Question
Students of this theologian, like al-Dhahabī (“eth-THEH-hah-bee”) and Ibn Qayyim al-Jawzīyya, described him as being incapable of letting even the tiniest disagreements go. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this theologian who argued for a literal interpretation of Allāh’s attributes in al-‘Aqīda al-Wāsiṭīyya (“all-ah-KEE-dah all-WAH-sih-TEE-yah”) and who contested the then-consensus opinion that visits to saints’ shrines were an acceptable form of piety.
ANSWER: Ibn Taymīyya [or Taqī al-Dīn Aḥmad al-Numayrī ibn Taymīyya; accept al-Ḥarranī]
[10m] Ibn Taymīyya was repeatedly jailed for preaching against a “triple” form of this process. A waiting period called ‘iddah is required for mourning after death and this process.
ANSWER: divorce [or ṭalāq or khul‘ or faskh; or descriptions of ending a marriage]
[10e] Modern jihādists justify civilian casualties with one of these rulings issued by Ibn Taymīyya against Mongols at Mardin. Khomeini called for Salman Rushdie’s death in one of these rulings.
ANSWER: fatwā [or fatāwa]
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