Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal : Volume One / Ibn al-Jawzi; Michael Cooperson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Ibn al-Jawzī, Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1116-1201, Author.

Contributor:

Cooperson, Michael, Editor.

Series:

Library of Arabic Literature ; 50

Standardized Title:

Manāqib al-Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. English

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Ibn Ḥanbal, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad, 780-855.

Ibn Ḥanbal, Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad.

Islamic law--Biography.

Islamic law.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (589 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : New York University Press, [2013]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 H/855 AD), renowned for his profound knowledge of hadith—the reports of the Prophet’s sayings and deeds—is a major figure in the history of Islam. Ibn Hanbal was famous for living according to his own strict interpretation of the Prophetic model and for denying himself even the most basic comforts in a city then one of the wealthiest in the word, and despite belonging to a prominent family. His piety and austerity made him a folk hero, especially after 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. tells the formidable life tale of one of the most influential Muslims in history.Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal is a translation of the biography of Ibn Hanbal penned by the Baghdad preacher, scholar, and storyteller Ibn al-Jawzi (d. 597 H/1201 AD). Volume One presents the first half of the text, offering insights into Ibn Hanbal’s childhood, education, and adult life, including his religious doctrines, his dealings with other scholars, and his personal habits. Set against the background of fierce debates over the role of reason and the basis of legitimate government, Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal tells the formidable life tale of one of the most influential Muslims in history.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Letter from the General Editor

Table of Contents

Introduction

Note on the Text

Notes to the Frontmatter

Chapter 1: Ibn Ḥanbal's Birth and Family Background

Chapter 2: His Lineage

Chapter 3: His Childhood

Chapter 4: The Beginning of His Search for Knowledge and the Journey He Undertook for That Purpose

Chapter 5: The Major Men of Learning Whom He Met and on Whose Authority He Recited Hadith

Chapter 6: His Deference to His Teachers and His Respect for Learning

Chapter 7: His Eagerness to Learn and His Single-Minded Pursuit of Knowledge

Chapter 8: His Powers of Retention and the Number of Reports He Knew by Heart

Chapter 9: His Learning, His Intelligence, and His Religious Understanding

Chapter 10: Praise of Him by His Teachers

Chapter 11: Teachers and Senior Men of Learning Who Cite Him

Chapter 12: All the Men of Learning Who Cite Him

Chapter 13: Praise of Him by His Peers, His Contemporaries, and Those Close to Him in Age

Chapter 14: Praise of Him by Prominent Successors Who Knew Him Well

Chapter 15: A Report That the Prophet Elijah Sent Him Greetings

Chapter 16: Reports That al-Khaḍir Spoke in His Praise

Chapter 17: Praise of Him by Pious Strangers and Allies of God

Chapter 18: Allies of God Who Visited Him to Seek His Blessing

Chapter 19: His Fame

Chapter 20: His Creed

Chapter 21: His Insistence on Maintaining the Practices of the Early Muslims

Chapter 22: His Reverence for Hadith Transmitters and Adherents of the Sunnah

Chapter 23: His Shunning and Reviling of Innovators and His Forbidding Others to Listen to Them

Chapter 24: His Seeking of Blessings and Cures Using the Qurʾan and Water from the Well of Zamzam, as Well as Some Hair and a Bowl That Belonged to the Prophet

Chapter 25: His Age When He Began Teaching Hadith and Giving Legal Opinions

Chapter 26: His Devotion to Learning and the Attitudes That Informed His Teaching

Chapter 27: His Works

Chapter 28: His Aversion to Writing Books Containing Opinions Reached through the Exercise of Independent Judgment at the Expense of Transmitted Knowledge

Chapter 29: His Forbidding Others to Write Down or Transmit His Words

Chapter 30: His Remarks on Sincerity, on Acting for the Sake of Appearances, and on Concealing One’s Pious Austerities

Chapter 31: His Statements about Renunciation and Spiritual Weakness

Chapter 32: His Remarks on Different Subjects

Chapter 33: Poems He Recited or Had Attributed to Him

Chapter 34: His Correspondence

Chapter 35: His Appearance and Bearing

Chapter 36: His Imposing Presence

Chapter 37: His Cleanliness and Ritual Purity

Chapter 38: His Kindness and His Consideration for Others

Chapter 39: His Forbearance and His Readiness to Forgive

Chapter 40: His Property and Means of Subsistence

Chapter 41: His Refusal to Accept Help Even in Distress

Chapter 42: His Generosity

Chapter 43: His Accepting Gifts and Giving Gifts in Return

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jun 2020)

ISBN:

0-8147-4539-3

OCLC:

879553733