I mean Abu al-Abbas Ahmad, that ocean encompassing all the bays (Clarifying that the Shaykh al-Islam did not marry and mentioning the reason for his not marrying)
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The Shaykh : He said: "So read the writings of the Imam, the true *** Shaykh of existence, the knowing, the divine
I mean Abu al-Abbas Ahmad" Abu al-Abbas is the kunya of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, and he had no children because he did not marry, may Allah have mercy on him. His not marrying was not a turning away from the Sunnah, and it does not appear to be due to a lack of desire in him, for he sometimes spoke about intercourse as a knowledgeable person would. However, the scholars said that he did not marry because he was occupied with what he considered more important than defending the Sunnah and engaging in that. He said:
"I mean Abu al-Abbas Ahmad, that *** ocean encompassing all the bays"
Yes, an ocean encompassing all the bays means that the knowledge of people is with him in the proportion of bays to oceans.
I mean Abu al-Abbas Ahmad" Abu al-Abbas is the kunya of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, and he had no children because he did not marry, may Allah have mercy on him. His not marrying was not a turning away from the Sunnah, and it does not appear to be due to a lack of desire in him, for he sometimes spoke about intercourse as a knowledgeable person would. However, the scholars said that he did not marry because he was occupied with what he considered more important than defending the Sunnah and engaging in that. He said:
"I mean Abu al-Abbas Ahmad, that *** ocean encompassing all the bays"
Yes, an ocean encompassing all the bays means that the knowledge of people is with him in the proportion of bays to oceans.