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Also Known As Taqī al-Dīn Abū al-ʿAbbās Aḥmad ibn ʿAbd al-Salām ibn ʿAbd Allāh ibn Muḥammad ibn Taymiyyah • Ibn Taymīyah
Born 1263 • Harran • Turkey
Died September 26, 1328 (aged 65) • Damascus • Syria
Subjects Of Study Ḥanbalī school • Qurʾān • Sunnah
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