Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Imam Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hanbal Abu Abdullah Al-Shaibani (780–855 AD/164-241 AH) (Arabic: بنحمد بن محمد بن حنبل أبو عبد الله الشياڻي), was a famous Islamic figure, scholar of Islamic law and hadith. One of the four traditional schools of Islam, the Hanbali school, is based on its interpretation. Imam Ahmad Shaikhul Islam is known in the Muslim world. Musnad, a collection of hadiths compiled by Imam Ahmad, is considered his great work.
Abū ʿAbdillāh Aḥmad Ibn Muḥammad Ibn Ḥanbal أَبُو عَبْد ٱلله أَحْمَد ابْن مُحَمَّد ابْن حَنۢبَل | |
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 Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal's name in Arabic calligraphy | |
| Title | Sheikh ul-Islam, Imam |
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| Born | November 780 CE Rabi-ul-Awwal 164 AH[1] Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate[2] |
| Died | 2 August 855 CE 12 Rabi-ul-Awwal 241 AH (aged 74-75)[1] Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate[3] |
| Religion | Islam |
| Ethnicity | Arab |
| Era | Islamic Golden Age |
| Region | Iraq |
| Jurisprudence | Hanbali |
| Creed | Sunni |
| Main interest(s) | Fiqh, Hadith, Aqeedah[3] |
| Notable idea(s) | Hanbali madhhab |
| Notable work(s) | Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal Radd ʿala’l-Ḏj̲ahmiyya wa’l-Zanādiḳa[disputed] |
| Occupation | Scholar of Islam, muhaddith |
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Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Media
A manuscript of Ibn Hanbal's legal writings, produced October 879
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