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The Principle of Patience
One of the shorter works of Shaykh Ibn Taymiyyah on the virtues of patience.
32 pages, Paperback
First published January 1, 1328
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Ibn Taymiyyah
69 books45 followersTaqī ad-Dīn Aḥmad ibn Abd al-Halim ibn Abd al-Salam al-Numayri al-Ḥarrānī (Arabic: تقي الدين أحمد بن عبد الحليم بن عبد السلام النميري الحراني, January 22, 1263 - September 26, 1328), known simply Ibn Taymiyyah (ابن تيمية), was an Islamic jurist scholar, muhaddith, theologian, judge, philosopher, and whom many considered as the renewer of the Islamic 7th century. He is known for his diplomatic involvement with the Ilkhanid ruler Ghazan Khan and for his involvement at the Battle of Marj al-Saffar which ended the Mongol invasions of the Levant. A member of the Hanbali school, Ibn Taymiyyah's iconoclastic views on widely accepted Sunni doctrines of his time such as the veneration of saints and the visitation to their tomb-shrines made him unpopular with many scholars and rulers of the time, under whose orders he was imprisoned several times.
A polarising figure in his own times and in the centuries that followed, Ibn Taymiyyah has become one of the most influential medieval writers in contemporary Islam, where his particular interpretations of the Qur'an and the Sunnah and his rejection of some aspects of classical Islamic tradition are believed to have had considerable influence on contemporary ultra-conservative ideologies such as Salafism, and Jihadism. Particular aspects of his teachings had a profound influence on Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the founder of the Hanbali reform movement practiced in Saudi Arabia, and on other later Wahabi scholars. Moreover, Ibn Taymiyyah's controversial fatwa allowing jihad against other Muslims is referenced by al-Qaeda and other jihadi groups. Their reading of Ibn Taymiyyah's thought has been challenged by recent scholarship.
A polarising figure in his own times and in the centuries that followed, Ibn Taymiyyah has become one of the most influential medieval writers in contemporary Islam, where his particular interpretations of the Qur'an and the Sunnah and his rejection of some aspects of classical Islamic tradition are believed to have had considerable influence on contemporary ultra-conservative ideologies such as Salafism, and Jihadism. Particular aspects of his teachings had a profound influence on Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab, the founder of the Hanbali reform movement practiced in Saudi Arabia, and on other later Wahabi scholars. Moreover, Ibn Taymiyyah's controversial fatwa allowing jihad against other Muslims is referenced by al-Qaeda and other jihadi groups. Their reading of Ibn Taymiyyah's thought has been challenged by recent scholarship.
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November 17, 2022
Excellent treatise.
"If the slave of Allah considers the entire religion, he will see that it returns in it's entirety to patience and gratitude."
- Ibn Taymiyya (rA)
"If the slave of Allah considers the entire religion, he will see that it returns in it's entirety to patience and gratitude."
- Ibn Taymiyya (rA)
October 20, 2019
Outstanding read on the virtues of patience, its benefits and consequences of abandoning patience. Additional benefits to this read includes the 3 major forms through which patience is exercised and 20 outlined means of carrying out patience (their circumstances and their virtues from each circumstance).
May 1, 2022
Very enlightening although this is a short book, it's definitely is a major benefit
December 25, 2023
This is the type of book that can change your character for good. I feel so mellow right now. What's the point of anger when we can practice sabr and please Allah as a result?
A good way to end the year, alhamdulillah. 2024 will be my year of patience, in sha Allah.
A good way to end the year, alhamdulillah. 2024 will be my year of patience, in sha Allah.
October 5, 2024
A short treatise on being patient when afflicted by harm at the hands of others. A book which one must come back to time and again.
Three things I learned from this book Alhamdulillah.
1. Realize that everything happens by the will of Allah. If someone harms you, it is by Allah's will and by practicing patience in that moment, we will attain the reward that Allah intended for us to have. Like the saying goes, God gives the hardest battles to His toughest soldiers.
2. On the day of judgement, Allah will reward those who stayed patient, so that the people who didn't practice patience and sought revenge instead, would wish they could go back and pardon their enemies.
3. Allah is with the patient as mentioned in the Quran. So as long as you practice it, Allah will keep looking after your affairs and facilitate the matter. But if you choose to complain, seek revenge, or transgress, then His help will cease and you'll be left to deal with the affair on your own.
Three things I learned from this book Alhamdulillah.
1. Realize that everything happens by the will of Allah. If someone harms you, it is by Allah's will and by practicing patience in that moment, we will attain the reward that Allah intended for us to have. Like the saying goes, God gives the hardest battles to His toughest soldiers.
2. On the day of judgement, Allah will reward those who stayed patient, so that the people who didn't practice patience and sought revenge instead, would wish they could go back and pardon their enemies.
3. Allah is with the patient as mentioned in the Quran. So as long as you practice it, Allah will keep looking after your affairs and facilitate the matter. But if you choose to complain, seek revenge, or transgress, then His help will cease and you'll be left to deal with the affair on your own.
July 16, 2023
Another short and lovely read
So many beautiful things to take away from this🥺
So many beautiful things to take away from this🥺
November 30, 2023
A totally different but meaningful perspective on patience.
April 19, 2025
stumbled upon this one at the right time
December 18, 2020
Excellent book with some truly beneficial lessons by the shaykh رحمه الله ♥️
But it's only 30 pages so you might be sad at the end of it
But it's only 30 pages so you might be sad at the end of it
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