Abu al-Barkat Majd ad-Din ibn Taymiyya () (1194 - 1255) was Muslim scholar muhaddith, traditionalist theologian, judge and Hanbali jurisconsult. He was the father of and the grandfather of Taq al-Din Ahmad Ibn Taymiyya.
He was a reputable scholar of the Hanbali school of law. He had two sons: (d. 1284) and Fakhr al-Din (d. 1225).
He was born in Harran in 590 AH. Harran was a city part of the Sultanate of Rum, now Harran is a small city on the border of Syria and Turkey, currently in à Âanlñurfa province. At the beginning of the Islamic period, Harran was located in the land of the Mudar tribe (Diyar Mudar). Before its destruction by the Mongols, Harran was also well known since the early days of Islam for its Hanbali school and tradition, to which Ibn Taymiyya's family belonged.
He taught Hadith in the Levant, the Hijaz, and Iraq, and in addition to his country Harran in the Levant, he was a member of his time in the knowledge of the Hanbali school of thought. He was a disciple of ibn Gunaymah & Ibn Qudamah. He is known as âÂÂal-Majdâ in madhhab. In Hanbali fiqh, the designation âÂÂash-Shaykhainâ indicates to Imam ibn Qudamah and Imam Majd-ud-din Ibn Taymiyya.
His notable works includes:
1. An explanation of âÂÂal-HidayahâÂÂ
2. âÂÂAl-Muntaqa fi Ahadith Al-Ahkamâ was explained by Al-Shawkani titled âÂÂNayl al-AwtarâÂÂ
3. âÂÂAl-Muharrar fi Al-FiqhâÂÂ, which is more important in terms of the Hanbali jurisprudence- explained by many scholars including his grandson Ibn Taymiyya- his explanation's title was âÂÂAt-Taliq al-MukarrarâÂÂ, ibn Rajab and Ibn Abdul-Haq.