Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal
780–855 CEأحمد بن حنبلFounder of the Hanbali school; compiler of al-Musnad
- Field
- Islamic law · Hadith
- City
- Baghdad · d. 241 AH
A leading scholar of hadith in Baghdad, he compiled al-Musnad with some 27,000 narrations and stood firm under persecution during the Mihnah.
Remembered as a model of steadfastness; the Hanbali school is followed especially in the Arabian Peninsula.
Prepared from standard sources; pending scholar review.