Islamic Scholar Najm ad-Din Sulayman bin Abd al-Qawi Al-Tufi | |
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| Born | 673 AH / 1276 CE |
| Died | 716 AH / 1316 CE |
| Religion | Islam |
| Region | Cairo, Qus |
| Denomination | Sunni |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Main interest(s) | Maslaha |
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Najm ad-Dīn Abū r-Rabīʿ Sulaymān ibn ʿAbd al-Qawī aṭ-Ṭūfī (Arabic: نجم الدين أبو الربيع سليمان بن عبد القوي الطوفي) was a Hanbali scholar and student of Ibn Taymiyyah. He referred to ibn Taymiyyah as "our sheikh." Most of his scholarship deals with Islamic legal theory and theology. His writings did not attract a large following of Hanbalis, though his Mukhtasar al-Rawdah has been commented upon up to the 16th century.[1]
He is known for his writings on maṣlaḥa, in that averting harm is a general obligation which can only be set aside by a specific legal ruling, such as the hudud punishments. His noteworthy legal theory on maṣlaḥa would later influence future Islamic reform movements, especially in the past century.[1]