Ibn Taymiyyah is often seen through a simplistic anti-rationalist prism, that is, as someone with strict and literal inclinations towards hadith which he over emphasized and preferred to acceptance of broader legal theories and principles. The present text would suffice to undermine the view. Raf al Malaam an AlAimmat al A'lam is a short text in which the reader observes Ibn Taymiyyah as a jurist Par excellence. In this treatise, which has a balanced tone and is couched in erudite language, he proceeds to argue as to why a mujtahid might depart from directly acting upon a hadith text and follow instead his methodological principles (Usul). This forms the basis of his delineating the reasons underlying the disagreements found among Muslim jurists in general and their holding diferring legal opinions and proffering divergent arguments in support of those opinions. This work has been selected by scholars as culturally important. This book has remained out of print and circulation for a long time, therefore, it has been reproduced from the original artifact and it remains as true to the original work as possible. You will see the original copyright references, library stamps and other notations in the work. As a reproduction of an artifact, this work may contain missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant, marks etc. Scholars believe and we concur that this work is important enough to preserved, reproduced and made generally available to the public. We appreciate the support of the preservation process, and thank for you for being an important part of keeping this knowledge alive and relevant.