The Life Of Ibn Hanbal

The life of Ibn Hanbal and his journey in seeking knowledge, from his lineage and childhood to his mastery of Hadith and his steadfastness in creed.

109 chapters

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Chapters

1Foreword2 min read
2Acknowledgments1 min read
3Introduction7 min read
4The Life Of Ibn Hanbal1 min read
5Ibn Hanbal’s Birth And Family Background1 min read
6His Lineage1 min read
7His Childhood1 min read
8The Beginning Of His Search For Knowledge And The Journey He Undertook For That Purpose5 min read
9The Major Men Of Learning Whom He Met And On Whose Authority He Recited Hadith1 min read
10His Deference To His Teachers And His Respect For Learning1 min read
11His Eagerness To Learn And His Single-minded Pursuit Of Knowledge1 min read
12His Powers Of Retention And The Number Of Reports He Knew By Heart1 min read
13His Learning, His Intelligence, And His Religious Understanding3 min read
14Praise Of Him By His Teachers7 min read
15Teachers And Senior Men Of Learning Who Cite Him1 min read
16All The Men Of Learning Who Cite Him1 min read
17Praise Of Him By His Peers, His Contemporaries, And Those Close To Him In Age11 min read
18Praise Of Him By Prominent Successors Who Knew Him Well2 min read
19A Report That The Prophet Elijah Sent Him Greetings1 min read
20Reports That Al-khaḍir Spoke In His Praise1 min read
21Praise Of Him By Pious Strangers And Allies Of God1 min read
22Allies Of God Who Visited Him To Seek His Blessing2 min read
23His Fame2 min read
24His Creed5 min read
25His Insistence On Maintaining The Practices Of The Early Muslims2 min read
26His Reverence For Hadith Transmitters And Adherents Of The Sunnah1 min read
27His Shunning And Reviling Of Innovators And His Forbidding Others To Listen To Them2 min read
28His 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 Prophet1 min read
29His Age When He Began Teaching Hadith And Giving Legal Opinions1 min read
30His Devotion To Learning And The Attitudes That Informed His Teaching1 min read
31His Works1 min read
32His Aversion To Writing Books Containing Opinions Reached Through The Exercise Of Independent Judgment At The Expense Of Transmitted Knowledge1 min read
33His Forbidding Others To Write Down Or Transmit His Words1 min read
34His Remarks On Sincerity, On Acting For The Sake Of Appearances, And On Concealing One’s Pious Austerities1 min read
35His Statements About Renunciation And Spiritual Weakness2 min read
36His Remarks On Different Subjects1 min read
37Poems He Recited Or Had Attributed To Him1 min read
38His Correspondence1 min read
39His Appearance And Bearing1 min read
40His Imposing Presence1 min read
41His Cleanliness And Ritual Purity1 min read
42His Kindness And His Consideration For Others4 min read
43His Forbearance And His Readiness To Forgive1 min read
44His Property And Means Of Subsistence1 min read
45His Refusal To Accept Help Even In Distress7 min read
46His Generosity1 min read
47His Accepting Gifts And Giving Gifts In Return1 min read
48His Renunciation2 min read
49His House And Furniture1 min read
50His Diet1 min read
51His Indulgences1 min read
52His Clothing1 min read
53His Scrupulosity5 min read
54His Shunning Appointment To Positions Of Authority1 min read
55His Love Of Poverty And His Affection For The Poor1 min read
56His Humility2 min read
57His Accepting Invitations And His Withdrawal Upon Seeing Things He Disapproved Of1 min read
58His Preference For Solitude1 min read
59His Wish To Live In Obscurity And His Efforts To Remain Unnoticed1 min read
60His Fear Of God1 min read
61His Preoccupation And Absentmindedness1 min read
62His Devotions2 min read
63His Performances Of The Pilgrimage1 min read
64His Extemporaneous Prayers And Supplications2 min read
65His Manifestations Of Grace And The Effectiveness Of His Prayers2 min read
66The Number Of Wives He Had1 min read
67His Concubines1 min read
68The Number Of His Children1 min read
69The Lives Of His Children And Descendants2 min read
70How And Why The Inquisition Began1 min read
71His Experience With Al-maʾmūn2 min read
72What Happened After The Death Of Al-maʾmūn2 min read
73His Experience With Al-muʿtaṣim12 min read
74His Reception By The Elders After His Release, And Their Prayers For Him3 min read
75His Teaching Of Hadith After The Death Of Al mu ʿtasim1 min read
76His Experience With Al-wathiq5 min read
77His Experience With Al-mutawakkil15 min read
78His Refusing Ibn Tahir’s Request To Visit Him1 min read
79What Happened When His Two Sons And His Uncle Accepted Gifts From The Authorities3 min read
80Some Major Figures Who Capitulated To The Inquisition1 min read
81His Comments On Those Who Capitulated3 min read
82Those Who Defied The Inquisition4 min read
83His Final Illness5 min read
84His Date Of Death And His Age When He Died1 min read
85How His Body Was Washed And Shrouded1 min read
86On Who Sought To Pray Over Him1 min read
87The Number Of People Who Prayed Over Him1 min read
88The Praising Of The Sunnah And The Decrying Of Innovation That Took Place During His Funeral Procession1 min read
89The Crowds That Gathered Around His Grave1 min read
90His Estate1 min read
91Reactions To His Death1 min read
92Reaction To His Death On The Part Of The Jinns1 min read
93On The Condolences Offered To His Family1 min read
94A Selection Of The Verses Spoken In Praise Of Him In Life And In Commemoration Of Him In Death1 min read
95His Dreams1 min read
96Dreams In Which He Appeared To Others7 min read
97Dreams In Which He Was Mentioned10 min read
98The Benefit Of Visiting His Grave1 min read
99The Benefit Of Being Buried Near Him1 min read
100The Punishments That Befall Anyone Who Attacks Him5 min read
101What To Think About Anyone Who Speaks Ill Of Him1 min read
102Why We Chose His Legal School Over The Others4 min read
103On The Excellence Of His Associates And Successors1 min read
104His Most Prominent Associates And Their Successors From His Time To Our Own7 min read
105[colophons]1 min read
106Notes41 min read
107Glossary Of Names And Terms7 min read
108Bibliography6 min read
109Further Reading1 min read