The Description of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah: An Absolute Mujtahid or a Mujtahid of a School
Machine translationRead the Arabic original
Question:
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) considered a mujtahid with absolute ijtihad?
Answer:
No, he is a mujtahid of a school. An absolute mujtahid is like the four Imams: Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, al-Shafi'i, and Ahmad, and al-Awza'i. These are the absolute mujtahids. As for the Imams Ibn al-Qayyim, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, and Ibn Kathir, these are mujtahids within their schools.
He says: Honorable Shaykh, may Allah grant you success, is Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) considered a mujtahid with absolute ijtihad?
Answer:
No, he is a mujtahid of a school. An absolute mujtahid is like the four Imams: Imam Abu Hanifah, Imam Malik, al-Shafi'i, and Ahmad, and al-Awza'i. These are the absolute mujtahids. As for the Imams Ibn al-Qayyim, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, Ibn al-Qayyim, and Ibn Kathir, these are mujtahids within their schools.
Source
قناة «العلامة الدكتور صالح الفوزان»، 116 من 123 / شرح كتاب زاد المستقنع / القضاء / صالح الفوزان / الفقه / كبار العلماء — youtube.com (56:12)
The Arabic text is a machine transcription of the audio recording.