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Imam Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

Founder of the Ḥanbalī madhab. Classical · Hanbali school · Baghdad. Every position below is drawn from the sourced consensus record — with its citation, and nothing added.

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أَحْمَد بْن حَنْبَل

Imam Aḥmad b. Ḥanbal

Founder of the Ḥanbalī madhab

Hanbali · Classical780–855 CE Baghdad

On the core questions

1 of the 6 core questions are documented for this voice. Each carries its source.

Q1 · Is riba prohibited in Islam?

Prohibits

Source:al-Musnad; classical Ḥanbalī fiqh corpus

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