Shaykh al-Islām—may Allah have mercy on him—frequently corresponded with emirs, kings, and those entrusted with authority, sometimes at their request and at other times on his own initiative, thereby fulfilling the duty of clarification and sincere counsel.
One example was when “one of those entrusted with authority—may Allah Most High grant him success in lofty affairs ...—asked him to explain how a governor should adjudicate in accordance with the principles upon which the purified Sacred Law is founded, after an accusation arose in connection with a theft, and to write something on the subject...” (1).
Another was “a letter written by Shaykh al-Islām Ibn Taymiyya to Emir Shams al-Dīn Sunqurchāh (2) al-Mansūrī (3), when he assumed the governorship of the protected city of Safed in Shawwāl 704 AH” (4).
The Shaykh also wrote a letter to Bahrain and the Arab kings, a letter to the king of Egypt, a letter to the king of Hama, and a letter to the ruler of Cyprus concerning matters affecting the welfare of the Muslims (5).