A Treasury of Ibn Taymiyyah

Dr Mustapha Sheikh is lecturer in Islamic Studies at Leeds University.He studied at University College London, completing a BSc in Project Management, and at St Cross College, Oxford, where he gained an MSt in the Study of Religion and D.Phil. in Theology.In addition to his academic education he has also studied traditional Islamic sciences in Damascus and Istanbul, including the following disciplines: Arabic grammar, logic, jurisprudence, legal theory, Qur'anic exegesis, hadith and Sufism.

Transliteration Table | Acknowledgments | Introduction | 1 Names; 2 Paradise; 3 Communion and Division; 4 Innovation; 5 Real Love; 6 Belief as an Instinct; 7 A Loving Heart; 8 Jihad; 9 Pretentions; 10 Perfect Faith; 11 Consultation; 12 The Origin of the Term 'Sufi'; 13 Deviant Sufis; 14 On True Annihilation; 15 Religious Authority; 16 The Friends of God; 17 The Just State; 18 TakfIr; 19 Miracles; 20 True Intelligence; 21 Sins; 22 Sincerity; 23 Concealing Knowledge; 24 Following Lust; 25 Kalam Theology; 26 Figurative Interpretation; 27 You Alone We Worship; 28 Attributes of God; 29 Leniency; 30 The Duty of Jihad; 31 Reason and Revelation; 32 The Shariah; 33 The Best Action; 34 The Way of the Salaf | Bibliography