Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal : : Volume One / / Ibn al-Jawzī; ed. by Michael Cooperson.
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...
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Year of Publication: | 2013 |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Letter from the General Editor
- Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Note on the Text
- Notes to the Frontmatter
- Introduction
- 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
- Chapter 44: His Renunciation
- Chapter 45: His House and Furniture
- Chapter 46: His Diet
- Chapter 47: His Indulgences
- Chapter 48: His Clothing
- Chapter 49: His Scrupulosity
- Chapter 50: His Shunning Appointment to Positions of Authority
- Notes
- Glossary of Names and Terms
- Index
- About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
- About the Typefaces
- About the Editor–Translator