Qur'anScience
Qur'anScience
When many scholars gave in, he kept saying: “The Qur’an is the Speech of Allah.” He was imprisoned and flogged, yet did not waver — and then forgave those who harmed him. The seventh book of Tracing the Scholars of Islam tells the story of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, compiler of al-Musnad, from the Qur’an, authentic Hadith and the recognised books of biography, with stories lacking chains clearly marked. “When they were patient and certain of Our signs.”
“And We made from among them leaders guiding by Our command when they were patient and [when] they were certain of Our signs.”
Anyone who wants to know the early scholars
Parents & heads of families
Students of Hadith & creed
Preachers, teachers & counsellors
The story of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal — 21 chapters with Qur’anic verses, 11 authentic Hadith with linked chains, a chart of teachers and students, a map of his journeys for Hadith, a timeline, a chart of the caliphs and the Mihnah, history notes marked separately, a table of popular stories and their status, a glossary and reflection questions.