Pages: 75
Cover Type: Paperback
Author: Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyah
Publisher: Hikmah Publications
This is a translation of Shaykh Ahmad al-Najmī’s explanation of the Lāmīyah poem, which is ascribed to Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyah. It comprises of only 16 verses of poetry, clarifying a number of core beliefs of Ahl al-Sunnah Wa al-Jamā’ah. Thus, it is easy to memorize, and a great starting point for a child or a beginner in knowledge.
This poem has a written manuscript in Jāmi’ah Malik Saud (no. 61928/), and it is found alongside two other works, al-Wasīyah al-Kubra and al-Adillah al-Bayyinah, both of which are known works of Ibn Taymīyah.
It has been mentioned by the Scholar of Iraq, Nu’mān al-Ālūsī (d. 1317H), in his excellent book Jalā al-‘Aynayn Lī Muhākamah al-Ahmadayn, and Shaykh ‘Abd al-Salām b. Burjis mentioned this poem as being amongst the poetry of Ibn Taymīyah in his work al-Sahīh Min al-Nazm al-Fasīh Lī Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyah. A number of scholars have explanations of this poem, from them is Shaykh Ahmad al-Mardāwī (d. 1236H).
Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymīyah (rahimahullah) said:
“As for Ahl al-Sunnah Wa al-Hadīth, then it is not known that any of their scholars nor righteous common-folk ever renounced their doctrine and creed. Rather, they were the most patient of the people upon that, even if they were tested with all types of tests and trialed with all types of tribulations.” Naqd al-Mantiq, p. 42.
