Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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1. When was Ahmad ibn Hanbal born?780 AD
2. Where was Ahmad ibn Hanbal born?Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate (modern-day Iraq)
3. When did Ahmad ibn Hanbal die?855 AD (age 75)
4. Who was Ahmad ibn Hanbal?He was a brilliant scholar born in 780 AD in Baghdad who studied hadith and wrote the Musnad Ahmad.
5. What is the Musnad Ahmad?It is a huge book with more than 28,000 hadith, organized by the companions who told them, and it keeps only the most reliable stories.

Hadith: Oral traditions recounting the words, actions, and approvals of Prophet Muhammad, serving as a crucial source for Islamic law and practice.
Islamic Jurisprudence (Fiqh): The systematic study and interpretation of Islamic law, derived from primary sources like the Quran and Sunnah.
Sunnah: The normative practices, customs, and teachings of Prophet Muhammad, serving as a model for Muslim conduct and a source of law.
Mihna: An inquisition period in the 9th-century Abbasid Caliphate aimed at enforcing a specific theological doctrine regarding the nature of the Quran.