Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal

أَحْمَد بْن حَنْبَل

Founder of the Hanbali school and Imam of Hadith

Born: 780 CE, Baghdad

Died: 855 CE, Baghdad

Era: Classical

Field: Hadith, Fiqh

Origin: Baghdad, Iraq

Ahmad ibn Hanbal is the founder of the Hanbali school. He studied under Imam al-Shafii and collected over one million hadiths. His steadfastness during the Mutazilite inquisition made him a symbol of scholarly courage.