Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780-855 AD) was born in Baghdad and was a renowned Islamic scholar and the founder of the Hanbali school of jurisprudence, one of the four major Sunni schools of law.
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Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (780-855 AD) was born in Baghdad and was a renowned Islamic scholar and the founder of the Hanbali school of jurisprudence, one of the four major Sunni schools of law.
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Supplicating to Other Than GodHe narrated to us: He said, I heard my father say: I performed five pilgrimages, two of them [riding], and three on foot, or two on foot and three riding. I lost my way during one of the pilgrimages, and I was on foot, so I began saying: O servants of Allah, guide us to the path. I kept saying this until I found the path, or as my father said.
“Imaam Ahmad allowed tawassul by means of the Messenger alone, and others such as Imam ash-Shawkaanee allowed tawassul by means of him and other Prophets and the Pious.” (Source: al-Albani, At-Tawassul, p. 38)
“`Abd Allah also asked Imam Ahmad about the man who touches the Prophet’s minbar and kisses it for blessing, and who does the same with the grave, or something to that effect, intending thereby to draw closer to Allah. [Imam Ahmad] replied: “There is nothing wrong with it.” This was narrated by `Abdullah ibn Ahmad ibn Hanbal in his book entitled al-`Ilal fi ma`rifat al-rijal (2:492).
"it is permissible to intercede with a righteous man, according to the correct view of the school of thought, and it was said that it is recommended. Imam Ahmad said to al-Marwadhi: He intercedes with the Prophet, may God bless him and grant him peace, in his supplication, and he stated this with certainty in al-Mustaw’ab and others." (al-Insaf (2/456) from the book of the Prayer for Rain)
