Virtues of the Imam Ahmad ibn Ḥanbal: Volume One

Chapter 48: His Clothing

٤٧٩ 479 48: His Clothing We were informed by Muḥammad ibn Nāṣir, who cites al-Mubārak ibn ʿAbd al-Jabbār, who cites ʿUbayd Allāh ibn ʿUmar ibn Shāhīn, who heard his father report that he heard Aḥmad ibn Kāmil al-Qāḍī report that he heard Yaʿqūb ibn Yūsuf al-Muṭṭawwiʿī report: [Al-Muṭawwiʿī:] My father reported that Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal didn’t eat pudding with a spoon. Instead, he would eat it out of his hand. He also said that he ate thin flatbread. “How do you know?” I asked. “Once I happened to be outside his door just after his son Ṣāliḥ had done some baking for him. A beggar came to the door begging, and they sent out a crust of flatbread. I realized that Aḥmad must eat the same thing, since the Prophet, God bless and keep him, said, ‘Don’t give away anything you don’t eat.’” Chapter 48: His Clothing344 We cite Muḥammad ibn Abī Manṣūr, who cites ʿAbd al-Qādir ibn Muḥammad, who cites Abū Isḥāq al-Barmakī, who cites ʿAlī ibn ʿAbd al-ʿAzīz, who cites Ibn Abī Ḥātim, who mentioned that ʿAbd Allāh ibn Abī ʿUmar al-Bakrī heard ʿAbd al-Malik ibn ʿAbd al-Ḥamīd al-Maymūnī say: [Al-Maymūnī:] Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal wore garments of a medium length.345 His outermost garment346 was worth fifteen dirhams, while his tunic347 was of the sort that could be bought for about a dinar. The tunic was neither too fine nor too coarse. His outermost garment was fringed. We cite Ibn Nāṣir, who cites 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 al-Khallāl report that he heard Muḥammad ibn Mūsā report that he heard Ḥamdān ibn ʿAlī say: [Ḥamdan ibn ʿAlī:] Aḥmad’s clothing was nothing special, beyond being of clean cotton. Toward the end of his life, after his sons no longer depended on his income and he could spend it on himself, he wore clothing of better quality. 47.2 48.1 48.2 ٤٨٠ 480 $X`op ?@ / P˜ i™   * +  ,   ¢01áw  x-F "2 3 4 5 6 #01   _?@ / #  f ?@ / # :  Ž`aÇ  HI/ #    7  JKL M  _ ?‘  7°̄01 :. /im nX:  HI/ # . /     ŽZ [e  ,   | ` _ ìabc@ / #  * +  ,   $ % &'# ( )  * + ,- " # * + ,NO )   ݑ " #F :. /    t‡ˆ‰ _Š£7°̄   AB  F      Z [ Œ=T@ / # ¢ " #  AB_`abc@ / # ¦Ž^†@ / #  * +  ,   $XÀ9O )   ݑ " #F ©ª   ÅF01— im nX =_ TB #— 01P  â  01 — Z [e  ,   îǸ^†@ / ©ª   ÅF01 ߈‰  ]^’‘  $XAB ! 01¾9  $X ¡  y 01 ¢#P“Ë )   AB " #  Þ w媫”b     ،— im nX =_ TB |`ab˜ i™ 01  Á 01¡ ÙaÇ \¸^ ! 89 !  v=T@ / # ¼  01 ¶    $X ! Ë ) $XÀ9O )   ݑ " #F01  $X   y  HI/ # ¼  01 ¶   01P  S=T@ / #  * +  ,   ¼½ Ê §  F AB " # ¢#P“Ë )   AB " #   AB :. /     k‚ _ƒ à9:  •s– [ Œ   ‫؟‬$X89ñ h i ÎÏ À9†@ / # #  vÉ :— 01¤£ $X†@ / . / 01  á= TB  * +  ,- ñ h i \ F ! 01¤@ / # .  $X Ë )¦Ž^ v w x-  Á01ÙaÇ ¸^89 v=T@ / # îǸ^†@ / ©ª   ÅF01 .¦Ž^†@ / # :. /im nX:  HI/ # . /    ( )  * + ,- " # * + ,NO )   ݑ " #F :. /    t‡ˆ‰ _Š£7°̄ 7  JKL M     P  S= w ¹  ¢ " # ?@ / 01¤@ / #    F01ÊZ [e  * +  ,-¦Ž^°̄ " #01 —AB y  " #01 01P  S=T@ / # îǸ^89†B —AB y  " # | ` _ ìabc@ / #  * +  ,   ¢ñ h i 01  $X Ë )01  Á01ÙaÇ ¸^89   01  Á ! v= wÚ Â \ P¡    $X  y  $ % &'# .߈‰Œ wÚ  ©ª   ÅF01  $X  y  HI/ # :. /im nX:  HI/ # . /     Z [ F#  F " # 01É ©ª  Å " #01 |#ÂF 2 3 4 5 6 01 ï›/œ Œ   ¢`aÇ ! ê9\  ! Z›/œ .  * D Yÿp#¡`op :. /  v=µ   .        :                ١ ٣،٤٨ ٤،٤٨ ٥،٤٨ ٦،٤٨ ٧،٤٨ ٤٨١ 481 48: His Clothing Al-Khallāl heard Muḥammad ibn al-Ḥusayn report that he heard al-Faḍl ibn Ziyād report: [Al-Fadl ibn Ziyād:] I remember seeing Aḥmad dressed for winter in two long tunics, with a colored gown between them. He often wore a tunic and a heavy fur: when it got very cold, I would see him wearing the fur over his gown. I also saw him wearing a heavy wrap, with a turban wound around his cap.348 One day I heard Abū ʿImrān al-Wirkānī say to him, “That’s quite a lot you’ve got on!” He laughed and said, “I don’t like the cold.” He often wore a cap without winding a turban around it. Al-Khallāl cites Manṣūr ibn al-Walīd...