Musnad Imam Ahamd bin Hanbal
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Amongst the countless blessings which
Almighty Allah has bestowed upon the Muslims is that He has preserved
their religion for them and provided the appropriate means for Islam to
be safeguarded and preserved, in that He has raised erudite scholars
through whom the Sunnah of the Noble Prophet, Muhammad ibn Abdullaah
(S), the seal of the prophets, has been preserved. Thus the Book of
Allah and the Sunnah of the Prophet (S) provide evidence against
mankind. One of the scholars through whom Allah preserved the Sunnah was
Imaam Ahmad ibn Hanbal (Rahimahullah), and one of the books that he
wrote to preserve the Sunnah is al-Musnad, which is one of the major
collections of the noble Sunnah.
Muslim scholars, particularly hadeeth
scholars, were keen on ahaadeeth with few narrators between the hadeeth
reporter and the Prophet (S). In fact, Imaam Ahmad reported more than
three hundred “thulaathiyyaat”, ahaadeeth with only three narrators
between him and the Prophet (S). These ahaadeeth were collected from
al-Musnad by Shaikh Muhammad ibn Ahmad ibn Saalim as-Saffaareenee
al-Hanbalee (Rahimahullah) in a separate book.
This example clearly points to the great
care shown by hadeeth scholar to the Prophet’s Sunnah, as they were keen
to compile the Sunnah with the soundest chains of narrators (isnaad)
and convey it in the easiest manner possible, from leading scholars of
hadeeth who were of extremely good character and who approached the
reports with accuracy and deep knowledge, in compliance with to the
Prophet’s instructions: “Convey [whatever you learn] from me. even if it
is just one verse.” (Narrated by al-Bukhaaree)
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