Commentary on Imam Ahmad's statement regarding the people's need for knowledge during the time of fitnah

Question:
The questioner asks: What is your commentary on Imam Ahmad's statement during the time of fitnah, the fitnah of the creation of the Qur'an, that people today are in greater need of knowledge and hadith than ever before?

Answer:
Yes, it is clear, because the fitnah of Imam Ahmad and the fitnah of the time in which he lived, which was the fitnah of the claim that the Qur'an is created, at the hands of the Mu'tazilah, was a great fitnah, a great fitnah, from which only the people of hadith and the people of knowledge were saved, those who knew and understood that the Qur'an is the speech of Allah, not a created thing, but rather the speech of Allah, so they refused to say that the Qur'an is created, and they were patient in the face of harm, some of them were killed, some were imprisoned, and some were tortured, like Imam Ahmad, they were patient until Allah established the truth in their hands, and this was only by the grace of Allah, then by the grace of the knowledge of hadith, or modern knowledge, yes.