Is everything in "Majmu' al-Fatawa" by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah authentically attributed to him?
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The questioner: Our Shaykh.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The question regarding "Majmu' al-Fatawa" by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is: Do we affirm that every treatise attributed to Ibn Taymiyyah is included in it? I mean, because there are some fatwas, such as "Risalat al-Khidr," and it is strange for such a thing to be issued by Shaykh al-Islam?
The Shaykh : By Allah, there are two issues here. The first issue is establishing the authenticity of a treatise; in this, one should rely on the imprint and the publisher, provided that the publisher is, first, a person of knowledge, and second, a person who is careful about what he prints. That is the first point. Second, there is nothing strange about Ibn Taymiyyah or anyone else saying words that we later realize, from Ibn Taymiyyah's own words, negate that statement; because that would have been during his early study of knowledge. And on this basis, we interpret what we see of Ibn al-Qayyim's words in his book "al-Ruh" and similar matters that contradict the established Shari'ah reality, and sometimes contradict the established linguistic reality, such as his long and very extensive discussion in "Zad al-Ma'ad." This is a book that if we can doubt the attribution of any other book, we cannot doubt the authenticity of its attribution to him; yet in some of the topics he addressed and elaborated on extensively, there are things that are very objectionable. I specifically mention one of them because it contradicts the correct Sunnah on one hand, and the established language in books of linguistics on the other; and that is the issue of "al-haww" (falling) into prostration. He argued for the view that one falls onto his knees, and he said something very strange from the linguistic perspective, let alone the Shari'ah perspective. This is my answer.
The Shaykh: Yes.
The questioner : The question regarding "Majmu' al-Fatawa" by Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is: Do we affirm that every treatise attributed to Ibn Taymiyyah is included in it? I mean, because there are some fatwas, such as "Risalat al-Khidr," and it is strange for such a thing to be issued by Shaykh al-Islam?
The Shaykh : By Allah, there are two issues here. The first issue is establishing the authenticity of a treatise; in this, one should rely on the imprint and the publisher, provided that the publisher is, first, a person of knowledge, and second, a person who is careful about what he prints. That is the first point. Second, there is nothing strange about Ibn Taymiyyah or anyone else saying words that we later realize, from Ibn Taymiyyah's own words, negate that statement; because that would have been during his early study of knowledge. And on this basis, we interpret what we see of Ibn al-Qayyim's words in his book "al-Ruh" and similar matters that contradict the established Shari'ah reality, and sometimes contradict the established linguistic reality, such as his long and very extensive discussion in "Zad al-Ma'ad." This is a book that if we can doubt the attribution of any other book, we cannot doubt the authenticity of its attribution to him; yet in some of the topics he addressed and elaborated on extensively, there are things that are very objectionable. I specifically mention one of them because it contradicts the correct Sunnah on one hand, and the established language in books of linguistics on the other; and that is the issue of "al-haww" (falling) into prostration. He argued for the view that one falls onto his knees, and he said something very strange from the linguistic perspective, let alone the Shari'ah perspective. This is my answer.
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