The Relation of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya to the Ḥanbalī School of Law

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Table of Contents v
3. Acknowledgements vii
4. Appropriation of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya 1
5. Section 1: Human Agency
6. Divine Wisdom, Human Agency and the fiṭra in Ibn Taymiyya’s Thought 37
7. Debating the Doctrine of jabr (Compulsion) 61
8. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Manipulation of Sufi Terms 94
9. Section 2: The Career of Books
10. Ibn al-Qayyim’s Kitāb al-Rūḥ 125
11. The Relation of Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya to the Ḥanbalī School of Law 146
12. Screening Ṣiddīq Ḥasan Khān’s Library 162
13. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya in the “Lands Below the Wind” 220
14. Section 3: Philosophy
15. The Poison of Philosophy 253
16. The Curse of Philosophy 329
17. Section 4: Inclusion and Exclusion in Islamic Theology and Law
18. Against Islamic Universalism 377
19. Law and Order According to Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya 400
20. Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya’s Attitude Toward Christianity in Hidāyat al-ḥayārā fī ajwibat al-yahūd wal-naṣārā 422
21. Section 5: Creative Reception Outside the Arab World
22. Ibn Taymiyya and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyya as Changing Salafi Icons 461
23. Ibn Taymiyya’s Worldview and the Challenge of Modernity 493
24. Bibliography 519
25. Index 573