Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal : : Volume Two / / Ibn al-Jawzī; ed. by Michael Cooperson.

• VerfasserIn: al-Jawzī, Ibn,
• HerausgeberIn: Cooperson, Michael,
• Place / Publishing House: New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [2015]; ©2015
• Year of Publication: 2015
• Language: English
• Series: Library of Arabic Literature ; 44
• Physical Description: 1 online resource

Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241/855), 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 Ḥanbal’s piety and austerity made him a folk hero, especially after his principled resistance to the attempts of two Abbasid cali...

Table of Contents

• Frontmatter
• Letter from the General Editor
• Table of Contents
• Chapter 51: His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor
• Chapter 52: His Humility
• Chapter 53: His Accepting Invitations and His Withdrawal upon Seeing Things He Disapproved Of
• Chapter 54: His Preference for Solitude
• Chapter 55: His Wish to Live in Obscurity and His Efforts to Remain Unnoticed
• Chapter 56: His Fear of God
• Chapter 57: His Preoccupation and Absentmindedness
• Chapter 58: His Devotions
• Chapter 59: His Performances of the Pilgrimage
• Chapter 60: His Extemporaneous Prayers and Supplications
• Chapter 61: His Manifestations of Grace and the Effectiveness of His Prayers
• Chapter 62: The Number of Wives He Had
• Chapter 63: His Concubines
• Chapter 64: The Number of His Children
• Chapter 65: The Lives of His Children and Descendants
• Chapter 66: How and Why the Inquisition Began
• Chapter 67: His Experience with al-Maʾmūn
• Chapter 68: What Happened after the Death of al-Maʾmūn
• Chapter 69: His Experience with al-Muʿtaṣim
• Chapter 70: His Reception by the Elders after His Release, and Their Prayers for Him
• Chapter 71: His Teaching of Hadith after the Death of al-Muʿtaṣim
• Chapter 72: His Experience with al-Wāthiq
• Chapter 73: His Experience with al-Mutawakkil
• Chapter 74: His Refusing Ibn Ṭāhir’s Request to Visit Him
• Chapter 75: What Happened When His Two Sons and His Uncle Accepted Gifts from the Authorities
• Chapter 76: Some Major Figures Who Capitulated to the Inquisition
• Chapter 77: His Comments on Those Who Capitulated
• Chapter 78: Those Who Defied the Inquisition
• Chapter 79: His Final Illness
• Chapter 80: His Date of Death and His Age When He Died
• Chapter 81: How His Body Was Washed and Shrouded
• Chapter 82: On Who Sought to Pray over Him
• Chapter 83: The Number of People Who Prayed over Him
• Chapter 84: The Praising of the Sunnah and the Decrying of Innovation That Took Place during His Funeral Procession
• Chapter 85: The Crowds That Gathered around His Grave
• Chapter 86: His Estate
• Chapter 87: Reactions to His Death
• Chapter 88: Reaction to His Death on the Part of the Jinns
• Chapter 89: On the Condolences Offered to His Family
• Chapter 90: A Selection of the Verses Spoken in Praise of Him in Life and in Commemoration of Him in Death
• Chapter 91: His Dreams
• Chapter 92: Dreams in Which He Appeared to Others
• Chapter 93: Dreams in Which He Was Mentioned
• Chapter 94: The Benefit of Visiting His Grave
• Chapter 95: The Benefit of Being Buried Near Him
• Chapter 96: The Punishments That Befall Anyone Who Attacks Him
• Chapter 97: What to Think about Anyone Who Speaks Ill of Him
• Chapter 98: Why We Chose His Legal School over the Others
• Chapter 99: On the Excellence of His Associates and Successors
• Chapter 100: His Most Prominent Associates and Their Successors from His Time to Our Own
• [Colophons]
• Notes
• Glossary of Names and Terms
• Bibliography
• Further Reading
• Index
• About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
• About the Typefaces
• About the Editor–Translator