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IBN TAYMIYYAON "FUTOOH AL-GHAYB" AND SUFISMby Sh. G. F.
Haddad
The external evden!e # Ibn Tay$yya%& a##latn 'th the (adr
tar)at by a !han thr*+hthree &hay,h& na$ed Ibn (*da$a
ha& been +ven by Ibn Tay$yya%& d&!le Ibn Abd
al-Had.F*rther nternal evden!e # Ibn Tay$yya%& &*# n!lnatn
!an be &een n h& h*ndred-a+e!$$entary n Glan !vern+ nly #ve
# the /0 &er$n& # "F*th al-Ghayb" b*t &h'n+that he
!n&dered the &*# ath a &al*tary e##rt and even
e&&ental 'thn the l#e # the I&la$!!$$*nty.
The !$$entary & #*nd n vl*$e 123455-540 # the #r&t 6yadh
edtn # the "Ma7$8#ata' Shay,h al-I&la$ Ibn Tay$yya".
It !an be &een #r$ th& !$$entary that Ibn Tay$yya
!all& Abd al-(adr "&hay,h*na" "*r&hay,h" a ttle 'h!h he
never +ve& anyne el&e n h& entre 'r,& 7*&t
a& he never +ve& thettle "$a$*na" "*r $a$" t ther than
Ah$ad bn Hanbal.
In h& !$$entary n the "F*th" Ibn Tay$yya
&tre&&e& that the r$a!y # the &har8a
#r$&
the &*nde&t tradtn n &*#&$ and t ar+*e th&
nt he l&t& ver a d9en early $a&ter& a&'ell
a& $re !nte$rary &hay,h& l,e h& #ell' Hanbal&
al-An&ar al-Hara' and Abd al-(adr and the latter%& 'n
&hay,h Ha$$ad al-Dabba&3
"The *r+ht a$n+ the #ll'er& # the :ath - l,e the $a7rty #
the early &hay,h& ;&h*y*,hal-&ala#< &*!h
a& F*dayl bn 8Iyad Ibrah$ bn Adha$ Ma8r*# al-=ar,h al-Sar
al-Sa)a al->*nayd bn M*ha$$ad and ther& # the early
tea!her& a& 'ell a& Shay,h Abd al-(adr?Glan@ Shay,h
Ha$$ad Shay,h Ab*l Bayan and ther& # the later $a&ter&
- d nt er$tthe #ll'er& # the :ath t deart #r$ the dvnely
le+&lated !$$and and rhbtn even'ere that er&n t have #l'n n
the ar r 'al,ed n 'ater. 51"
In h& treat&e n the d##eren!e bet'een the la'#*l
#r$& # 'r&h and the nnvatve #r$&enttled "6&alat
al-8badaat al-&har8yya 'al-#ar) baynaha 'a bayn al-bd8yya" ;n
"Ma7$8atal-ra&a%l 'al- $a&a%l" Ber*t La7nat al-t*rath
al-8arab 530
