Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Ahmad ibn Hanbal was a prominent 9th-century Muslim theologian, jurist, and hadith scholar whose teachings formed the basis of the Hanbali school of Sunni Islamic law.

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instanceOf Islamic religious leader
Muslim jurist
Muslim theologian
Sunni scholar
Sunni school of jurisprudence
founder of a school of Islamic law
hadith collection
hadith scholar
associatedWith Baghdad
burialPlace Baghdad
creed Sunni traditionalist theology
dateOfBirth 780
dateOfDeath 855
denomination Sunni Islam
era Abbasid era
linked to: Abbasid Caliphate

Islamic Golden Age
familyName ibn Hanbal
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal
founded Hanbali school of Islamic law
linked to: Hanbali school
fullName Abu Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal al-Shaybani
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal
givenName Ahmad
linked to: Ahmed
influenced Ibn Kathir
Ibn Qudamah
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali
Ibn Taymiyyah
Ibn al-Jawzi
influencedBy Abu Yusuf
Al-Shafi‘i
linked to: Al-Shafi'i

Sufyan al-Thawri
jurisprudence Hanbali
linked to: Hanbali school
knownFor defense of traditionalist creed during the Mihna
refusal to accept the createdness of the Qur’an
kunya Abu Abd Allah
language Arabic
mainInterest fiqh
hadith
theology
notableWork Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
opposedDoctrine createdness of the Qur’an
placeOfBirth Abbasid Caliphate
Baghdad
placeOfDeath Abbasid Caliphate
Baghdad
religion Islam
schoolOfThought Hanbali
linked to: Hanbali school
subjectOf Mihna (inquisition)
tradition Ahl al-Hadith
linked to: Hanbali school
tribe Banu Shayban
veneratedIn Sunni Islam

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Hanbali school namedAfter Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Hanbali school founder Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Mihna opposedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal
subject linked to: Mihna (inquisition)
Athari creed associatedWith Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Early Islamic period hasKeyFigure Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Al-Mughni cites Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
subject linked to: al-Mughni by Ibn Qudamah
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Malik ibn Anas influenced Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Al-Shafi'i influenced Ahmad ibn Hanbal
al-Harith al-Muhasibi criticizedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ahmad ibn Hanbal fullName Abu Abd Allah Ahmad ibn Muhammad ibn Hanbal al-Shaybani
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ahmad ibn Hanbal familyName ibn Hanbal
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ibn Batta al-Ukbari influencedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ibn Qudamah influencedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ibn Qudamah influencedBy Abd Allah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah influencedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali influencedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Muhammad al-Bukhari studentOf Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Abu Dawud al-Sijistani studiedUnder Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Muʿtazilite theology opposedBy Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
linked to: Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Mihna notableVictim Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Dawud al-Zahiri influencedBy Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Dawud al-Zahiri studiedUnder Ahmad ibn Hanbal