ibn Hanbal

[ ib-uhn han-bal ]

noun

1. Ah·mad [ah, -m, uh, d], a.d. 780–855, Islamic legist and traditionist, founder of the Hanbali school of law, one of four such schools in Islam.

Example Sentences

“Yes, he had a spiritual gift,” said the owner of the Ahmed Ibn Hanbal mosque, Khalid Ahmed Ismael, adding, “His soul was connected to the mosque.”

From New York Times

Yahya Ibn Moín declared that Mukátil's traditions were of no value; and Ahmad Ibn Hanbal said: "As for Mukátil Ibn Suláimán, the author of the Commentary, I should not like to cite anything on his authority."

From Project Gutenberg

Ibn Hanbal met the difficulty by discarding altogether the principle of analogical deduction.

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The system of Ibn Hanbal has almost ceased to exist.

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Im�m Ibn Hanbal was the last of the four Orthodox Im�ms.

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