Imām Abū Dāwūd on Imām Aḥmad bin Ḥanbal
17 August 2021 · 9 Muḥarram 1443 AH
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قَالَ أَبُو بَكْرِ ابْنُ أَبِي دَاوُدَ: سَمِعْتُ أبيِ رَحِمَهُ اللّٰهُ يَقُولُ: >أَحْمَدُ بْنُ حَنْبَلٍ مُقَدَّمٌ على كل من يحمل بِيَدِهِ قَلَمًا وَمِحْبَرَةً- يَعْنِي فِي عَصْرِهِ<
Translation
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.”
Translation: Biography of Imām Abū Dāwūd (pg. 108), authored by Ṣalāḥuddīn ibn ‘Alī and published by Dārussalām
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