The Formation of Hanbalism: Piety into Power
, by Hurvitz,Nimrod- ISBN: 9780700715077 | 070071507X
- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 4/25/2002
Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 855) was the eponymous founder of a school of law, and an influential intellectual who led the Baghdadi masses during the Inquisition. Owing to his status as a jurist, to the religious ideas he propounded and to his model way of life, he is perceived as one of the pivotal figures in the history of Islam and a revered hero to this day.