Virtues of the Imam Ahmad Ibn Ḥanbal: Volume TwoAmad ibn anbal (d. 241 855), renowned for his profound knowledge of hadith the reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds is a major figure in the history of Islam. Ibn anbal's piety and austerity made him a folk hero, especially after his principled resistance to the attempts of two Abbasid caliphs to force him to accept rationalist doctrine. His subsequent imprisonment and flogging became one of the most dramatic episodes of medieval Islamic