مناقب
أبي عبد الله أَحمد بن محمّد بن حنبل
المجلّد الثاني
من تأليف
أبي الفرج عبد الرحمن بن عليّ بن محمّد بن الجوزيّ
Virtues of the Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
Volume Two
Ibn al-Jawzī
Edited and translated by
Michael Cooperson
Volume editor
Tahera Qutbuddin
NEW YORK UNIVERSITY PRESS
New York and London
Table of Contents
Letter from the General Editor
Virtues of the Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
Chapter 51: His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor
Chapter 53: His Accepting Invitations and His Withdrawal upon Seeing Things He Disapproved Of
Chapter 54: His Preference for Solitude
Chapter 55: His Wish to Live in Obscurity and His Efforts to Remain Unnoticed
Chapter 57: His Preoccupation and Absentmindedness
Chapter 59: His Performances of the Pilgrimage
Chapter 60: His Extemporaneous Prayers and Supplications
Chapter 61: His Manifestations of Grace and the Effectiveness of His Prayers
Chapter 62: The Number of Wives He Had
Chapter 64: The Number of His Children
Chapter 65: The Lives of His Children and Descendants
Chapter 66: How and Why the Inquisition Began
Chapter 67: His Experience with al-Maʾmūn
Chapter 68: What Happened after the Death of al-Maʾmūn
Chapter 69: His Experience with al-Muʿtaṣim
Chapter 70: His Reception by the Elders after His Release, and Their Prayers for Him
Chapter 71: His Teaching of Hadith after the Death of al-Muʿtaṣim
Chapter 72: His Experience with al-Wāthiq
Chapter 73: His Experience with al-Mutawakkil
Chapter 74: His Refusing Ibn Ṭāhir’s Request to Visit Him
Chapter 75: What Happened When His Two Sons and His Uncle Accepted Gifts from the Authorities
Chapter 76: Some Major Figures Who Capitulated to the Inquisition
Chapter 77: His Comments on Those Who Capitulated
Chapter 78: Those Who Defied the Inquisition
Chapter 80: His Date of Death and His Age When He Died
Chapter 81: How His Body Was Washed and Shrouded
Chapter 82: On Who Sought to Pray over Him
Chapter 83: The Number of People Who Prayed over Him
Chapter 85: The Crowds That Gathered around His Grave
Chapter 87: Reactions to His Death
Chapter 88: Reaction to His Death on the Part of the Jinns