unsurpassed command of every one of these disciplines.” So did his pupil, Zayn al-Din Ibn Rajab, portray him in Dhayl ʿalā Ṭabaqāt al-Ḥanābilah (5/171-172).

As for a treatment of Imam Ibn al-Qayyim’s literary style and its distinctive features, a number of researchers—may Allah reward them well—have already addressed the subject. (1)