Taymiyyah - article's section completely blank?

Why is the Views section completely blank with merely a link to another article? Rather, shouldn't at least some of Ibn Taymiyyah's views be summarised on here?

Also, in my view the age should be added back in the transliteration of his name, as the Arabic letter ة is found at the end of it - Taymiyyah is the name of his female ancestor, and it ة is found at the end of grammatically feminine names and words. The feminine ending is shown with the "-h" in English transliteration. (contribs) אב דהן (talkpage) 17:12, 23 April 2024 (UTC)

Controversial scholar

Article is trying to hide the fact that ibn taymiyyah is highly controversial and notorious scholar for his extremest views against the mainstream Sunni beliefs. Zikrullah (talk) 13:09, 28 August 2024 (UTC)

Re-link in infobox

Hey,

I noticed that his works, such as Al-Aqidah Al-Waasitiyyah are not linked in the infobox, even though they are already present in the article. I've seen in other philosophers their works are both linked in the article and infobox. Is this intentional?

PS if I don't get a reply I assume that means there's no objections to me adding the links to the infobox, but let me know if I'm mistaken on this.

Wikieditor662 (talk) 05:21, 5 August 2025 (UTC)

Added Wikieditor662 (talk) 18:31, 7 August 2025 (UTC)