The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal /
"Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241 H/855 AD), renowned for his profound knowledge of hadiths--the reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds--is a major figure in the history of Islam. He was famous for living according to his own strict interpretation of the Prophetic model and for denying himself...
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés Arabic |
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New York :
New York University Press,
[2016]
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Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- The Life of IBN Hanbal
- Ibn Hanbal's Birth and Family Background
- His Lineage
- His Childhood
- The Beginning of His Search for Knowledge and the Journey He Undertook for That Purpose
- The Major Men of Learning Whom He Met and on Whose Authority He Recited Hadith
- His Deference to His Teachers and His Respect for Learning
- His Eagerness to Learn and His Single-Minded Pursuit of Knowledge
- His Powers of Retention and the Number of Reports He Knew by Heart
- His Learning, His Intelligence, and His Religious Understanding
- Praise of Him by His Teachers
- Teachers and Senior Men of Learning Who Cite Him
- All the Men of Learning Who Cite Him
- Praise of Him by His Peers, His Contemporaries, and Those Close to Him in Age
- Praise of Him by Prominent Successors Who Knew Him Well
- A Report That the Prophet Elijah Sent Him Greetings
- Reports That al-Khadir Spoke in His Praise
- Praise of Him by Pious Strangers and Allies of God
- Allies of God Who Visited Him to Seek His Blessing
- His Fame
- His Creed
- His Insistence on Maintaining the Practices of the Early Muslims
- His Reverence for Hadith Transmitters and Adherents of the Sunnah
- His Shunning and Reviling of Innovators and His Forbidding Others to Listen to Them
- His Seeking of Blessings and Cures Using the Qur'an and Water from the Well of Zamzam, as Well as Some Hair and a Bowl That Belonged to the Prophet
- His Age When He Began Teaching Hadith and Giving Legal Opinions
- His Devotion to Learning and the Attitudes That Informed His Teaching
- His Works
- His Aversion to Writing Books Containing Opinions Reached through the Exercise of Independent Judgment at the Expense of Transmitted Knowledge
- His Forbidding Others to Write Down or Transmit His Words
- His Remarks on Sincerity, on Acting for the Sake of Appearances, and on Concealing One's Pious Austerities
- His Statements about Renunciation and Spiritual Weakness
- His Remarks on Different Subjects
- Poems He Recited or Had Attributed to Him
- His Correspondence
- His Appearance and Bearing
- His Imposing Presence
- His Cleanliness and Ritual Purity
- His Kindness and His Consideration for Others
- His Forbearance and His Readiness to Forgive
- His Property and Means of Subsistence
- His Refusal to Accept Help Even in Distress
- His Generosity
- His Accepting Gifts and Giving Gifts in Return
- His Renunciation
- His House and Furniture
- His Diet
- His Indulgences
- His Clothing
- His Scrupulosity
- His Shunning Appointment to Positions of Authority
- His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor
- His Humility
- His Accepting invitations and His Withdrawal upon Seeing Things He Disapproved Of
- His Preference for Solitude
- His Wish to Live in Obscurity and His Efforts to Remain Unnoticed
- His Fear of God
- His Preoccupation and Absentmindedness
- His Devotions
- His Performances of the Pilgrimage
- His Extemporaneous Prayers and Supplications
- His Manifestations of Grace and the Effectiveness of His Prayers
- The Number of Wives He Had
- His Concubines
- The Number of His Children
- The Lives of His Children and Descendants
- How and Why the Inquisition Began
- His Experience with al-Ma'mun
- What Happened after the Death of al-Ma'mun
- His Experience with al-Mu'tasim
- His Reception by the Elders after His Release, and Their Prayers for Him
- His Teaching of Hadith after the Death of al-Mu'tasim
- His Experience with al-Wathiq
- His Experience with al-Mutawakkil
- His Refusing Ibn Tahir's Request to Visit Him
- What Happened When His Two Sons and His Uncle Accepted Gifts from the Authorities
- Some Major Figures Who Capitulated to the Inquisition
- His Comments on Those Who Capitulated
- Those Who Defied the Inquisition
- His Final Illness
- His Date of Death and His Age When He Died
- How His Body Was Washed and Shrouded
- On Who Sought to Pray over Him
- The Number of People Who Prayed over Him
- The Praising of the Sunnah and the Decrying of Innovation That Took Place during His Funeral Procession
- The Crowds That Gathered around His Grave
- His Estate
- Reactions to His Death
- Reaction to His Death on the Part of the Jinns
- On the Condolences Offered to His Family
- A Selection of the Verses Spoken in Praise of Him in Life and in Commemoration of Him in Death
- His Dreams
- Dreams in Which He Appeared to Others
- Dreams in Which He Was Mentioned
- The Benefit of Visiting His Grave
- The Benefit of Being Buried Near Him
- The Punishments That Befall Anyone Who Attacks Him
- What to Think about Anyone Who Speaks Ill of Him
- Why We Chose His Legal School over the Others
- On the Excellence of His Associates and Successors
- His Most Prominent Associates and Their Successors from His Time to Our Own.