Ahmad ibn Hanbal
780–855
Founder of the Hanbali school of Islamic law.
- Known as
- Imam
- Category
- Religious Figures
- Born
- 780, Baghdad
- Died
- 855, Baghdad
Alive at the same time as Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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