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Virtues of the Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal / Ibn al-Jawzi ; edited and translated by Michael Cooperson.

LIBRA KBP310.I2653 I26513 2013 v.1-v.2
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Format:
Book
Author/Creator:
Ibn al-Jawzī, Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1116-1201.
Contributor:
Cooperson, Michael, editor, translator.
Series:
Library of Arabic literature
Standardized Title:
Manāqib al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. English
Language:
Arabic
English
Subjects (All):
Ibn Ḥanbal, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 780-855.
Ibn Ḥanbal, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad.
Islamic law--Biography.
Islamic law.
Genre:
Biographies.
Physical Description:
volumes ; 24 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : New York University Press, 2013-
Contents:
Chapter 50 His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor 2
Chapter 51 His Humility 4
Chapter 53 His Accepting Invitations and His Withdrawal upon Seeing Things He Disapproved Of 12
Chapter 54 His Preference for Solitude 14
Chapter 55 His Wish to Live in Obscurity and His Efforts to Remain Unnoticed 20
Chapter 56 His Fear of God 22
Chapter 57 His Preoccupation and Absentmindedness 26
Chapter 58 His Devotions 28
Chapter 59 His Performances of the Pilgrimage 36
Chapter 60 His Extemporaneous Prayers and Supplications 40
Chapter 61 His Manifestations of Grace and the Effectiveness of His Prayers 46
Chapter 62 The Number of Wives He Had 52
Chapter 63 His Concubines 58
Chapter 64 The Number of His Children 62
Chapter 65 The Lives of His Children and Descendants 64
Chapter 66 How and Why the Inquisition Began 72
Chapter 67 His Experience with al-Ma'mun 76
Chapter 68 What Happened after the Death of al-Ma'mun 86
Chapter 69 His Experience with al-Mu'tasim 92
Chapter 70 His Reception by the Elders after His Release, and Their Prayers for Him 136
Chapter 71 His Teaching of Hadith after the Death of al-Mu'tasim 148
Chapter 71 His Experience with al-Wathiq 150
Chapter 73 His Experience with al-Mutawakkil 166
Chapter 74 His Refusing Ibn Tahir s Request to Visit Him 214
Chapter 75 What Happened When His Two Sons and His Uncle Accepted Gifts from the Authorities 218
Chapter 76 Some Major Figures Who Capitulated to the Inquisition 228
Chapter 77 His Comments on Those Who Capitulated 232
Chapter 78 Those Who Defied the Inquisition 244
Chapter 79 His Final Illness 260
Chapter 80 His Date of Death and His Age When He Died 274
Chapter 81 How His Body Was Washed and Shrouded 280
Chapter 82 On Who Sought to Pray over Him 282
Chapter 83 The Number of People Who Prayed over Him 284
Chapter 84 The Praising of the Sunnah and the Decrying of Innovation That Took Place during His Funeral Procession 290
Chapter 85 The Crowds That Gathered around His Grave 292
Chapter 86 His Estate 294
Chapter 87 Reactions to His Death 294
Chapter 88 Reaction to His Death on the Part of the Jinns 296
Chapter 89 On the Condolences Offered to His Family 300
Chapter 90 A Selection of the Verses Spoken in Praise of Him in Life and in Commemoration of Him in Death 304
Chapter 91 His Dreams 326
Chapter 92 Dreams in Which He Appeared to Others 328
Chapter 93 Dreams in Which He Was Mentioned 370
Chapter 94 The Benefit of Visiting His Grave 422
Chapter 95 The Benefit of Being Buried Near Him 426
Chapter 96 The Punishments That Befall Anyone Who Attacks Him 432
Chapter 97 What to Think about Anyone Who Speaks Ill of Him 448
Chapter 98 Why We Chose His Legal School over the Others 454
Chapter 99 On the Excellence of His Associates and Successors 468
Chapter 100 His Most Prominent Associates and Their Successors from His Time to Our Own 474.
Notes:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9780814771662
0814771661
9780814738948
081473894X
0814737870
9780814737873
OCLC:
824723867

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