Download or read book The Formation of Hanbalism written by Nimrod Hurvitz and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2002-04-25 with total page 212 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Ahmad Ibn Hanbal (d. 855) was the eponymous founder of a school of law, and an influential intellectual who led the Baghdadi masses during the Inquisition. Owing to his status as a jurist, to the religious ideas he propounded and to his model way of life, he is perceived as one of the pivotal figures in the history of Islam and a revered hero to th