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Makers of the Muslim World: Ahmad Ibn Hanbal

	Makers Of The Muslim World: Ahmad Ibn Hanbal by Christopher Melchert
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Description: In this pioneering biography, Christopher Melchert examines the forefather of the fourth of the four principal Sunni schools of jurisprudence, the Hanbali. Upholding the view that the Qur’an was uncreated and the direct word of God, Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780-855) thought that the holy text should be read literally, rejecting any possibility for metaphorical or revisionist interpretation. Showing that even in his own lifetime, ibn Hanbal’s followers were revising his doctrines in favour of a more commodious Islam, Melchert assesses the importance of ibn Hanbal’s teachings and analyses their relevance in modern Sunni Islam.

Contents: Introduction • Life • Religious knowledge • Family man • Ahmad"s character • The Inquisition • The end • Hadith • The character of Hadith • The age of collecting hadith • Ahmad"s quest for Hadith • The Musnad • Hadith criticism • Law • The spectrum of opinion in the ninth century • Hanbali literature • Ahmad"s jurisprudence • The Hanbali school of Law • Correct Belief • Who is in, who is not? • What Ahmad believed • Rejected theological parties • Politics • Ahmad the fundamentalist? • Sunni theology after Ahmad • Piety • Ahmad and the renunciant tradition • An ideal within the range of most men • Ahmad"s practice • Conclusion.ISBN - 9781851684076

Pages : 160