Ibn Taymiyya, undoubtedly scholar (despite erroneous and isolated positions on certain issues) here addresses the question of repentance in Islam in treating conditions of repentance, its definition and some specific examples, while citing Islamic texts (Qur'an and Sunnah) relevant to repentance. Then he criticizes the excesses and deviations that exist within some Shiite trends (not all Shiites), and he denounces the deviations of some pseudo-Sufis. We would have liked the translator / commentator brings the nuances necessary to distinguish Sufism (Islamic) pseudo-Sufism and the differences between the different trends and Shiite sects that are not all uniform and identical. He did not bother to nuance things (like on other issues unfortunately), when necessary, since Muslims "lambda" read things in their apparent meaning, and then make mistakes and confusions. The same kind of inaccuracy exists in "French Islamic ideology" (published in the same publishing house, but where the author is another person, but the inaccuracies are similar). Now this is Ibn Taymiyya himself yet provides useful information in his other works (of Islamic esotericism, the different trends / Shiite sects, etc.) but must still read (read about his other writings and then understand them). Otherwise it is obviously a good read on the subject!
