Religion · Scholarship · AD 780–AD 855

Ahmad ibn Hanbal

Islamic scholar and founder of the Hanbali school of law

Did you know?He is famously recorded as having memorised nearly one million prophetic traditions during his years of study and travel.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Arabic: أحمد ابن حنبل, romanized: Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal; 780 – 855) was an Arab jurist and founder of the Hanbali school who is widely recognized as the scholar who memorized the most Hadiths in Islamic history.

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Age at death
74
Years since death
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