"Musnad Ahmad bin Hanbal, English translation, Vol. 1, Darussalam Publications, Lahore, 2012"

“How would anyone be whose Lord is demanding that he carry out the obligatory duties, and his Prophet is demanding that he follow the Sunnah), and th two angels are demanding that he mend his ways, and his Nafs is demanding that he follow its whims and desires, and Iblīs is demanding that he commit immoral actions, and the angel of death is watching and waiting to take his soul, and his dependents are demanding that he spend on their maintenance?”

“'If the scholars remains silent the grounds of dissimulation , and the ignorant do not know, when will the truth be manifested?'”

“If my soul were in my hands, I would have released it.”

“There is no choice but the Sunnah and following it. And analogy should only be based on comparing something to an established principle . But to come to the principle and demolish it and then say this is by analogy - on what basis are you making your analogy?”

“My eyes never saw anyone better than Ahmad bin Hanbal, and I have never seen anyone among the scholars of Hadith who shows more respect for the sacred limits of Allah and the Sunnah of His Prophet , if if proven to be Saheeh. And I have never seen anyone more keen to follow than him.”

“Say to the followers of innovation : the judge between us and you is the day of funerals.”