[6] The series tells the full biography of the four imams of the Muslims from the Sunnis and the community Ahmad ibn Hanbal and the events that took place from the beginning of his family and social life and even began his scientific life in the request of forensic science (isnad) from Muhammad and the Quran until his death, and also reviews the period of the rule of the Abbasid state, Islamic events and conquests, the emergence of the Mu'tazili and the emergence of the plight of the creation of the Quran, and Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal confronted them.

The producer launched an official website to introduce the series in four languages, including Arabic, English, In turn, the state-run Qatar Television broadcast it exclusively on its screen during Ramadan.

[11][12][13] The series was scheduled to be ready for display during the month of Ramadan ( 1436 H / 2016 ), but the conditions of obtaining visas to Syrian representatives involved in the work prevented this, where the company intended to produce several countries for photography was the first Morocco and then Algeria, India, Uzbekistan and Spain, finally settling on Turkey and Lebanon, where the series was filmed between them after long periods of delay.

Ibn Hanbal was known for his role in the dispute about Quranic createdness, that took place in the Abbasid era during the reign of the Caliph al-Ma'mun, and then al-Mu'tasim and al-Wathiq after him.

The series revolves around a historical drama where the series discusses the biography of the life of Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal, the fourth of the four imams in the Sunnis and the group where the series reviews many of the events that took place in his life during the era of Abbasid state in the era of Caliph Harun al-Rashid[22] The light on the city of Baghdad, the nature of social life and also monitor the poor class in which he lived Ahmed bin Hanbal, as well as the middle class, in addition to the focus on some of the Islamic conquests in the era of Harun al-Rashid and the emergence of Mu'tazila and the struggle of the Secretary and the safe to power, In the way of narration of events and facts, which highlights the first: the personal life of the Imam and the social environment in Baghdad and the second: the system of political governance that prevailed at that time and the third: some stories and novels and historical facts that were modern in the era of the Imam.

And the series shows the imam's adherence to accuracy and follow -up and rejection of measurement only in necessity and avoid the opinion and had some justification, notably the control of the Mu'tazil and the multiplicity of difference and sedition pushed him to return to the origins of modernity and confirmation and the commitment of the approach of the Quran.

The reason for the refusal of the countries to photograph them is due to the difficulty of obtaining visas for Syrian artists participating in the work, which led to a postponement of the show for one year.

[67][68][69] The producer chose to film the series in the Republic of Lebanon and the Republic of Turkey [70] to launch the project of filming the series and the first choice was made on the two Turkish cities of Istanbul on the banks of the Bosphorus, which contains the historic palaces used in the battles carried out in the serial where there are two battles, the first between Harun al-Rashid and Najafur the first king of the Roman, And the second battle Ammor and the famous incident, which was the time after the cry of Muslim women and Mstasmh, which had appealed to the successor Mu'tasim Billah of the Roman[71] and the second city Mardin, which sits on the foothills of southeastern Turkey,[72] which has its ancient historical character, its two ancient houses and its paved roads in the Middle Ages.