Al-Taqrib li 'Ulum ibn al-Qayyim - Bakr ibn 'Abdullah Zayd

Sham Al-din Muhammad Ibn Abi Bakr, Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyya, commonly known as Ibn Qayyim al-Jawziyyah was born in a small farming village near Damascus, Syria in 691 A.H./1292 C.E, and he studied under his father who was the local attendant (qayyim) of al-Jawziyya school. Later on, he pursued his quest for knowledge at the hands of renowned masters and scholars of his epoch, as well as he studied the works and teachings of sufi masters known in his time. His schooling centered around Islamic jurisprudence, theology, and the science of prophetic traditions.