{"product_id":"the-life-of-ibn-anbal-9781479805303","title":"The Life of Ibn \u0026#7716;anbal","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Life of Ibn Ḥanbal\u003c\/i\u003e is a translation of the biography of Ibn Hanbal by the Baghdad preacher, scholar, and storyteller Ibn al-Jawzī (d. 597\/1200), newly abridged for a paperback readership by translator Michael Cooperson. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241\/855), renowned for his profound knowledge of hadiths--the reports of the Prophet's sayings and deeds--is a major figure in the history of Islam. He was famous for living according to his own strict interpretation of the Prophetic model and for denying himself the most basic comforts, even though his family was prominent and his city, Baghdad, was then one of the wealthiest in the world. Ibn Ḥanbal's piety and austerity made him a folk hero, especially after he resisted the attempts of two caliphs to force him to accept rationalist doctrine. His subsequent imprisonment and flogging is one of the most dramatic episodes of medieval Islamic history, and his principled resistance influenced the course of Islamic law, the rise of Sunnism, and the legislative authority of the caliphate. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eSet against the background of fierce debates over the role of reason and the basis of legitimate government, \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Ibn Ḥanbal\u003c\/i\u003e tells the formidable life tale of one of the most influential Muslims in history. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn English-only edition.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eIbn al-Jawzī (Author) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eIbn al-Jawzī\u003c\/b\u003e (d. 597\/1201) was a Baghdadi storyteller, preacher, and prolific Islamic scholar associated with the Hanbali school of jurisprudential thought. He is well known for his exegeses of the Qurʾan and Hadith, including his famous compendium, \u003ci\u003eAl-Taḥqīq.\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eGarth Fowden (Foreword by) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eGarth Fowden \u003c\/b\u003eis the Sultan Qaboos Professor of Abrahamic Faiths at the University of Cambridge. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMichael Cooperson (Translator) \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eMichael Cooperson \u003c\/b\u003eis Professor of Arabic in the Department of Near Eastern Languages \u0026amp; Cultures at UCLA. His translations include \u003ci\u003eThe Life of Ibn \u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eḤanbal\u003c\/i\u003e by Ibn al-Jawzī for the Library of Arabic Literature, and \u003ci\u003eThe Author and His Doubles\u003c\/i\u003e by the eminent Moroccan literary critic Abdelfattah Kilito.\u003cb\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"New York University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50504642003218,"sku":"9781479805303","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_ebb0b1f4-57d6-4564-bf3b-c20cc146d3a6.jpg?v=1730824255","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/the-life-of-ibn-anbal-9781479805303","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}