Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi

Template:Short description Template:Infobox religious biography Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi (full Arabic name: Template:Transliteration, {{#invoke:Lang|lang}}), Template:Circa, was a Syrian scholar and theologian of Islam.<ref name=":0">Template:Citation</ref>

He was born near Damascus and remained in his hometown until his death.<ref name=":0" /> He worked on several subjects and served as an Imam at al-Rabwa.<ref name=":0" /> Ibn Abi Talib al-Dimashqi was given the titles Shaykh al-Rabwa and Shams al-Din.<ref name=":0" /> He likely had a son named Abd Allah, hence his Template:Transliteration Abu Abd Allah.<ref name=":0" />

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.<ref name=":0" />