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Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Makers of the Muslim World) (6th Edition) by Christopher Melchert Hardcover, 160 Pages, Published 2006 ISBN-10: 1-85168-407-7 / 1851684077 ISBN-13: 978-1-85168-407-6 / 9781851684076 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 and the direct word of God, Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780-855) thought that the holy text should be rea |