Mistakes of Ibn Taymiyyah as per Ibn Hajr asqalani and Ibn Kathir.

Mistakes of Shaykh al Islam Ibn Taymiyyah as per Ibn Hajr asqalani and Ibn Kathir.

Ibn Hajr al Asqalani said regarding Ibn Taymiyah:

وَمَعَ ذَلِك فَهُوَ بشر يُخطئ ويصيب فَالَّذِي اصاب فِيهِ وَهُوَ الْأَكْثَر يُسْتَفَاد مِنْهُ

Along with that he was a human being who made mistakes and got things right. AND MOST OF TIMES HE IS CORRECT AND CAN BE benefited from. [Taqreez Ibn Hajar on Radd al Wafir]

Ibn Kathir said:

وبالجملة كان رحمه الله من كبار العلماء وممن يخطئ ويصيب ولكن خطأه بالنسبة إلى صوابه كنقطة في بحر لجي، وخطأه أيضاً مغفور له كما في (صحيح البخاري):

((إذا اجتهد الحاكم فأصاب فله أجراً وإذا اجتهد فأخطأ فله أجر)) فهو مأجور.

وقال الإمام مالك بن أنس: كل أحد يؤخذ من قوله ويترك إلا صاحب هذا القبر.

As a whole he Rahimah ullah was among the great scholars and among those who makes mistake and are right also. But his mistakes against him on being right is like a drop of water in a vast deep sea, and his mistake is also forgiven as it is mentioned in Saheeh al Bukhari “”When a judge gives judgement and strives to know a ruling (ijtahada) and is correct, he has two rewards. If he gives judgement and strives to know a ruling, but is wrong, he has one reward” So he (Ibn Taymiyyah) will be rewarded. and Maalik bin Anas said: ‘Take and leave the words of all men, except the one in this grave,’ pointing towards the grave of Allah’s Messenger (sallalalhu alaihi wa-sallam). [al Bidaya wal Nihaya 14/162]