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Learning History is for Avoiding the Wicked Predecessors and Emulating the Righteous Predecessors — Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn Taymiyyah on the Purpose of Studying History: Avoiding (Ijtināb) the Wicked Predecessors (al-Salaf al-Ṭāliḥ) and Emulating (Iqtidāʾ) the Righteous Predecessors (al-Salaf al-Ṣāliḥ)