Talk:Jamal al-Din al-Mizzi

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The article states: Al-Mizzi was born in Aleppo and grew up and settled in Damascus. He died at Dar al-Hadith al-Ashrafiyyah in Damascus in the year 1342 C.E. He was buried in the Sufiyyah graveyard.

But in the section at the right, it states:

Born 654 AH [1] Mizza (now is part of Damascus) Died 742 AH [1]

Thats incorrect, isnt it? — Preceding unsigned comment added by Axatoramus (talk • contribs) 07:17, 27 April 2013 (UTC)[reply]

What does "youthful flirtation with sufism" mean? and who were those Sufi contacts. The article implies ibn Taymiyyah rejected anyone who could be called a sufi, which is a bit redutionist. — Preceding unsigned comment added by Waxed-cotton (talk • contribs) 14:16, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]

As far as I recall (don't have a source on hand), he went to jail for reading Bukhari's Khalq Af'al al-'Ibad in public. This is a narration-based creedal work not a legal one, so saying "contrary to his own Shafi'i legalist inclination" is ambiguous. If what is meant is that many Shafi'i authorities in the area at the time were staunchly in support of the Ash'ari creed and he publicly went against that, then this should be made clear. If the intention is that him opposing his "legal school" is what landed him in jail, then whatever landed him in jail needs to be specified, because I for one, then, don't know what landed him in jail. Waxed-cotton (talk) 14:22, 15 May 2020 (UTC)[reply]