In addition, he composed numerous other foundational discussions and responsa on the subject—so many that they cannot be counted or catalogued.
He also penned a reply to an objection that had reached him from Egypt, a lengthy rejoinder that fills three volumes in the half-folio “Baladi” format.
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[The issue of swearing an oath that invokes divorce, and the episodes that ensued for the Shaykh]
On Thursday, the fifteenth of Rabiʿ al-Akhir in the year 718 AH, Judge Shams al-Dīn Ibn Muslim al-Hanbali (1), may Allah have mercy on him, met with the Shaykh and advised him to cease issuing fatwas on the question of oath-by-divorce. The Shaykh welcomed his advice, recognized his sincerity, and agreed to comply.
A group of leading dignitaries (2) had gathered with the judge and prevailed upon him to make that request.
Then, on Saturday, the first of Jumada al-Ula of the same year, a courier arrived in Damascus (3) carrying the Sultan’s decree forbidding any legal verdicts concerning the oath-by-divorce position held—and previously issued as fatwas—by Shaykh Taqī al-Dīn Ibn Taymiyya ⦗117⦘.