and the Sunnah, as is set out in detail in its proper place).

2 – A further indication is what his student Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī reports in the biography he devoted to his teacher, Shaykh al-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah, namely that the Shaykh had written a work on fighting Christians and other belligerents. While cataloguing his teacher’s writings, he said (1): “And on fighting the monastery-dwelling Christians, the Christians of Malatya, the confederates, and the combatants—about one volume.” This statement from Ibn ʿAbd al-Hādī is clear evidence that Ibn Taymiyyah authored a treatise in this field.

3 – Shaykh al-Islam also touches on the subject of jizya in several of his books and then notes that he has discussed the matter at length elsewhere. He says (2): “They have differed over whether jizya may be taken from those other than the People of the Book, and this is set out in detail in its proper place.” In fact, Shaykh al-Islam did not elaborate