The Reasons for the Imprisonment and Torture of Imam Ahmad
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His Eminence the Shaykh: What is your opinion regarding what is said about Imam Ahmad (may Allah have mercy on him), that he was not imprisoned and tortured merely for saying that the Qur'an is created, but rather because of the great status he held among the common people?
I see that this contradicts the apparent meaning,And the apparent reason he was imprisoned is that he did not say: that the Qur'an is created. Even if he had said it, he would not have been imprisoned, but he (may Allah have mercy on him) did not say it, even though he was threatened with death;Because if he had said it, the entire Ummah would have turned and said: that the Qur'an is created. However, he was patient, and his patience in this regard is a form of jihad in the path of Allah. When such imams are patient in the face of the word of truth, they thereby draw near to Allah and hope for the reward of Allah the Exalted for the harm they suffer.
I see that this contradicts the apparent meaning,And the apparent reason he was imprisoned is that he did not say: that the Qur'an is created. Even if he had said it, he would not have been imprisoned, but he (may Allah have mercy on him) did not say it, even though he was threatened with death;Because if he had said it, the entire Ummah would have turned and said: that the Qur'an is created. However, he was patient, and his patience in this regard is a form of jihad in the path of Allah. When such imams are patient in the face of the word of truth, they thereby draw near to Allah and hope for the reward of Allah the Exalted for the harm they suffer.