Virtues of the Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal. Volume 2 / Ibn al-Jawzī ; edited and translated by Michael Cooperson ; volume editor Tahera Qutbuddin.

Author
Ibn al-Jawzī, Abū al-Faraj ʻAbd al-Raḥmān ibn ʻAlī, approximately 1116-1201 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • Arabic
Published/​Created
New York : New York University Press, [2015]
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Summary note
"Michael Cooperson's fluid translation is accompanied by substantial notes and a glossary of names and terms."-Banipal Magazine
Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Source of description
Print version record.
Language note
Parallel Arabic text and English translation.
Contents
  • Letter from the General Editor; Virtues of the Imām Ahṃad ibn Hạnbal; Chapter 51: His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor; Chapter 52: His Humility; 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 56: His Fear of God; Chapter 57: His Preoccupation and Absentmindedness; Chapter 58: His Devotions; 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 PrayersChapter 62: The Number of Wives He Had; Chapter 63: His Concubines; 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-Maʼmūn; Chapter 68: What Happened after the Death of al-Maʼmūn; Chapter 69: His Experience with al-Muʻtasịm; 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-Muʻtasịm.
  • Chapter 72: His Experience with al-WāthiqChapter 73: His Experience with al-Mutawakkil; Chapter 74: His Refusing Ibn Tạ̄hir'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 79: His Final Illness; 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 HimChapter 84: The Praising of the Sunnah and the Decrying of Innovation That Took Place during His Funeral Procession; Chapter 85: The Crowds That Gathered around His Grave; Chapter 86: His Estate; Chapter 87: Reactions to His Death; Chapter 88: Reaction to His Death on the Part of the Jinns; Chapter 89: On the Condolences Offered to His Family; Chapter 90: A Selection of the Verses Spoken in Praise of Him in Life and in Commemoration of Him in Death; Chapter 91: His Dreams; Chapter 92: Dreams in Which He Appeared to Others.
  • Chapter 93: Dreams in Which He Was MentionedChapter 94: The Benefit of Visiting His Grave; Chapter 95: The Benefit of Being Buried Near Him; Chapter 96: The Punishments That Befall Anyone Who Attacks Him; Chapter 97: What to Think about Anyone Who Speaks Ill of Him; Chapter 98: Why We Chose His Legal School over the Others; Chapter 99: On the Excellence of His Associates and Successors; Chapter 100: His Most Prominent Associates and Their Successors from His Time to Our Own; [Colopha]; Glossary of Names and Terms; Bibliography; Further Reading; About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute.
In
(MP) Virtues of the Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
ISBN
  • 9780814737873 ((electronic bk.))
  • 0814737870 ((electronic bk.))
OCLC
919636314
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