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
Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal's name in Arabic calligraphy
TitleSheikh ul-Islam, Imam
Personal
BornNovember 780 CE
Rabi-ul-Awwal 164 AH[1]
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate[2]
Died2 August 855 CE
12 Rabi-ul-Awwal 241 AH (aged 74-75)[1]
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate[3]
ReligionIslam
EthnicityArab
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionIraq
JurisprudenceHanbali
CreedSunni
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]
OccupationScholar of Islam, muhaddith
Senior posting
Influenced by
  • Al-Shafi‘i,[3] Sufyan ibn `Uyaynah, ‘Abd ar-Razzaq as-San‘ani
Influenced
  • Particularly jurists and mystics of the Hanbali school like Abu Dawood, ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal, Harb ibn Ismail al-Kirmani,Al-Qadi Abu Ya'la, Ibn Aqil, Abdul-Qadir Al-Gilani, Ibn al-Jawzi, Ibn Qudamah, Ibn Hamdan, Ibn Taymiyyah, Abdullah Al-Ansari, Ibn Al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah, Ibn Rajab, Ibn Muflih, Mar'i al-Karmi and Sulayman ibn 'Abd al-Wahhab, Muhammad ibn Abd al-Wahhab

References
  1. "مناهج أئمة الجرح والتعديل". Ibnamin.com. Retrieved 2010-03-21.
  2. The History of Persia by John Malcolm – Page 245
  3. A Literary History of Persia from the Earliest Times Until Firdawsh by Edward Granville Browne – Page 295

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