Ibn Qayyim rahimahullah cites in his book I’laam al-Muwaqi’een that Shaykhul Islam Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah would say the following words when a matter would be unclear to him:

يَا مُعَلِّمَ إبْرَاهِيمَ عَلِّمْنِي

“Oh Teacher of The Prophet Ibrahim teach me”

Another student of Shaykhul Islam said that Ibn Taymiyyah would say it in his sujood.

Ibn Taymiyyah rahimahullah, said:

وكنت أذهب إلى المساجد المهجورة ونحوها وأمَرِّغ وجهي في التراب ، وأسأل الله تعالى وأقول : يا مُعَلِّم إبراهيم فَهِّمْنِي .

“… I used to go to the mosques which were abandoned [i.e.vacated] and the likes of those places and I would rub my face in the sand [in prostration] and I would ask Allah, The Most High by saying, ‘Oh Teacher of Ibrahim grant me understanding.’ ”

[al-Uqood ad-Duriyyah (42/1)]

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