Is there a book that compiles the issues in which Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah differed from the four Imams?
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The questioner : Regarding the issues in which Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah (may Allah have mercy on him) differed from the four Imams, is there a book or treatise on the subject?
The Shaykh : Yes, some scholars have compiled them, and they number more than twenty issues. However, he (may Allah have mercy on him) did not differ from them in the sense that he departed from all their opinions; rather, he departed from the well-known opinions among them. You will find that when he chooses an opinion, it must have a basis, especially with Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him). But the opinion he adopts may not be the well-known one, so one might assume that he differed from the four Imams.
The Shaykh : Yes, some scholars have compiled them, and they number more than twenty issues. However, he (may Allah have mercy on him) did not differ from them in the sense that he departed from all their opinions; rather, he departed from the well-known opinions among them. You will find that when he chooses an opinion, it must have a basis, especially with Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him). But the opinion he adopts may not be the well-known one, so one might assume that he differed from the four Imams.