❝It is said that from the Shaykh’s [Ibn Taymiyyah (r)] students the most proficient in Fiqh was Ibn Muflih (r), the most knowledgeable in Hadith was Ibn ‘Abd al-Hadi (r), and the most knowledgeable in theology, with a moderate grasp (compared to the previous two) over Fiqh and Hadith, was Shams al-Din Ibn al-Qayyim (r).❞
— Ibn al-Mibrad (r)
Trivia:
1) Ibn Muflih, Ibn ‘Abd al-Hadi, and Ibn al-Qayyim, all three have “Shams al-Din” as their kunyah.
2) People often confuse between Shams al-Din Ibn Muflih [b. 708 AH], who is the student of Ibn Taymiyyah and the author of al-Furu’, and between Burhan al-Din Ibn Muflih [b. 816 AH], the author of al-Mubdi’ and the great grandson of the former. Both major Hanbali scholars.
3) People often confuse between Shams al-Din Ibn ‘Abd al-Hadi al-Dimashqi [b. 704 AH] and Jamal al-Din Ibn ‘Abd al-Hadi al-Salihi [b. 840 AH]. The former is the major Hanbali Muhaddith from the students of Ibn Taymiyyah and author of al-Muharrar and al-Sarim al-Munki as stated above, whilst the latter is famously known as “Ibn al-Mibrad al-Hanbali”, the one who is being quoted in this post, and is the author of countless books in Fiqh, Usul, Hadith, history, grammar etc that are too long to list. The name of the former is Muhammad and the latter is Yusuf.
4) At the age of 28 Ibn al-Qayyim had a son, Burhan al-Din Ibrahim Ibn al-Qayyim. He also grew up to be a scholar and authored books; from those books was a two volume commentary on Alfiyyah of Ibn Malik (r) called Irshad al-Salik (published). Though the two are not as frequently mistaken for each other, many people still get it mixed up when they hear about the Sharh of Alfiyyah thinking it was by his father.
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