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Chapter 19: His Fame
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٢٧٥ 275 Chapter 19: His Fame In the chapter about his childhood, we noted that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal was highly regarded even as a youth. We cite Muḥammad ibn Abī Manṣūr, who was informed by ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad, who was informed by Ibrāhīm ibn ʿUmar, who was informed by ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz ibn Jaʿfar, who heard Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn Muḥammad ibn Hārūn al-Khallāl report that Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhī said: [Al-Marrūdhī:] I once said to Aḥmad, “There are a lot of people praying for you.” “That frightens me,” he said. “It could be a temptation to think highly of myself. Why do they do it?” I once told him that I had met a man from Tarsus who said that he had been fighting the Byzantines. In the still of the night, he told me, the men would call out “Pray to God for Abū ʿAbd Allāh!” He went on: “We would pull back the arm of the mangonel175 and then release it. Once we shot a stone at a barbarian176 standing on a rampart behind his shield, and the stone knocked off his head and the shield both.”177 Aḥmad’s face fell, and he said, “If only it weren’t a temptation!” Then he said, “Do you think it’s a temptation?” “Of course not,” I answered. Al-Khallāl said: We heard Aḥmad ibn ʿAlī l-Abbār report: [Al-Abbār:] We’d been marching along the Balkh River for several days when our provisions ran out, so two of us headed off toward Bukhārā to buy something to eat. On the way we met a blond-haired, red-faced man who asked us where we were from. When we told him we were from Baghdad, he asked, “How is Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal?” “When we left, he was alive and well.” The man raised his head and prayed to God for Aḥmad’s well-being. “Now I’ve seen it all,” I said to my companion. “Even here, on the frontier of Islam, among the Turks!” Al-Khallāl said that he heard Abū Bakr al-Marrūdhī report: [Al-Marrūdhī:] I once told Aḥmad that someone had said that from here as far as the land of the Turks, people were praying for his well-being. 19.1 19.2 19.3 ٢٧٦ 276 ÁP i !  $X AB01 Ê ?P i  * + , P _abò )» wÚop?@ / # f ?@ / # ٦،١٩ * + , à9@ / _ Ý 01 à9À9O ) $ % &'# k w x- " # P²³ _ çop * D E Â" 01 ¤£ §²³ à9@ / ¢01 ) AB É vÉ * + ,I/ " # ö¦¡ ^@ / # ؟ÎÏ?@ / # . " AB#P¡ À9v w ¹ Ì 2 3 4 5 6 ¢ " # $ % &'# . /" `op " # :. / v=µ :. /im nX: HI/ # . / wÚop 7 JKL M * + ,I/ " # . / im nX AB01 AB " # ¸^ Z [ ø :. / ` d " # $ % &'# ( ) * + ,-¦^°̄ " #01 . " #P â " # t u ! " #P â # : * + ,I/ . / v=µ $ % &'# ( ) 01¤£ " # k !_01 P P ! \ ÞÉ! 01 ( ) g ? h iij :. / v=µ * D E ! \¦! ^@ / # ؟ t u / 01 :$X@ / =µ .$X AB _ f 7: ¡ sÖ | * D _ Yÿp $Xe F /£ 01 " # " ]^_`op . / 01 á= > § " #P â " # ¢ " #¡ ÞÉP i :. / :. /im nX: HI/ # . / :. / 01 á= TB ¢`op#P¡ im nX°̄F Þ w媫ÿp :. / ¢ `ab `aÇ HI/ # " # * + ,-¦^°̄ " #01 .$7^²³" Öim nX© / # $X AB " # ¢01 Ê Z/£ ،P ! _aÇ ! ¸^@ / # $X` _ ìab¡ 2 3 4 5 6 ` d " # ¢ " # ¢01P ¢`op#P Ã Ì AB( ) " # ÁP ¿/£ :. / 01 á= TB ¡ Ì : P S w !_ x- * + , ¢ñ h i °̄F * + ,I/ . / 01 : `aÇ HI/ # " # . / . $X`ìop Á w x- AB( ) ١. / ! \ v w ! x- :- . / 01 " # – ¦^°̄ ` d :. / * D E Â01 Pu / #P²³Ö 01¤£ " # _ ? 7°̄01 :. /im nX: HI/ # . / c@ /" `ab °̄#01 ¶ " # ¢01 Puª Å ÎÏ?@ / # Ý " #P â AB _`op "` _ ìopAB¡ d i :. / 01 á= TB t \ ! ã HI/ # * + ,NO ) Þ w媫ÿp :. / v=µ ؟ ` d " # Ý " #F " # :$X@ / ê9 v=µ ` d " # * D E " #F °̄F É vÉ :#01¤@ / v=µ .Á7 : sîb ! Ð * + , ¡ d ê9Z [ : * D E Â01Pu / # . / ß ]^» w 01 \ ! ! ]^`op01 G ! AB " #P # ¢ " # :. / 01 á= TB * D Yb ! Ð01 á=T@ / # ¸^y Q R 01 ¤£ Þ w媫ÿp 01 ! d i ¢ " # : c@ / v=µ ٣ ·É#7°̄ " # * + ,NO ) * D YZ [ =µ t u / 9O ) * + ,I/ " # ٢e,²³ y _ f#¦^ * + , im nX y # . ! F " # t u / 2 3 4 5 6 " #01¡ ê9 § ` d " # | Z [ = TB ¸^ Z [ . ! ê9 =µ ، ` d " # | Z [ = TB k w x- :. / v=µ $ % &'# ( ) * + ,- " # ( ) Q R P ` d/í / # * D EF Z [?@ / # w x- Ý " #F : * D E Â01¡ Pu / # . / . : ، ١ . : ٢ . : ٣ ٤،١٩ ٧،١٩ ٥،١٩ ٨،١٩ [3.138.33.87] Project MUSE (2024-04-26 16:01 GMT) ٢٧٧ 277 19: His Fame I asked him how he showed his gratitude for the popularity...
