Malamin da ake danganta wannan Madhhabi zuwa gare shi shi ne Ahmad ibn Hambal ash-Shaybaanee, wanda aka haifa a Baghdad a shekara ta 778 CE. Ya zama daya daga cikin manyan malamai masu haddar Hadeeth da kuma ruwaito shi a zamaninsa. Yayin da ya mai da hankali kan nazarin Hadeeth, Ahmad ya yi karatun Fiqh da ilimin Hadeeth a wurin Imaam Abu Yoosuf, almajirin Abu Haneefah mashahuri, haka kuma a wurin Imaam ash-Shaafi'ee da kansa. Imaam Ahmad ya sha wahala da tsanantawa daga halifofin zamaninsa saboda sun karbi falsafar Mu'tazilah. An daure shi tare da duka tsawon shekaru biyu bisa umarnin Halifa al-Ma'moon (mulkinsa 813-842 CE), saboda kin amincewarsa da ra'ayin falsafa cewa Alkur'ani halitta ne.

The scholar to whom this Madh-hab is attributed is Ahmad ibn Hambal ash-Shaybaanee, who was born in Baghdad in the year 778 CE. He became one of the greatest memorizers and narrators of Hadeeth of his time. Concentrating on the study of Hadeeth, Ahmad studied Fiqh and Hadeeth science under Imaam Abu Yoosuf, the famous student of Abu Haneefah, as well as under Imaam ashShaafi’ee himself. Imaam Ahmad went through a series of persecutions under the caliphs of his time due to their adoption of Mu’tazilite philosophy. He was jailed and beaten for two years by order of Caliph al-Ma’moon (rule 813-842 CE), because of his rejection of the philosophical concept that the Qur’aan was created.