Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya

He was born in Harran in 590 AH. Harran was a city part of the Sultanate of Rum, now Harran is a small city on the border of Syria and Turkey, currently in Şanlıurfa province.[3] At the beginning of the Islamic period, Harran was located in the land of the Mudar tribe (Diyar Mudar).[4] Before its destruction by the Mongols, Harran was also well known since the early days of Islam for its Hanbali school and tradition,[5] to which Ibn Taymiyya's family belonged.[3]

He taught Hadith in the Levant, the Hijaz and Iraq, and in addition to his country Harran in the Levant, he was a member of his time in the knowledge of the Hanbali school of thought. He was a disciple of ibn Gunaymah & Ibn Qudamah. He is known as ‘al-Majd’ in madhhab. In Hanbali fiqh, the designation ‘ash-Shaykhain” indicates to Imam ibn Qudamah and Imam Majd-ud-din Ibn Taymiyya.[6]

His notable works includes:

1. An explanation of “al-Hidayah”

2. “Al-Muntaqa fi Ahadith Al-Ahkam” was explained by Al-Shawkani titled ‘Nayl al-Awtar’

3. “Al-Muharrar fi Al-Fiqh”, which is more important in terms of the Hanbali jurisprudence- explained by many scholars including his grandson Ibn Taymiyya- his explanation's title was ‘At-Taliq al-Mukarrar’, ibn Rajab and Ibn Abdul-Haq.[6][7]