Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Scholar and jurist
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Ahmad ibn Hanbal was a Sunni Muslim scholar, jurist, theologian, traditionist, ascetic and eponym of the Hanbali school of Islamic jurisprudence—one of the four major orthodox legal schools of Sunni Islam. Wikipedia
Born: November 780 AD, Baghdad, Iraq
Died: August 2, 855 AD (age 74 years), Baghdad, Iraq
Influenced by: Al-Shafi'i, Yahya ibn Ma'in, Ibn Al-Mubarak, and more
Full name: Ahmad ibn Hanbal al-Dhuhli
Place of burial: Shrine of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Baghdad, Iraq
Children: ʻAbd Allāh ibn Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal and Ṣāliḥ ibn Aḥmad Ibn Ḥanbal
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