The Creed of Imam Ahmad and His Early Followers

The creed of Imam Ahmad is what’s transmitted, preserved and published in the following literature.

Ibn Hanbal, Ahmad b. Muhammad al-Shaybani (d.241)

‘Aqidah, in Tabaqat al-Hanabilah p.24ff (edition of Muhammad H. al-Fiqi, Cairo 1952 in two volumes)
‘Aqidah, idem. p.130ff
‘Aqidah, idem. p.241ff
‘Aqidah, idem. p.311ff
‘Aqidah, idem. p.329ff
‘Aqidah, idem. p.341ff
Al-Radd ‘ala’l-Zanadiqa wa’l-Jahmiyyah, ed. Muhammad Fihr Shaqafa, Hama 1368/1967.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=12&book=1133
see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=825
see:http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=569
see:http://www.siratemustaqeem.com/phpBB…pic.php?t=3040

‘Aqidah, transmitted by al-Khallal, see Tabaqat al-Hanabilah ed. Fiqi, added at the end on p.292-308.

al-Risalah, send to Musaddad b. Musarhad, in Manaqib al-Imam Ahmad by Ibn al-Jawziy, see above links and:http://www.al-eman.com/Islamlib/view…=252&CID=97#s3

Abu ‘Ubayd, al-Qasim b. Sallam al-Harawi (d.224/838) [Hanbali-type]

Kitab al-Iman wa-Ma’alimih wa-Sunanihi wa’s-stikmalihi wa-darajatih, ed. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, Damascus 1965.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1072

Ibn Abi Shaybah, Abu Bakr Abdallah b. Muhammad b. Abi Shaybah (d. 225) [Hanbali-type]

Kitab al-Iman, ed. Muhammad Nasir al-Din al-Albani, Damascus 1965.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1073

Ahmad b. Nasr al-Khuza’i (d.231) [Hanbali]

al-I’tisam bi’l-Kitab wa’l-Sunnah

al-’Adani, Abu Abdallah Muhammad b. Yahya b. Abi ‘Umar (d.243) [Hanbali-type]

al-Iman, ed. Hamad b. Hamdi al-Harbi, Kuwayt.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1891

Al-Bukhari, Muhammad b. Isma’il al-Ju’fi [Hanbali-type]

Khalq Af’al al-‘Ibad wa’l-Radd ‘ala’l-Jahmiyyah wa-Ashab al-Ta’til, published by Mu’assat al-Risalah, Beirut 1404/1984; also published in Hayderabad and Alexandria.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=301

Abu Hatim al-Razi & Abu Zur’ah al-Razi (d.277 and 264) [Hanbali]

Asl al-’Itiqad, ed. independantly but also within the Sharh Usul al-I’tiqad by al-Lalika’i

see: http://yahoo.groups.com/group/radd_ashariyyah or http://www.siratemustaqeem.com/phpBB/viewforum.php?f=16

Abu Dawud al-Sidjistani, Sulayman b. al-Ash’ath (d.275) [Hanbali]

Kitab al-Sunan, which contains: Kitab al-Sunnah, Radd ‘ala’l-Jahmiyyah etc.; published continually, for example by: Dar al-Da’wa, India 1401.
Masa’il Abu Dawud, a collection of questions/answers to Ahmad b. Hanbal by this close disciple of his, ed.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=8&book=61

Harb al-Kirmani [Hanbali]

Masa’il Harb al-Kirmani, a collection of questions/answers to Ahmad b. Hanbal by another close disciple of the Imam, ed.

Ishaq b. Ibrahim al-Kawsaj [Hanbali]

Masa’il Ahmad b. Hanbal wa-Ishaq b. Rahawayh, a collection alike by another disciple, ed.

Al-Darimi, ‘Uthman b. Sa’id (d.282) [Hanbali-type]

Radd al-Imam al-Darimi ‘Uthman b. Sa’id ‘ala Bishr al-Marisi al-‘Anid, ed. Muhammad Hamid al-Fiqi, Cairo 1358 H; also published in 1971 in Alexandria.
Al-Radd ‘ala’l-Jahmiyyah, ed. Gösta Vitestam, Lund/Leiden 1960; edited also by Zuhayr al-Shawish and publsihed by al-Maktaba al-Islami, Beirut 1402.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1460

Ibrahim al-Harbi, Abu Ishaq Ibrahim b. Ishaq b. Ibrahim (d.285) [Hanbali]

Risalah fi anna al-Qur’an ghayr Makhluq, ed.
Risalat Ahmad b. Hanbal ila al-Mutawakkil fi Mas’alah Khalq al-Qur’an, ed.

see: http://www.alashrafia.com/risala_quran.pdf

Abu Bakr al-Marwazi, Ahmad b. ‘Ali b. Sa’id (d.292) [Hanbali]

al-Sunnah, ed.

Abdallah b. Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Hanbal [Hanbali]

Kitab al-Sunnah, published by al-Matba’a al-Salafiyyah, Makkah 1349.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1430

Ibn Abi Shaybah, Muhammad b. ‘Uthman b. Muhammad b. Abi Shaybah (d.297) [Hanbali-type]

Kitab al-’Arsh, ed.

see: http://www.alsunnah.com/BookTabweeb.aspx?RootID=256123

al-Nasa’i, Abu Abd al-Rahman Ahmad b. Shu’ayb (d.303) [Hanbali-type]

al-Sunan al-Kubra (which contains: Kitab al-Nu’uth al-Asma wa’l-Sifat, published also seperately); the Sunan has been published Dar al-Kutub al-’Ilmiyyah in 1411, edited by Abd al-Ghaffar al-Bundari and Sayyid Kasrawi Hasan.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=8&book=1850

Al-Tabari, Abu Ja’far Muhammad b. Jarir b. Yazid (d.310/923) [Hanbali-type]

Al-I’tiqad, lithographe edition from beirut, 1311/1893 = Sarih al-Sunnah, Tripoli (Libanon) 1991 (also in al-Lalika’I, Sarh Usu al-I’tiqad).
al-Tabsira fi Ma’alim al-Din, ed. ‘Ali Abd al-’Aziz Shibl, Riyad.

see: http://www.siratemustaqeem.com/phpBB…pic.php?t=2981
see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1045

Ibn Khuzaymah, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. Ishaq al-Sulami al-Naysaburi (d.311/924) [Hanbali-type]

Kitab al-Tawhid wa-Ithbat Sifat al-Rabb, ed. Abd al-Aziz Ibrahim al-Shawan, Riyad 1408/1988.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=299

al-Khallal, Abu Bakr Ahmad b. Muhammad b. Harun (d.311) [Hanbali]

Kitab al-Sunnah (part of al-Jami’, the greatest collection of Imam Ahmad’s Fatwa’s on Creed, Jurisprudence, Commentary, Tradition etc. ), ed. by D. ‘Atiyyah al-Zahrani and published by Dar al-Ra’ya for the first time in 1410.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1682

Abu Bakr b. Abi Dawud, Abdallah b. Sulayman b. al-Ash’ath al-Sijistani (d.316) [Hanbali]

al-Qasidah al-Ha’iyah fi’l-Sunnah, ed.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=390

Al-Ash’ari, Abu’l-Hasan ‘Ali b. Isma’il (d.324) [Hanbali]

Al-Ibana ‘an Usul al-Diyanah, ed. Fawqiyyah H. Mahmud, Cairo..
Maqalat al-Islamiyyin wa-Ikhtilaf al-Musallin, ed. H. Ritter, 2 volumes, Istanbul 1929-1933.

see: http://www.siratemustaqeem.com/phpBB…pic.php?t=2915

Al-Ajurri, Abu Bakr Muhammad b. al-Husayn (d.360) [Hanbali]

Al-Shari’ah, ed. Muhammad Hamid al-Fiqi, Beirut 1403/1983.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=296

Abu’l-Shaykh al-Isfahani, Abu Muhammad b. Abdallah b. Muhammad b. Ja’far b. Hayyan al-Ansari (d.369) [Hanbali]

al-’Azamah, ed. al-Mubarak Furi, Dar al-’Asimah, Riyad 1408.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1824

Abu Bakr al-Isma’ili, Ahmad b. Ibrahim b. Isma’il (d.371) [Hanbali-type]

I’tiqad A’immat al-Hadith, ed. Muhammad al-Khumayyis, Riyad 1412.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=530

al-Daraqutni, Abu’l-Hasan ‘Ali b. ‘Umar b. Ahmad b. Mahdi al-Baghdadi (d.385) [Hanbali-type]

Kitab al-Sifat, ed. Abdallah al-Ghunayman, Maktaba al-Dar’, Madinah 1402.
Kitab al-Nuzul
Kitab al-Ru’ya

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1823

Ibn Batta, Abu Abdallah ‘Ubaydallah b. Muhammad b. Hamdan al-‘Ukbari (d.387/997) [Hanbali]

Al-Ibana al-Kubra ‘an Shari’at al-Firaq al-najiya wa-Mujanabat al-Firaq al-Madmuma, ed. Rida Na’san Mu’ti, ‘Uthman Abdallah Adam al-Atyubi, Yusuf b. Abdallah b. Yusuf al-Wabil and al-Walid M. Nabih b. Sayf al-Nasr, Riyad 1408/1988-1418/1997.

Kitab Sarh wa’l-Ibana ‘ala Usul al-Sunnah wa’l-Diyana, ed. and translated by H. Laoust, as: La Profession de foi d’Ibn Batta, Damascus 1958; also edited by Dr. Rida Na’san and published in 1404 in Makka by Maktaba al-Faysaliyyah.

see: http://www.alsunnah.com/BookTabweeb.aspx?RootID=511816
see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1015

Ibn Manda, Muhammad b. Ishaq b. Muhammad b. Yahya al-Isfahani (d.395) [Hanbali]

Al-Radd ‘ala’l-Jahmiyyah, ed. ‘Ali b. Muhammad Nasir al-Faqihi, Madinah 1982.
Kitab al-Tawhid, ed. Muhammad Hasan Muhammad Hasan Ism’ail al-Shafi’i, better known as: Muhammad Faris, published by Dar al-Kutub al-’Ilmiyyah, Beirut 2001.

Kitab al-Iman, ed.

see: http://www.alsunnah.com/BookTabweeb.aspx?RootID=516433
see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=956

Abu’l-Fadl ‘Abd al-Wahid b. Abd al-’Aziz b. al-Harith al-Tamimi (d.410) [Hanbali]

Kitab I’tiqad al-Imam Ahmad b. Hanbal, ed. Abu Mus’ab Tal’at b. Fuad al-Hulwani, Riyad 2002.

Al-Lalika’I, Abu’l-Qasim Hibat Allah b. al-Hasan b. Mansur al-Tabari al-Razi (d.418/1027) [Hanbali-type]

Sarh Usul al-I’tiqad Ahl al-Sunnah wa’l-Jama’ah, ed. Ali b. Sa’d b. Hamdan al-Ghamiri, Riyad 1418/1997.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1014

Abu ‘Uthman al-Sabuni, Ism’ail b. abd al-Rahman (d.449) [Hanbali-type]

‘Aqidat al-Salaf wa-Ashab al-Hadith, ed. Badr al-Badr.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1631

Abu Ya’la Muhammad b. al-Hasan al-Farra’, al-Qadi (d.458/1066) [Hanbali]

Kitab al-Mu’tamad fi Usul al-Din, ed. Wadi’ Zaydan Haddad, Beirut 1974.
Ibtal al-Ta’wilat li-Akhbar al-Sifat, ed.
Kitab al-Riwayatayn wa’l-Wajhayn, ed. Sa’ud b. Abd al-’Aziz al-Khalaf, Madinah 1999/1419.
Masa’il al-Iman, ms and I believe also ed.

Abu ‘Ali b. al-Banna, al-Hasan b. Ahmad b. Abdallah b. al-Banna’ al-Baghdadi (d.471) [Hanbali]

al-Mukhtar fi al-Sunnah, ed.

Al-Ansari al-Harawi, Abu Isma’il Abdallah b. Muhammad b. ‘Ali (d.481) [Hanbali]

Damm al-Kalam wa-Ahlih, ed. Samih Dugaim, Beirut 1994.
Kitab al-Arba’in fi Dala’il al-Tawhid, ed. ‘Ali b. Muhammad b. Nasir al-Fuqayhi, Madinah 1404/1984.

Ibn ‘Aqil, Abu’l-Wafa ‘Ali b. ‘Aqil b. Muhammad (d.513) [Hanbali]

Rasa’il fi’l-Qur’an wa-Ithbat al-Harf wa’l-Sawt Raddan ‘ala al-Ash’ariyyah, ed. by G. Makdisi in Bulletin d’Etudes Orientale: work is also known as: al-Radd ‘ala’l-Asha’irah al-’Uzzal wa-Ithbat al-Harf wa’l-Sawt fi Kalam al-Kabir al-Muta’al.

Abu’l-Qasim al-Taymi, Isma’il b. Muhammad al-Isfahani (d.535) [Hanbali-type]

al-Hujjah fi Bayan al-Mahajjah wa-Sharh ‘Aidah Ahl al-Sunnah, ed.

Abd al-Qadir al-Jilani, Abu Muhammad Abd al-Qadir b. Musa al-Baghdadi al-Sufi (d.561) [Hanbali]

al-Ghunya fi Talibi Tariq al-Haqq, ed.

Abd al-Ghani al-Maqdisi, Taqi al-Din b. Abd al-Wahid (d.600) [Hanbali]

al-Iqtisad fi’l-I’tiqad, ed.

see: http://s3.invisionfree.com/sunnipres…p?showtopic=21

Ibn Qudamah al-Maqdisi, Muwaffaq al-Din Abu Muhammad (d.620) [Hanbali]

Kitab al-Burhan fi Bayan Haqiqat al-Qur’an, ms Manisa (Turkey) and Leiden (Netherlands), edited by H. Daiber in Israel Oriental Studies volume 14; also known as al-Burhan fi’l-Qur’an and al-Burhan fi Mas’alat al-Qur’an.
Tahrim al-Nazar fi Kutub Ahl al-Kalam, ed. George Makdisi, London 1962 (is also published as Radd ‘ala Ibn ‘Aqil)
Damm al-Ta’wil, ed. Badr al-Badr
Ithbat Sifat al-Rabb, ed. Badr al-Badr, published by Dar al-Salafiyyah, Kuwayt 1406.
Lum’at al-I’tiqad, ed. Badr al-Badr
‘Aqidah, ms
Munazarah ma’a ba’d al-Ash’ari, ms

see: http://www.siratemustaqeem.com/phpBB…pic.php?t=3023
see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1288
see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1897

Diya’ al-Din al-Maqdisi, Muhammad b. Abd al-Wahid b. Ahmad al-Jamma’ili (d.682) [Hanbali]

Ikhtisas al-Qur’an bi-’Audihi ila’l-Rahim al-Rahman, ms Chester Beatty Library

Ibn Taymiyyah, Taqi al-Din Ahmad b. Abd al-Halim (d.728) [Hanbali]

Minhaj al-Sunnah al-Nabawiyyah fi Naqd al-Kalam al-Shi’ah wa’l-Qadariyah, ed. Muhammad Rashad Salim, 9 volumes, Cairo 1986-1989.
Muwafaqat Sahih al-Manqul li-Sarih al-Ma’qul, ed. Muhammad Muhyi al-Din Abd al-Hamid and Muhammad Hamid al-Fiqi, two volumes, Cairo 1369/1950-1370/1951.
‘Aqidat al-Hamawiyyah, ed. Muhammad Abd al-Razzaq Hamza.

Al-Dhahabi, Shams al-Din Muhammad b. Ahmad (d.748) [Hanbali-type]

al-Arba’in fi Usul al-Din, ed. Abd al-Qadir al-Sufi, Madinah 1413.
Al-‘Uluww li’l-‘Ali al-Ghaffar fi Sahih al-Akhbar wa-Saqimiha, ed. Abd al-Rahman Muhammad ‘Uthman, Cairo 1388/1968.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open….t=10&book=1896

Ibn al-Qayyim al-Jawziyyah (d.753) [Hanbali]

Ijtima’ al-Juyush al-Islamiya ‘ala Ghazw al-Mu’attilah wa’l-Jahmiyyah, ed. Zakariya ‘Ali Yusuf, Cairo n.d.; also published by Dar al-Kutub al-’Arabi, Beirut 1408.
Qasida al-Nuniyyah, ed.
Mukhtasar Sawa’iq al-Mursala, ed.

see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=26&book=719

Ibn Rajab al-Hanbali, Zayn al-Din Abu’l-Faraj Abd al-Rahman b. Ahmad (d.795) [Hanbali]

Fadl ‘Ilm al-Salaf ‘ala ‘Ilm al-Khalaf, ed.
Fath al-Bari = Sarh al-Bukhari, ed.
al-Tawhid, ed.

see: http://www.saaid.net/book/open.php?cat=3&book=673
see: http://www.almeshkat.net/books/open.php?cat=10&book=806

For a valuable list of literature on creeds in chronological order with publishing details for some, see: http://sunnipress.com/txt/aqida.htm