Better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos. - Ibn Taymiyyah

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Better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos.

Ibn Taymiyyah

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Taqī ad-Dīn Ahmad ibn Taymiyyah (Arabic: تقي الدين أحمد ابن تيمية, January 22, 1263 - September 26, 1328), known as Ibn Taymiyyah for short, was a medieval Sunni Muslim theologian, jurisconsult, logician, and the Mujaddid (reformer) of the 7th century of the Islamic calendar. He is known for his diplomatic involvement with Mongol Ghazan Khan and for his victorious achievement at the Battle of Marj al-Saffar (1303) which ended the Mongol invasions of the Levant.

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Better a century of tyranny than one day of chaos. - Ibn Taymiyyah

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