Ibn Taymiyya: The High Virtues of Sheikh al-Islam

This biography of Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyya, a prominent Islamic scholar, was written by his student Abu Hafs Umar al-Bazzar. Unlike such biographies that merely list facts and figures, this one also reveals the human side of a remarkable Islamic figure firsthand in a way that can serve as both an example and a model for shaping one's own lifestyle and managing everyday affairs.