Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi
Appearance
Shams al-Dīn Ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Dimashqī | |
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Personal life | |
Born | c. 1256 |
Died | 1327 (aged 70–71) Safad, Syria |
Era | Islamic Golden Age |
Region | Caliphate |
Religious life | |
Religion | Islam |
Denomination | Sunni |
Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi (full Arabic name: Shams al-Dīn Abū ʿAbd Allāh Muḥammad ibn Abī Ṭālib al-Anṣārī al-Dimashqī, شمس الدين أبو عبد الله محمد بن أبي طالب الأنصاري الدمشقي), c. 1256–1327, was a Syrian scholar and theologian of Islam.[1]
He was born near Damascus and remained in his hometown until his death.[1] He worked on several subjects and served as an Imam at al-Rabwa.[1] Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi was given the titles Shaykh al-Rabwa and Shams al-Din.[1] He likely had a son named Abd Allah, hence his kunya Abu Abd Allah.[1]
Al-Dimashqi wrote an extended defence of Islam in response to the Letter from the People of Cyprus, itself a reworking of an earlier Letter to a Muslim Friend by the Christian bishop Paul of Antioch.[1]