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Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Founder of the Hanbali school

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ScholarFounder of the Hanbali school

Ahmad ibn Hanbalأحمد بن حنبل

Approximate dateBaghdad

The imam of Baghdad who would not bend during the Mihna, the inquisition over the Quran.

He travelled across the empire collecting hadith and gathered nearly 30,000 in his Musnad. When al-Mamun and his successors demanded that scholars declare the Quran created, he refused, and was flogged and jailed under al-Mu'tasim. Huge crowds attended his funeral in Baghdad.

What grew out of it?

The Hanbali school and the Musnad, one of the largest hadith collections, grew from his work.

The lesson

He held to the truth when the state itself demanded otherwise.

Where do they appear in the story?

Who else is linked?

BaghdadAl-Shafi'iAl-BukhariAbu DawudAl-MamunAl-MutasimAbbasid CaliphateAl-MutawakkilAbu al-Hasan al-Ash'ari

Who lived at the same time?

Idris IIAl-MamunAl-AminAl-Hakam IZiyadat Allah INikephoros IIbrahim ibn al-AghlabAbd al-Rahman II

Source: history · Wikipedia

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