Author : Christopher Melchert
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
ISBN 13 : 1780741987
Total Pages : 132 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (87 download)
Book Synopsis Ahmad ibn Hanbal by : Christopher Melchert
Download or read book Ahmad ibn Hanbal written by Christopher Melchert and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2012-12-01 with total page 132 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this pioneering biography, Christopher Melchert examines the forefather of the fourth of the four principal Sunni schools of jurisprudence, the Hanbali. Upholding the view that the Qur’an was uncreated and the direct word of God, Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780-855) thought that the holy text should be read literally, rejecting any possibility for metaphorical or revisionist interpretation. Showing that even in his own lifetime, ibn Hanbal’s followers were revising his doctrines in favour of a more commodious Islam, Melchert assesses the importance of ibn Hanbal’s teachings and analyses their relevance in modern Sunni Islam.