The prison is dearer to me that what I am asked to affirm.
—Ibn Taymiyyah [d. 728H/1328CE] when he was offered release from prison in exchange for renouncing his creed
Ibn Kathir, Vol. XIV, p. 42
(Read on pg 42, Sayyed Abul Hasan ‘Ali Nadwi, Shaikh-ul-Islam Ibn Taymiyyah Life and Achievements. UK Islamic Academy. Leicester:2005.)