Examination and Criticism of Reason and Narration Contradiction from the Viewpoint of Ibn Timiyyah

The question of possibility, quality and resolution of the reason and narration contradiction is an old one in the scholarly circles and everyone has set forth it as he sees. One of those who widely discussed this topic is Ibn Timiyyah who, denying the possibility of contradiction between explicit reason and authentic narration, tried to offer an inclusive resolution for the cases regarded as contradictory. Although seemingly correct in theory, the resolution he offered leads in application to denial of some parts of clear rational propositions and putting aside some parts of authentic narrations.