Aqwāl17 August 2021 · 9 Muḥarram 1443 AH
Imām Abū Dāwūd on Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal
Abū Bakr bin Abī Dāwūd (may Allāh have mercy upon then) said: “I heard my father say that Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal [d. 241H] is at the forefront of all who ever carried a pen and an inkpot. i.e., in his time”