Re: Miracles of Prophet Muhammad (PBUH)
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The Caliph Al-Ma’mun, subjected the scholars to severe persecution, at the behest of the Mu’tazilite theologians, most notably Bishr al-Marrisi and Ahmad b. Abi Du’ad, mainly to establish the notion that God created Quaran as a physical entity (rather than saying that Quran is God’s speech in an indescribable way, as held by the orthodox view).
Almost all of the scholas in Baghdad acknowledged the creation-of-Quran doctrine, with notable exceptions of Ibn Hanbal and Muhammad ibn Nuh. This greatly pained and angered Ibn Hanbal, such that he boycotted some of the great traditionists for their acknowledgement, and often refused to narrate hadith from them. Amongst those boycotted were a close companion and a colleague of Imam Ahmad, Yahya b. Ma’in, about whom, it is said that Imam Ahmad refused to speak to him until he died.
Finally, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and Muhammad ibn Nuh were also put to the test on the order of al-Ma’mun, but they refused to acknowledge the creation of the Quran. Consequently, they were dispatched in irons to be dealt with by al-Ma’mun himself. On the way, Imam Ahmad supplicated to Allah to prevent him from meeting al-Ma’mun. His prayer was answered in the sudden death of al-Ma’mun due to which they were both sent back. Muhammad b. Nuh passed away on their return journey, and there was none to prepare his funeral, pray over, and bury him, except Imam Ahmad.
This was on wikipedia