The Life of Ibn Ḥanbal. Ibn al-Jawzi
Chapter 13. Praise of Him by His Peers, His Contemporaries, and Those Close to Him in Age
Chapter 14. Praise of Him by Prominent Successors Who Knew Him Well
Chapter 15. A Report That the Prophet Elijah Sent Him Greetings
Chapter 16. Reports That al-Khaḍir Spoke in His Praise
Chapter 17. Praise of Him by Pious Strangers and Allies of God
Chapter 18. Allies of God Who Visited Him to Seek His Blessing
Chapter 21. His Insistence on Maintaining the Practices of the Early Muslims
Chapter 22. His Reverence for Hadith Transmitters and Adherents of the Sunnah
Chapter 23. His Shunning and Reviling of Innovators and His Forbidding Others to Listen to Them
Chapter 25. His Age When He Began Teaching Hadith and Giving Legal Opinions
Chapter 26. His Devotion to Learning and the Attitudes That Informed His Teaching
Chapter 29. His Forbidding Others to Write Down or Transmit His Words
Chapter 31. His Statements about Renunciation and Spiritual Weakness
Chapter 32. His Remarks on Different Subjects
Chapter 33. Poems He Recited or Had Attributed to Him
Chapter 34. His Correspondence
Chapter 35. His Appearance and Bearing
Chapter 36. His Imposing Presence
Chapter 37. His Cleanliness and Ritual Purity
Chapter 38. His Kindness and His Consideration for Others
Chapter 39. His Forbearance and His Readiness to Forgive
Chapter 40. His Property and Means of Subsistence
Chapter 41. His Refusal to Accept Help Even in Distress
Chapter 43. His Accepting Gifts and Giving Gifts in Return
Chapter 45. His House and Furniture
Chapter 50. His Shunning Appointment to Positions of Authority
Chapter 51. His Love of Poverty and His Affection for the Poor
Chapter 53. His Accepting Invitations and His Withdrawal upon Seeing Things He Disapproved of
Chapter 54. His Preference for Solitude
Chapter 55. His Wish to Live in Obscurity and His Efforts to Remain Unnoticed
Chapter 57. His Preoccupation and Absentmindedness
Chapter 59. His Performances of the Pilgrimage
Chapter 60. His Extemporaneous Prayers and Supplications
Chapter 61. His Manifestations of Grace and the Effectiveness of His Prayers