Historiography in the Service of the Muftī: Ibn Taymiyya on the Origins and Fallacies of Ziyārāt

Abstract This essay demonstrates Ibn Taymiyya’s engagement of historiography in iftāʼ. It draws upon fatwās on pilgrimage to Ascalon, travel to shrines of al-Ḥusayn in Ascalon and Cairo, and visits to Jerusalem and Hebron. Ibn Taymiyya weaves sophisticated historical narratives into his legal reason...

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Main Author: Talmon-Heller, Daniella (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2019
In: Islamic law and society
Year: 2019, Volume: 26, Issue: 3, Pages: 227-251
Further subjects:B Historiography
B Jerusalem
B Ascalon
B Ibn Taymiyya
B shrine of al-Husayn
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