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Is what Al-Subki said about Ibn Taymiyyah regarding his departure from the Muslim community, his assertion of corporealism and composition concerning the Divine Essence, the occurrence of created phenomena in Allah's Essence, and the eternity of the world, correct, and what is the biography and creed of Al-Subki?

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What was mentioned concerning Sheikh Al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah is incorrect, as previously explained in Fatwa no. 61538.

The author of these words is Ali ibn Abd al-Kafi al-Subki, whom his son Taj al-Din described as the Sheikh, the Imam, the Jurist, the Hadith Scholar, the Hafiz, the Exegete, the Reciter, the Jurist-Theologian, the Grammarian, the Linguist, the Man of Letters, the Wise, and the Logician. Al-Subki was born in Safar 683 AH, and he studied jurisprudence under his father. Rashid ibn Abi al-Qasim and Ismail ibn al-Tabbal granted him ijaza from Baghdad. The Huffaz Abu al-Hajjaj al-Mizzi, Abu Abdullah al-Dhahabi, and Abu Muhammad al-Barzali heard from him. Al-Dhahabi mentioned him in Al-Mu'jam al-Mukhtas as: "The Judge, the Imam, the Allamah, the Jurist, the Hadith Scholar, the Hafiz, the Pride of Scholars, Taqi al-Din Abu al-Hasan al-Subki, then al-Masri al-Shafi'i." Al-Subki was Ash'ari in his creed.

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