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The life of Ibn Ḥanbal / by Ibn al-Jawzī ; translated by Michael Cooperson ; foreword by Garth Fowden.

LIBRA KBP310.I2653 I26513 2016
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Book
Author/Creator:
Ibn al-Jawzī, Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1116-1201, author.
Contributor:
Cooperson, Michael, 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:
xxx, 441 pages ; 21 cm.
Place of Publication:
New York : New York University Press, [2016]
Summary:
Ibn Hanbal (d. 241 H/855 AD) is a major figure in the history of Islam, renowned for his profound knowledge of hadiths-the reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds-as well as his piety and austerity. He was famous for denying himself even the most basic comforts, despite belonging to a prominent family and living in Baghdad-then one of the wealthiest cities in the world. He was renowned as well for his principled resistance to the attempts of two Abbasid caliphs to force him to accept rationalist doctrine. His subsequent imprisonment and flogging became one of the most dramatic episodes of medieval Islamic history. Ibn Hanbal's resistance influenced the course of Islamic law, the rise of Sunnism, and the legislative authority of the caliphate. Set against the background of fierce debates over the role of reason and the basis of legitimate government, The Life of Ibn Hanbal tells the formidable life tale of one of the most influential Muslims in history. Book jacket.
Contents:
The Life of IBN Hanbal 1
Chapter 1 Ibn Hanbal's Birth and Family Background 9
Chapter 2 His Lineage 10
Chapter 3 His Childhood 11
Chapter 4 The Beginning of His Search for Knowledge and the Journey He Undertook for That Purpose 13
Chapter 5 The Major Men of Learning Whom He Met and on Whose Authority He Recited Hadith 20
Chapter 6 His Deference to His Teachers and His Respect for Learning 21
Chapter 7 His Eagerness to Learn and His Single-Minded Pursuit of Knowledge 23
Chapter 8 His Powers of Retention and the Number of Reports He Knew by Heart 23
Chapter 9 His Learning, His Intelligence, and His Religious Understanding 26
Chapter 10 Praise of Him by His Teachers 30
Chapter 11 Teachers and Senior Men of Learning Who Cite Him 42
Chapter 12 All the Men of Learning Who Cite Him 42
Chapter 13 Praise of Him by His Peers, His Contemporaries, and Those Close to Him in Age 43
Chapter 14 Praise of Him by Prominent Successors Who Knew Him Well 62
Chapter 15 A Report That the Prophet Elijah Sent Him Greetings 65
Chapter 16 Reports That al-Khadir Spoke in His Praise 65
Chapter 17 Praise of Him by Pious Strangers and Allies of God 66
Chapter 18 Allies of God Who Visited Him to Seek His Blessing 67
Chapter 19 His Fame 70
Chapter 20 His Creed 74
Chapter 21 His Insistence on Maintaining the Practices of the Early Muslims 82
Chapter 22 His Reverence for Hadith Transmitters and Adherents of the Sunnah 84
Chapter 23 His Shunning and Reviling of Innovators and His Forbidding Others to Listen to Them 85
Chapter 24 His Seeking of Blessings and Cures Using the Qur'an and Water from the Well of Zamzam, as Well as Some Hair and a Bowl That Belonged to the Prophet 89
Chapter 25 His Age When He Began Teaching Hadith and Giving Legal Opinions 89
Chapter 26 His Devotion to Learning and the Attitudes That Informed His Teaching 91
Chapter 27 His Works 92
Chapter 28 His Aversion to Writing Books Containing Opinions Reached through the Exercise of Independent Judgment at the Expense of Transmitted Knowledge 93
Chapter 29 His Forbidding Others to Write Down or Transmit His Words 94
Chapter 30 His Remarks on Sincerity, on Acting for the Sake of Appearances, and on Concealing One's Pious Austerities 95
Chapter 31 His Statements about Renunciation and Spiritual Weakness 96
Chapter 32 His Remarks on Different Subjects 99
Chapter 33 Poems He Recited or Had Attributed to Him 101
Chapter 34 His Correspondence 102
Chapter 35 His Appearance and Bearing 103
Chapter 36 His Imposing Presence 106
Chapter 37 His Cleanliness and Ritual Purity 106
Chapter 38 His Kindness and His Consideration for Others 107
Chapter 39 His Forbearance and His Readiness to Forgive 113
Chapter 40 His Property and Means of Subsistence 115
Chapter 41 His Refusal to Accept Help Even in Distress 117
Chapter 42 His Generosity 128
Chapter 43 His Accepting Gifts and Giving Gifts in Return 130
Chapter 44 His Renunciation 131
Chapter 45 His House and Furniture 134
Chapter 46 His Diet 135
Chapter 47 His Indulgences 137
Chapter 48 His Clothing 137
Chapter 49 His Scrupulosity 140
Chapter 50 His Shunning Appointment to Positions of Authority 148
Chapter 51 His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor 149
Chapter 52 His Humility 150
Chapter 53 His Accepting invitations and His Withdrawal upon Seeing Things He Disapproved Of 153
Chapter 54 His Preference for Solitude 154
Chapter 55 His Wish to Live in Obscurity and His Efforts to Remain Unnoticed 155
Chapter 56 His Fear of God 156
Chapter 57 His Preoccupation and Absentmindedness 157
Chapter 58 His Devotions 158
Chapter 59 His Performances of the Pilgrimage 160
Chapter 60 His Extemporaneous Prayers and Supplications 162
Chapter 61 His Manifestations of Grace and the Effectiveness of His Prayers 164
Chapter 62 The Number of Wives He Had 166
Chapter 63 His Concubines 168
Chapter 64 The Number of His Children 170
Chapter 65 The Lives of His Children and Descendants 170
Chapter 66 How and Why the Inquisition Began 174
Chapter 67 His Experience with al-Ma'mun 175
Chapter 68 What Happened after the Death of al-Ma'mun 179
Chapter 69 His Experience with al-Mu'tasim 181
Chapter 70 His Reception by the Elders after His Release, and Their Prayers for Him 199
Chapter 71 His Teaching of Hadith after the Death of al-Mu'tasim 204
Chapter 72 His Experience with al-Wathiq 205
Chapter 73 His Experience with al-Mutawakkil 212
Chapter 74 His Refusing Ibn Tahir's Request to Visit Him 234
Chapter 75 What Happened When His Two Sons and His Uncle Accepted Gifts from the Authorities 236
Chapter 76 Some Major Figures Who Capitulated to the Inquisition 241
Chapter 77 His Comments on Those Who Capitulated 242
Chapter 78 Those Who Defied the Inquisition 246
Chapter 79 His Final Illness 252
Chapter 80 His Date of Death and His Age When He Died 259
Chapter 81 How His Body Was Washed and Shrouded 260
Chapter 82 On Who Sought to Pray over Him 261
Chapter 83 The Number of People Who Prayed over Him 262
Chapter 84 The Praising of the Sunnah and the Decrying of Innovation That Took Place during His Funeral Procession 263
Chapter 85 The Crowds That Gathered around His Grave 264
Chapter 86 His Estate 264
Chapter 87 Reactions to His Death 264
Chapter 88 Reaction to His Death on the Part of the Jinns 265
Chapter 89 On the Condolences Offered to His Family 266
Chapter 90 A Selection of the Verses Spoken in Praise of Him in Life and in Commemoration of Him in Death 268
Chapter 91 His Dreams 269
Chapter 92 Dreams in Which He Appeared to Others 270
Chapter 93 Dreams in Which He Was Mentioned 280
Chapter 94 The Benefit of Visiting His Grave 295
Chapter 95 The Benefit of Being Buried Near Him 297
Chapter 96 The Punishments That Befall Anyone Who Attacks Him 299
Chapter 97 What to Think about Anyone Who Speaks Ill of Him 306
Chapter 98 Why We Chose His Legal School over the Others 307
Chapter 99 On the Excellence of His Associates and Successors 313
Chapter 100 His Most Prominent Associates and Their Successors from His Time to Our Own 315.
Notes:
Translated from the Arabic.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 402-414) and index.
Other Format:
Online version: Ibn al-Jawzī, Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1116-1201 author. Life of Ibn Hanbal
ISBN:
9781479805303
1479805300
OCLC:
952470572

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