A Beautiful Response By Imaam Ahmad RA

أعوذ بالله من الشيطان الرجيم

بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم

Whilst Imaam Ahmad was on the receiving end of being lashed, his lower garment was about to fall, thus expose his awrah. So Al-Mu’tasim ordered for him to be leaved alone for a short while.

At this moment, Ibn Abee Duwaad came to him and said, “O Ahmad, say in my ear ‘The Qur’aan is created’, so that I may save you form the hand of the khaleefah (Al-Mu’tasim).“

So Imaam Ahmad said to him, “O Ibn Abee Duwaad, say in my ear, ‘The Qur’aan is the speech of Allaah, it is not created’, so that I may save you from the punishment of Allaah, the Mighty and Majestic.“

[The Foundations Of The Sunnah, p. 94]

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