Musnad Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal

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MUSNAD
AHMAD
IMAM
HANBAL
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AbuAbdullah Ahmad bin Muhammad
bin Hanbal Ash-Shalbanl
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Edited by
Huda AMChattab
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ENGLISH TRANSLATION OF
Musnad
Imam Ahmad bin Hanbal
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AbuAbdullah Ahmad bin Muhammad bin Hanbal Ash-Shaibani
{ 164-241 AH - 780-855 CE }
Volume 1.(Hadithl to 1380)
Ahadeeth Edited, Researched and Referenced by
DARUSSALAM
Translatedby
NasiruddinAl-Khattab
Editedby
HudaAl-Khattab
DARUSSALAM
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BinHanbal,ImamAhmad
MusnadImamAhmadBinHanbal./
ImamAhmadBinHanbal. Riyadh,2012
3V.
ISBN:978-603-500-107-6(Set)
978-603-500-108-3(vol.1)
1-IbnHanbal,AhmadIbnMuhammad241H 2-Hadith-
Criticism,Interpretation,etc. I-Title
922.584dc 1433/3700
L.D. no. 1433/3700
ISBN: 978-603-500-107-6 (set)
978-603-500-108-3 (vol.1)
Gontents
ANotefrom thePublisher 7
Foreword 13
BriefBiographyofImamAhmadbinHanbal (wk) , 16
Nameand lineage 16
Hisstudyoihadeethand hisshaykhs 16
Hisnarrationofhadeethandfattens 17
His testing [mihnah) concerning the issue of whether the Qur'an was
created 17
Hismethodologyinissuingfotwas V)
Hisshaykhsand thosewholearned fromhim 20
Hisdeath 20
Eulogiesand testimonyofthescholarsconcerninghim 21
Musnad Abu BakrSiddeeq^[1/2] 23
Musnad'UmarbinAl-Khattab<$. 71
Thehadeethofas-Saqeefah 225
Musnad'Uthmanbin'Affan& 233
MusnadAliIbnAbiTaIib*[l/2| 303

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One of the noblest and the most important aims of
Darussalam is to publish books of hadeeths (Prophetic
narrations). From the very first day of its inception,
Darussalam desired to publish translations of books of
hadeeths along with translations of the meanings of the
Qur'aninimportantlanguagesoftheworld.
By the grace of Allah, Darussalam has completed
twenty-five years and during these long years, we have
published, by the grace of Allah, as many as fourteen
hundred books. We started with Riyadhus-Saliheen,
which we translated into English and other languages,
followed by Bulughul-Maram. Then we published, in
quicksuccession,Englishtranslationsofthesixcanonical
books of hadeeths (Al-Bukhari, Muslim, Abu Dawood,
At-Tirmidhi, Ibn Majah and An-Nasa'i} in 38 volumes
- a momentous and pioneering achievement admired
by lovers of hadeeths worldwide. This was a unique
achievement in Islamic history in that this was the first
time the six canonical books of hadeeths were published
alongwiththeirEnglish translations.
The four Sunan books {Abu Dawood, At-Tirmidhi,
Ibn Majah and An-Nasa'i) were also documented,
referenced,gradedandaccompanied byfootnotes(where
necessary).
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In the meantime, many a friend of mine asked me to publish the
English translation of Musnad Imam Ahmad, the largest collection of
hadeeths. In fact, I had already pledged to Allah that if I stayed longer in
Saudi Arabia, I would surely undertakethis workassoon as 1 got achance
to do it. The Musnad of Imam Ahmad is a reliable and authoritative work
containingover twenty seven thousand (27,000)haikcths. Theexecution of
this projectwasnoeasy task. In fact,theprojectexceededourresourcesbut
we relied onAllah and started the work.
The most important part of this work was to research, document,
reference, and authenticate the Arabic text of Musnad Ahmad. To this
end, we formed a committee ofeminentiuhkc.th scholars in Pakistan, who
preparedamethodologytofulfill thetaskafterprolongedconsultations.Of
special noteamongthese scholarsareShaikh Irshadul-Haq Athari, Hafiz
Mas'ood 'Alam, and Hafiz Muhammad Sharif. Under the supervision
of these distinguished scholars an eight-memher committee drawn from
the hndceth section of the Lahore branch of Darussalam Research Centre
set about researching, referencing and authenticating the text of Imam
Ahmad's Musnad and finally completed thistask, by thegraceofAllah.
* The followingare thedistinctivefeatures ofthis momentous work:
* The wordsof the Prophethavebeen highlighted within brackets.
-• Eachhndcethisaccompanied byacommentarydeterminingitsdegree
ofauthenticity,i.e.,detailingwhetheritisauthentic, weak,and soon.
Wehavespecifiedand referencedwhich narrationsoftheMusnad are
also found inAl-Bukhari and Muslim.
" Toauthenticatethetextfurther,wehavecompared thetextsofIvuhvths
as found in AJ-Mawsoo'atu]-Hor/ei!f//iyyah researched and published
in45volumesbyMu'assasatur-Risalah withthoseoftheMaimaniyyah
manuscript - the oldest manuscript, and one highly esteemed by
scholars - as well as with other authoritative versions. In the course
ofour authentication, we identified volumeand page numbersof the
Maimaniyyah manuscript and specified where and in what way the
Maimaniyyahmanuscriptdiffersfrom ourversion, in footnotes.
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