An Intellectual Biography of Imam Ibn Qayyim Al-Jawziyyah

Abstract

Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah is not just a scholar who produced scholarly works in various Islamic disciplines, but he is an important figure in the formation and development of the Islamic scholarly tradition. However, research into the background of his life and education often focuses more on the contribution of his works alone without describing it comprehensively from the perspective of his intellectual formation. This article aims to identify the background of Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah's life and education and examine his contributions through his works and his influence on Islamic scholarship by using the method of document analysis that involves research on theses, scholarly books and authoritative journal articles. The study findings show that the scholarly and educational environment he went through and the production of Imam Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah's works have shaped his thinking and significant intellectual contributions and have had a continuing influence on the development of Islamic scholarship.