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]
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 |
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]