Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj hears Ahmad ibn Hanbal and gathers his Questions, c. 220/835

مسلم بن الحجاج يسمع أحمد بن حنبل ويسائل مسائله، نحو ٢٢٠هـ

c. 835 CE · c. 220 AH

On his entries into Baghdad Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj heard Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241/855) and transmitted from him, and compiled a book of his own questions to Ahmad, the Masa'il Ahmad ibn Hanbal ¹; the Encyclopaedia of Islam counts Ahmad among Muslim's masters whose works have survived into print ².

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Era: The Early Abbasid Caliphate
Region: Levant & Iraq
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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj entered Baghdad several times ³, hearing there from Ahmad ibn Hanbal (d. 241/855), from whom he transmitted copiously, and he compiled a book of his questions to him, the Masa'il Ahmad ibn Hanbal ¹. The Encyclopaedia of Islam counts Ahmad among the masters of Muslim whose works survive in print ².

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Had participant: Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj· Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Occurred at: Baghdad

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The Sunan composed and shown to Ahmad ibn Hanbal, before 241/855· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj's last entry into Baghdad, 259/873· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj's hadith journeys to the Hijaz, Iraq, Syria and Egypt, c. 215/830· The Imam· Ahmad ibn Hanbal· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj· The Nizamiyya Madrasa of Baghdad· Bayt al-Hikma — the House of Wisdom

Sources

Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.2 p. 527-528
Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 690-691
Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , v p. 195

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The Sunan composed and shown to Ahmad ibn Hanbal, before 241/855

It is said that Abu Dawud composed the Sunan and presented it to the Imam Ahmad, who admired and approved it, a report the Encyclopaedia of Islam confirms. Ibn Dasa heard him say: I wrote down five hundred thousand traditions from the Messenger of God and selected from them what I placed in the Sunan — four thousand eight hundred traditions — naming the sound ones and those resembling or approaching them. He read law with Ahmad ibn Hanbal, kept his company for a time and was among the elite of his pupils; as Ahmad died in 241, the presentation falls before that year.