Ibn Taymiyyah’s Writings:
The books of Shaikhul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah cover varied fields of learning. They are an invaluable source of knowledge because of the strength of argument in them in conveying the beliefs, explaining the principles and defending the way of the pious predecessors. Ibn Taymiyyah's comprehensive knowledge of the different opinions of various sects and scholars, and his enumerating of proofs from the Qur'aan and the Sunnah and the sayings of the Salaf as-Salih qualify his books to be highly authoritative works. And despite the fact that a proportion of his writings have perished, we find a great number of his writings still in existence. Some of his works are:
Dar Ta'aarud al-'Aql wa an-Naql (Repulsion of the conflict of intellect and the text - a reply on the people of Kalaam)
al-lstiqaamah
Iqtidaa' as-Siraat al-Mustaqeem Li Mukhaalafah As-haab al-Jaheem
Naqd Maraatib al-ljmaa'
as-Saarim al-Maslool 'alaa Shaatim ar-Rasool
al-Jawaab as-Saheeh li man baddala Deen al-Maseeh (an answer to the criticism against Islaam by the Christians).
ar-Raad 'alaa al-Mantiqiyyeen (a refutation of the philosopher).
ar-Raad 'alaa al-'Akhnan'ee
Minhaaj as-Sunnah an-Nabawiyyah (a refutation of Shiite beliefs written in response to Minhaj al-Karanmah of Ibn al-Mutahhir al-Hillee).
Ziyarah al-Quboor (a criticism of saint-workshop, intercession, superstitious beliefs).
an-Nuboowaat
There are so many other works that have been included in Majmoo al-Fataawa, which is a compilation of his writings and verdicts put together by Ibn Qaasim and his son. These include:
Qaa'idah fee Tawheed al-Uloohiyyah
al-Waasitah bayna al-Haqq wa al-Khalq
Qaa'idah Jaleelah fee at-Tawassul wa al-Waseelah
ar-Radd al-Aqwan 'alaa maa fee Fusoos al-Hikam
ar-Risaalah at-Tadmuriyyah
al-'Aqeedah al-Waasitiyyah
al-Wasiyyah al-Kubraa
al-Hamawiyyah al-Kubraa
Sharh Hadeeth an-Nuzool
Kitaab al-Eemaan
Amraad al-Quloob wa Shifaa' uhaa
al-'Uboodiyyah
al-Wasiyyah as-Sughraa
al-Furqaan bayna Awliyaa' ar-Rahmaan wa Awliyaa' ash-Shaytaan
al-Furqaan bayna al-Haqq wa al-Baatil
Muqaddimah fee Usool at-Tafseer
Tafseer Soorah al-Ikhlaas
Raf' al-Malaam 'an al-A'immah al-A'laam
al-Hisbah
al-Amr bi al-Ma'roof wa an-Nahy 'an al-Munkar
Kitaab as-Siyaasah ash-Shar'iyyah (deals with political theory and government in Islaam).
al-Madhaalim al-Mushtarakah.
Ibn Taymiyyah's Books Translated to English
1. Sharah Al-Aqeedat il-Wasitiyah. Commentary by Dr. Muhammed Khalil Harras. Published by Darussalaam Publications.
2. Kitaab al-Iman (Book of Faith) - Translated by Salman Hassan al-Ani and Shadia Ahmed Tel, Iman Publishng House, Indiana.
3. Ibn Taymeeyah's Essay on the Jinn by Dr. Bilal Philips. (IIPH)
4. The Right Way. (A summarized translation of Iqtidaa As-Siraat al-Mustaqeem) by Darussalaam
5. Ibn Taymiyyah's Essay on Servitude (Al-Hidaayah Publications)
6. Prayer Behind the Innovators - Questions and Answers from the Fatwas of Ibn Taymiyyah.
7. Shaykh Muhammad Salih al-'Uthaymin's Notes on al-'Aqidah al-Wasitiyah. Translated by Shakiel Humayun (PAD Publications)
8. The Criterion between the allies of the Merciful and the allies of the devil (Idara Ihya us-Sunnah)
9. Enjoining Good and Forbidding Evil (Al- Firdous Publishing)
10. Diseases of the Hearts and Their Cures (Compiled from the Fatwawa of Ibn Taymiyah) Al-Hidaayah Publications
11. Kitaab al-Wasilah by sheikh ul-islam ibn taimeeyah (translated under the guidance of Allama Ehsan Ilaahi Zaheer) Idarah Tarjuman as-Sunnah
12. Al-Kalim al-Tayyib (The Goodly Word) By Ibn Taymiyah (translation of Authentic Duaa)
13. Al-'Ubudiyyah: Being a True Slave to Allah : Ibn Taymiyyah (Translated by Nasiruddin al-Khattab) Taha Publishers
14. Answering Those Who Altered The Religion of Jesus. (abridged version published by Umm Al-Qura, Al-Mansura, Egypt)
15. Fatwas of Muslim Women By Ibn Taymyah [Dar Al-Manarah, egypt]
16. The Nature of Fasting By Ibn Taymiyyah, Shaikhul-Islam [Darussalam Publications]
17. Ibn Taymiyyah's Letters from Prison by Muhammad al-Abdah (published by Message of Islam)
18. Introduction to the Principles of Tafseer. Translated by Muhammad Abdul Haq Ansari. Al-Hidaayah Publishing & Distribution
Ibn Taymiyyah passed away while in prison in the year 728H. His
funeral was one of the rare funerals like that of Imam Ahmed Ibn Hambal, who
used to say, 'Say to the people of bidah, 'Between us and between you are the
funerals.’
Al-Bazzar says, 'Once the people had heard of his death, not a single person in
Damascus who was able to attend the prayer and wanted to, remained until he
appeared and took time out for it. As a result, the markets in Damascus were
closed and all transactions of livelihood were stopped. Governors, heads,
scholars, jurists came out. They say that none of the majority of the people
failed to turn up, according to my knowledge - except three individuals; they
were well known for their enmity for Ibn Taymiyyah and thus, hid away from the
people out of fear for their lives.' [Al-A'lam al-'Aliyyah, p.82-83]
