Jami al-Rasail li Ibn Taymiyya - Rashad Salim

Jami al-Rasail (also cited as Jami al-Rasail wa-al-Masail) is a collection of theological and doctrinal treatises by the Hanbali jurist and theologian Ibn Taymiyya (661–728 AH / 1263–1328 CE), critically edited by the modern scholar Muhammad Rashad Salim (d. 1407 AH / 1986 CE) al-Madakhil ila Athar Sha…+1. The work brings together several independent treatises and responses that were not incorporated into earlier major compilations of the author's legal and theological rulings Qaima bi-Muallafat Shaykh…+1.

Scope and Contents

The collection focuses primarily on Islamic theology (aqida), the attributes of God (sifat), divine justice, and polemical evaluations of various scholastic schools Jami al-Rasail li Ibn Tay…+1. Rather than arranging the texts into a single thematic composition, the editor presented each tract as an independent monograph under its own title Qaima bi-Muallafat Shaykh….

Among the notable treatises included in the collection are:

• Risala fi al-Sifat al-Ikhtiyariyya ("Treatise on the Voluntary Attributes of God"), addressing divine actions and attributes subsisting in God by His will and power, alongside critical discussions of the doctrines of the Jahmiyya, Mu'tazila, Kullabiyya, and Salimiyya Jami al-Rasail li Ibn Tay…+1.
• Risala fi Ilm Allah ("Treatise on the Knowledge of God") Daawa al-Munawiin li Shay….
• Risala fi Ma'na Kawn al-Rabb 'Adilan ("Treatise on the Meaning of the Lord Being Just, His Exemption from Injustice, and the Affirmation of His Justice and Benevolence") Risala ila Ahl al-Thaghr ….

Editorial Method and Sources

In editing the collection, Muhammad Rashad Salim relied on original manuscript codices preserved across several libraries Jami al-Masail - Ibn Taym…. A principal source for a number of the included works was the majmu' manuscript kept in the Ashir Efendi library in Istanbul (MS 1154, also indexed as 1153), which preserves an early collection of Ibn Taymiyya's treatises transcribed in the 8th century AH Jami al-Masail - Ibn Taym…+1.

The editor's approach included providing a detailed description of the manuscript witnesses at the beginning of each treatise, transcribing and establishing the text, and referencing citations and Quranic and prophetic traditions Qaima bi-Muallafat Shaykh…+1.

Publication and Reception

The collection was published in two volumes (al-Majmu'ah al-Ula and al-Majmu'ah al-Thaniyah) by Matba'at al-Madani in Cairo, with the first volume appearing in 1389 AH / 1969 CE, followed by a second edition in 1405 AH / 1985 CE by Dar al-Madani, and later reprintings such as the Dar al-Ata edition in Riyadh (1422 AH / 2001 CE) al-Madakhil ila Athar Sha…+3.

Muhammad Rashad Salim died before completing the broader project of publishing all unedited treatises of Ibn Taymiyya al-Madakhil ila Athar Sha…+1. Later researchers followed his editorial methodology when preparing subsequent multi-volume compilations of previously unpublished Taymiyyan treatises, such as Jami al-Masail Qaima bi-Muallafat Shaykh…+1.