The Biography of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal pdf

The Biography of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal (May Allah have mercy on him) By Salahuddin Ali Abdul Mawjood Translated by Sameh Strauch

The Biography of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal

His Name and His Lineage:

He is Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hanbal bin Hilal bin Asad bin Idrees bin ‘Abdillah bin Rayyan. His agnomen was Abu ‘Abdillah.

‘Abdullah bin ‘Ata’ said: “Ahmad bin Hanbal and the Prophet* have a common ancestor, Nizar, because the Prophet was one of the descendants of Mudhar bin Nizar and all of Quraish are from Mudhar, while Ahmad bin Hanbal was descended from Rabee’ah bin Nizar, who was the brother of Mudhar bin Nizar. Nizar’s sons were four in number: Mudhar bin Nizar, Rabee’ah bin Nizar, Iyad bin Nizar and Anmar bin Nizar, and from these four all of the Arab tribes are descended.

Al-Asma’i said: “Abu ‘Abdullah Ahmad bin Hanbal was from Zuhl and his father was a leader.”

Muhammad, the father of Abu ‘Abdillah: was one of the soldiers of Merv[ ³l and he died while still a young man, aged around thirty years. Ibn Al-Jawzi said: “His father was a professional soldier.

Imam Ahmad was originally from Basrah; his grandfather was Hanbal, who was one of the supporters of the ‘Abbasid call and the Governor of Sarkhas and he was subjected to harm in the course of his calling to the family of Al-‘Abbas.

Whether his father was a professional soldier, as some say, or whether he was a leader, as other say, he was a warrior, as all Arabs were at that time; they were not farmers, or craftsmen, but fierce warriors.

So both his father and his grandfather were brave fighters and from them Ahmad – may Allah have mercy on him – inherited his courage, his steadfastness in supporting the truth and his patient perseverance in the face of adversity and difficulty.

The mother of Abu ‘Abdillah Ahmad bin Hanbal was from the Shaibani tribe; her name was Safiyyah bint Maimoonah bint ‘Abdil Malik Ash-Shaibani, from the tribe of Banu ‘Amir. His father stayed with them and married her. Her grandfather was ‘Abdul Malik bin Sawadah bin Hind Ash-Shaibani, from Banu Shaiban; Arab tribes used to stay with him and he would provide hospitality to them. [l]

His Birth and His Upbringing:

Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal was originally from Basrah, but his grandfather migrated to Khurasan and there he became the Governor of Sarkhas during the rule of the Umayyads. Then when the’Abbasid call appeared on the horizon, he supported those who called to it and joined their ranks. His father was situated in Merv and there his mother conceived him; then she went, while carrying him to Baghdad, where she gave birth to him.

He was born – may Allah have mercy on him – in the month of Rabee’ Al-Awwal, in the year 164 A.H. and there is no dispute regarding his date of birth, since he himself informed us of it. His son,’Abdullah said: “I heard my father saying: “I was born in the month of Rabee’ Al-Awwal, in the year 164.”

His other son, Salih said: “He (i.e. his father) was born in the year 164, in the month of Rabee’ Al-Awwal and he was carried (in his mother’s womb) from Merv.”[lJ

His father died while he was still a young man and Ahmad a small boy, after which he was taken care of by his mother.

He spoke of this on one occasion, saying: “I was brought from Khurasan while still a babe in the womb and she gave birth to me here, so I never saw my grandfather or my father.”

As we mentioned earlier, his father died while still a young man aged thirty years and his mother took care of him. His son, Salih reported from his father: “She (i.e. his mother) pierced my ears and placed in them two pearls and these she later presented to me and I sold them for thirty dirhams.”

It is possible that his mother learnt this custom of ear-piercing, from Khurasan, because it was riot a well-known custom in the fands of the Arabs.

Imam Ahmad began. to reveal his outstanding qualities from a young age, becoming a scribe from a young age; he said: “I became a scribe when I was a small boy, then I obtained a positicm in the Deewan when I was fourteen years old.”

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