Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi
Template:Short description Template:Infobox religious biography Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi (full Arabic name: Template:Transliteration, Script error: No such module "Lang".), Template:Circa, was a Syrian scholar and theologian of Islam.[1]
He was born near Damascus and remained in his hometown until his death.[1] He worked on several subjects and served as an Imam at al-Rabwa.[1] Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi was given the titles Shaykh al-Rabwa and Shams al-Din.[1] He likely had a son named Abd Allah, hence his Template:Transliteration Abu Abd Allah.[1]
Al-Dimashqi wrote an extended defence of Islam in response to the Letter from the People of Cyprus, itself a reworking of an earlier Letter to a Muslim Friend by the Christian bishop Paul of Antioch.[1]