Chapter 98: Why We Chose His Legal School over the Others

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Letter from the General Editor iii
3. Table of Contents vii
4. Virtues of the Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
5. Chapter 51: His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor 2
6. Chapter 52: His Humility 4
7. Chapter 53: His Accepting Invitations and His Withdrawal upon Seeing Things He Disapproved Of 12
8. Chapter 54: His Preference for Solitude 14
9. Chapter 55: His Wish to Live in Obscurity and His Efforts to Remain Unnoticed 20
10. Chapter 56: His Fear of God 22
11. Chapter 57: His Preoccupation and Absentmindedness 26
12. Chapter 58: His Devotions 28
13. Chapter 59: His Performances of the Pilgrimage 36
14. Chapter 60: His Extemporaneous Prayers and Supplications 40
15. Chapter 61: His Manifestations of Grace and the Effectiveness of His Prayers 46
16. Chapter 62: The Number of Wives He Had 52
17. Chapter 63: His Concubines 58
18. Chapter 64: The Number of His Children 62
19. Chapter 65: The Lives of His Children and Descendants 64
20. Chapter 66: How and Why the Inquisition Began 72
21. Chapter 67: His Experience with al-Maʾmūn 76
22. Chapter 68: What Happened after the Death of al-Maʾmūn 86
23. Chapter 69: His Experience with al-Muʿtaṣim 92
24. Chapter 70: His Reception by the Elders after His Release, and Their Prayers for Him 136
25. Chapter 71: His Teaching of Hadith after the Death of al-Muʿtaṣim 148
26. Chapter 72: His Experience with al-Wāthiq 150
27. Chapter 73: His Experience with al-Mutawakkil 166
28. Chapter 74: His Refusing Ibn Ṭāhir’s Request to Visit Him 214
29. Chapter 75: What Happened When His Two Sons and His Uncle Accepted Gifts from the Authorities 218
30. Chapter 76: Some Major Figures Who Capitulated to the Inquisition 228
31. Chapter 77: His Comments on Those Who Capitulated 232
32. Chapter 78: Those Who Defied the Inquisition 244
33. Chapter 79: His Final Illness 260
34. Chapter 80: His Date of Death and His Age When He Died 274
35. Chapter 81: How His Body Was Washed and Shrouded 280
36. Chapter 82: On Who Sought to Pray over Him 282
37. Chapter 83: The Number of People Who Prayed over Him 284
38. Chapter 84: The Praising of the Sunnah and the Decrying of Innovation That Took Place during His Funeral Procession 290
39. Chapter 85: The Crowds That Gathered around His Grave 292
40. Chapter 86: His Estate 294
41. Chapter 87: Reactions to His Death 294
42. Chapter 88: Reaction to His Death on the Part of the Jinns 296
43. Chapter 89: On the Condolences Offered to His Family 300
44. Chapter 90: A Selection of the Verses Spoken in Praise of Him in Life and in Commemoration of Him in Death 304
45. Chapter 91: His Dreams 326
46. Chapter 92: Dreams in Which He Appeared to Others 328
47. Chapter 93: Dreams in Which He Was Mentioned 370
48. Chapter 94: The Benefit of Visiting His Grave 422
49. Chapter 95: The Benefit of Being Buried Near Him 426
50. Chapter 96: The Punishments That Befall Anyone Who Attacks Him 432
51. Chapter 97: What to Think about Anyone Who Speaks Ill of Him 448
52. Chapter 98: Why We Chose His Legal School over the Others 454
53. Chapter 99: On the Excellence of His Associates and Successors 468
54. Chapter 100: His Most Prominent Associates and Their Successors from His Time to Our Own 474
55. [Colophons] 522
56. Notes 524
57. Glossary of Names and Terms 550
58. Bibliography 558
59. Further Reading 567
60. Index 568
61. About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute 582
62. About the Typefaces 583
63. About the Editor–Translator 584