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Chapter 12.4. About Imam Ahmad Ibn Al-Hanbal
He was even more ascetic [than Sufyan]. He lived simply and patiently endured difficult conditions. His livelihood was from some stores which he inherited from his father. The income he took from them was less than twenty dirhams a month. He died and did not leave anything other than a few pieces of silver wrapped in a rag, the weight of which was less than half a dirham. He left a debt that was paid for from his stores, despite the abundant wealth offered to him by rulers.
Chapters
Chapter 1
Travelling for Sacred Knowledge
Chapter 2
Paths Leading to Sacred Knowledge
Chapter 3
Knowledge of the Tongue and the Heart
Chapter 4
Categories of Scholars
Chapter 4.1
The Harm and Enmity of Corrupt Scholars
Chapter 4.2
The Deception of Satan
Chapter 4.3
Examples of Virtuous Scholars
Chapter 5
Grazing the Gardens
Chapter 6
All of Creation Assisting the Scholar
Chapter 7
Scholars and Worshippers
Chapter 8
Virtue of Knowledge
Chapter 8.1
The Virtue of Adam over the Angels
Chapter 8.2
The Scholars Truly Fear Allah
Chapter 9
A Parable
Chapter 10
Heirs of the Prophets
Chapter 11
Epilogue
Chapter 12
Abstinence Of The Early Scholars
Chapter 12.1
About Fudayl Ibn Iyad
Chapter 12.2
About Hasan Al-Basri
Chapter 12.3
About Sufyan Al-Thawri
Chapter 12.4
About Imam Ahmad Ibn Al-Hanbal
Chapter 12.5
About Imam Yahya Ibn Abi Kathir
Chapter 12.6
About Imam Muhammad Ibn Aslam Al-Tusi
Chapter 12.7
About Imam Al-Awzai