Ahmad Ibn Hanbal- Imam of Ahl As-Sunnah

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clipped from www.islamonline.net Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal was one of those rightly guided imams who lived in the earlier Hijri centuries. Those imams were role models for people. They displayed piety, superior moral values, and sincere adherence to the Sunnah of Prophet Muhammad (peace and blessings be upon him). Hence, people developed confidence in those imams' sound approach and sincere application of religion.   Those rightly guided imams would give impressive courses of lectures in the mosques where seekers of knowledge would attend in great numbers to listen to an interpretation of some verse, ask for explanation of a hadith, or seek a fatwa. People would hold those imams in the highest esteem and model themselves after their guidance so that they may be rescued in the Hereafter. His mother was keen that he learns the different disciplines of knowledge prevalent at that time. His great passion for seeking Hadith made him bear every difficulty willingly.