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 Kitāb iqtiḍāʾ al-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm mukhālafat aṣḥāb al-jaḥīm
(2,920 words)

Iqtiḍāʾ al-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm

‘The necessity of the straight path in distinction from the people of hell’

Ibn Taymiyya

Date: Before 1315-16

Original Language: Arabic

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Iqtiḍāʾ al-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm (the title appears in slight variations, among them Iqtiḍāʾ al-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm fī radd ʿalā aṣḥāb al-jaḥīm, Iqtiḍāʾ al-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm wa-mujānabat aṣḥāb al-jaḥīm and Iqtiḍāʾ al-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm fīmukhālafat ahl al-jaḥīm) is a large book forbidding Muslim imitation (t…

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Hoover, Jon, “ Kitāb iqtiḍāʾ al-ṣirāṭ al-mustaqīm mukhālafat aṣḥāb al-jaḥīm”, in: Christian-Muslim Relations 600 - 1500, General Editor David Thomas. Consulted online on 01 April 2023 <http://dx.doi.org/10.1163/1877-8054_cmri_COM_25599>
First published online: 2010



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