Imaam Adh Dhahabi mentioned: He was the true Imam and Sheikh of Islam, Abū ʿAbdullāh Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Ḥanbal ibn Hilāl al-Shaybānī, originally from Merv, but later settled in Baghdad. He was one of the greatest Imams of Islamic history. Ibn al-Madīnī’s Praise for Aḥmad Ibn al-Madīnī said: “Allah strengthened Islam twice—first with Abū […]