Encyclopaedia Britannica's biography of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, covering his refusal under the mihna to affirm the createdness of the Quran and his role in settling the uncreated position as Sunni doctrine.
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Assessment
Reliability Tier2
Encyclopaedia Britannica's biography of Ahmad ibn Hanbal is written and edited in-house without an academic peer review process, the middle tier reflecting a professionally fact checked general reference rather than a specialist Islamic legal history source. NotesA general reference encyclopedia with editorial staff and a long institutional record, continuously revised rather than dated to a single print year. Reliable for the mihna, its dates and Ibn Hanbal's own conduct under interrogation.
Citation
AuthorThe Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
PublisherEncyclopaedia Britannica, Inc.
URLhttps://www.britannica.com/biography/Ahmad-ibn-Hanbal
Source Typereference
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This source names Ahmad ibn Hanbal directly: "Encyclopaedia Britannica's biography of Ahmad ibn Hanbal, covering his refusal under the mihna to affirm the createdness of the Quran and his role in settling the uncreated position as Sunni doctrine."
This source names Sunni directly: "in settling the uncreated position as Sunni doctrine."
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This source backs 19 claims across the atlas. As facts: 13 well-attested. As cited relationships: 2 holds, 2 connected. Plus 2 entities citing it as a general reference with no single fact or relationship attached.
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- Articles, 10 claims: 6 well-attested, 2 connected, 2 general references.
- Sources, 9 claims: 7 well-attested, 2 holds.
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