Why was Ibn Taymiyyah called "Shaykh of Wudu' (Ablution)"?
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It has not been reported that Ibn Taymiyyah was titled "Shaykh of Wudu' (Ablution)"; rather, some of the Shafi'i shaykhs were given this title, such as Muhammad ibn Ibrahim al-Shafi'i, due to their emphasis on teaching the general public how to perform wudu'.
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