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 92: Dreams in Which He Appeared to Others
Chapter 93: Dreams in Which He Was Mentioned
Chapter 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
Glossary of Names and Terms
Bibliography
Further Reading
About the NYU Abu Dhabi Institute
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About the Editor-Translator
Library of Arabic Literature
Editorial Board
General Editor
Philip F. Kennedy, New York University
Executive Editors
James E. Montgomery, University of Cambridge
Shawkat M. Toorawa, Cornell University
Editors
Julia Bray, University of Oxford
Michael Cooperson, University of California, Los Angeles
Joseph E. Lowry, University of Pennsylvania
Tahera Qutbuddin, University of Chicago
Devin J. Stewart, Emory University
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Chip Rossetti
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Assistant Editor
Gemma Juan-Simó
Letter from the General Editor
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General Editor, Library of Arabic Literature
مناقب
أبي عبد الله أَحمد بن محمّد بن حنبل
المجلّد الثاني
Virtues of the Imām Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal
Volume Two
الباب الحادي والخمسون
في ذكر حبه للفقر والفقراء
Chapter 51
His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor
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أخبرنا محمّد بن أبي منصور قال: أخبرنا عبد القادر بن محمّد قال: أنبأنا إبراهيم بن عُمر قال: أنبأنا عبد العزيز بن جعفر قال: أخبرنا أحمد بن محمّد الخلّال قال:
أخبرني محمّد بن الحسين أن أبا بكر المَرُّوذي حدثهم قال: كان أبو عبد الله يحب الفقراء لم أرَ الفقير في مجلسِ أحدٍ أعزّ منه في مجلسه.
We cite Muḥammad ibn Abī Manṣūr, who cites ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad, who was informed by Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar, who was informed by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Jaʿfar, who cites Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad al-Khallāl, who cites Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn, who heard Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhī report:
[Al-Marrūdhī:] Aḥmad loved the poor. I never saw poor men treated as well as they were when sitting in his company.
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