Shaykhul-Islaam Ibn Taymiyyah had many students and those who were affected by him are many, some of his students were:
- Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, Muhammad Ibn Abu Bakr
- adh-Dhahabi, Muhammad Ibn Ahmad
- al-Mizzi, Yusuf Ibn Abdur-Rahman
- Ibn Kathir, Isma’eel Ibn Umar
- Ibn Abdul-Hadi, Muhammad Ibn Ahmad
- Al-Bazzar, Umar Ibn Ali
- Ibn Qadi al-Jabal, Ahmad Ibn Husain
- Ibn Fadlillah al-Amri, Ahmad Ibn Yahya
- Muhammad Ibn al-Manj, Ibn Uthman at-Tanukhi
- Yusuf Ibn Abdu-l-Mahmud Ibn Abdus-Salam al-Batti
- Ibn al-Wardi, Zayn ad-Din Umar
- Umar al-harrani, Zayn-ad-Din Abu Hafs
- Ibn Muflih, Shams ad-Din Abu Abdullah
Ibn Hajr al-Asqalani said:
If there were no virtues of Shaykh Taqi ad-Deen except for his famous student Shaykh Shams ad-Deen ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, writer of many works, from which both his opponents and supporters benefited from then this would be a sufficient indication of his (ibn Taymiyyah’s) great position.