Makers of the Muslim World: Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Makers of the Muslim World: Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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 also the direct word of God… rejecting any possibility for metaphorical or revisionist interpretation.

Also 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 also analyses their relevance in modern Sunni Islam.