Critical Thinking of Ibn Tayyemiah

(Lubna Hussain Al Rashdan)

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Abstract

The current study addressed an important aspect of Imam Ibn Tayyemiah's personality, which reflects the objectivity, and accuracy of his scientific mythology. Such methodology was applied in all of his critical judgments concerning the issues and figures of his disturbed and contradicted era. The study discussed the context of critical thinking in Islamic education followed by Ibn Tayyemiah's approach. Such approach for making judgments was based on clear standards and basics of practicing critical thinking to reach reforming process. Knowledge and justice were the basis of criticizing others and judging them. The work focused on the main characteristics of Ibn Tayyemiah's critical personality including; devotion, acknowledging the elements of calling for good, prohibiting bad, considering priorities, and carful judgment. These characteristics were evident in discriminating between facts and opinions, considering proves and evidences, achieving truth correctly, clearly defining problems, objectivity and abandoning subjectivity, separating between judging ideas and judging persons, openness to other's ideas and accepting what is appropriate, paying attention to resources, and working on coherence between people. The study concluded with eliciting some of the critical Muslim scholar characteristics through the study of Ibn Tayyemiah's personality and his approach in critical thinking. These characteristics fall within moral spiritual, scientific, and psychological dimensions. The work recommends that critical approaches should be developed within Muslims in addition to activating this approach in the educational curricula according to Islamic bases. Key Words: Characteristics of Muslim Scholars, Critical Judgment.
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