Aḥmad ibn Hanbal’s Mercy
November 30, 2023 § Leave a comment
Abū ʿAlī al-Ḥussain ibn ʿAbdullah al-Khiraqī said, “I spent the night along with Aḥmad ibn Hanbal. I never saw him sleep, he just cried until the morning. So I said, ‘Abū ʿAbdullah, you cried a lot this night, what happened?’ He said, ‘I remembered how al-Muʿtaṣim beat me and I came across this āyah in the dars, ‘And the retribution for an evil act is an evil one like it, but whoever pardons and makes reconciliation—his reward is [due] from Allāh,’ [42:40] so I prostrated and in the sajdah I forgave him for beating me.’”
Manāqib al-Imām Aḥmad, p. 467.
Supplicating for Your Brothers
October 14, 2013 § 2 Comments
Imaam Ibn al-Jawzi, may Allaah have mercy on him, said, “[The Companion] Abud-Dardaa used to supplicate for a group of his brothers every night. And Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal said to [Imaam] Shaafi’i’s son, ‘Your father is one of six for whom I supplicate every night before daybreak.’”
Saidul-Khaatir, p. 46.
“Who am I? And What am I?!” said Imaam Ahmad
December 16, 2011 § 2 Comments
“A man said, ‘I saw signs of grief on Abu Abdullah’s face [i.e., Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal] because someone had praised him.’ And [another time] it was said to him, ‘May Allaah reward you with good on behalf of Islaam.’ So he said, ‘Rather, may Allaah reward Islaam well on behalf of me. Who am I? And what am I?!’”
Siyar A’laam an-Nubalaa, v. 11, p. 225.
Gifts of Knowledge 