❝It is said that from the Shaykh’s [Ibn Taymiyyah (r)] students the most proficient in Fiqh was Ibn Muflih (r), the most knowledgeable in Hadith was Ibn ‘Abd al-Hadi (r), and the most knowledgeable in theology, with a moderate grasp (compared to the previous two) over Fiqh and Hadith, was Shams al-Din Ibn al-Qayyim (r).❞ […]
Qadi al-Qudat, Ahmed ibn al-Hasan ibn Abdillah ibn Abi ‘Umar al-Dimashqi al-Hanbali, better known as ibn Qadi al-Jabal [693 – 771 AH] was one of the leading Hanbali jurists. His lineage goes back to Amir al-Mu’minin, Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him). He is the author of al-Fa’iq; one of the relied […]
❝The companions of Imam Ahmad have two approaches [in terms of using the practice of Ahlu-l Madinah for making Tarjih]. Qadi Abu Ya’la and ibn ‘Aqeel do not see it as such, while Abu-l Khattab said it is used for giving preference, and it is reported that this [second] position is the view of Ahmad. […]
The kunya Abu-l Ma’āli, in our books, refers to Wajīh al-Dīn Ibn al-Munajja (d. 657 H) one of the senior scholars of the Hanbalis in the 13th century. He is the author of many works, from them: 1) al-Nihāya Fī Sharh al-Hidāya 2) al-Khulāsa Fi-l Madhhab He was the grandfather of the Abu-l Barakāt Ibn […]
❝Ruqayyah al-Hanbaliyyah, the sister of al-Muwaffaq [Ibn Qudāmah], was a righteous woman who used to forbid evil. Both men and women used to be afraid of her, and she would reconcile between people who were in disputes.❞ — Imām al-Dhahabi (r) [Tārīkh al-Islām]
Al-Marrūdhi (r) said about Imām Ahmad (h): ❝Abū ‘Abdillāh would never make grammatical errors in his speech.❞ Those who attended his trial were also amazed by this, that there wasn’t a single solecism, not even in one word, despite the dreadful nature of the environment he was in and the severity of the punishment and […]
Four things linked to ‘Āshūrā: 1. It is Sunnah to fast the month of Muharram and fasting of this month is the best, second to that of Ramadān. This is based on the Prophet’s ﷺ saying: ❝After the prescribed prayers the most excellent is the prayer offered in the middle of the night and the […]
The following text shows us how encyclopedic the knowledge of our Imām was, the Imām Ahl al-Sunnah, Ahmad b. Hanbal, and it will also show what some of his students and companions used to specialise and take interest in; you will find him encapsulating the (knowledge left behind) by the Mujtahid Imāms before him. It […]
The praise of the Imāms of the Shāfi’ī Madhhab for the Hanbali masterpiece: al-Mughnī by Shaykhu-l Islām, Muwaffaq al-Dīn, Ibn Qudāmā al-Maqdisī (r): ❝Al-Mughnī is the greatest book of the Hanbalis, and Shaykh Muhiy al-Dīn al-Nawāwī imitated this book whilst authoring Sharh al-Muhaddab.❞ — Imām al-Suyūtī [al-Hāwī Li-l Fatāwī, (1/169)] ❝…Mughni of the Hanbalis, which […]
Busy yourself with learning Fiqh, revising it, and teaching it to friends and family. Do it for Allah and it’s never a waste of time. Ishāq b. Mansūr said, ❝I asked Ahmad b. Hanbal about something he had once said: ‘Spending some of the night studying is more beloved to me than spending it in […]