Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
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Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal is a monumental Sunni hadith collection compiled by the scholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal, renowned for its extensive compilation of prophetic traditions arranged primarily by narrator.
All labels observed (1)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal canonical | 2 |
Statements (49)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Sunni hadith book
ⓘ
hadith collection ⓘ |
| aim | to collect as many prophetic reports as possible ⓘ |
| approximateSize | one of the largest early Sunni hadith collections ⓘ |
| arrangementPrinciple |
by narrator
ⓘ
musnad format ⓘ |
| associatedMadhhab | Hanbali NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| author | Ahmad ibn Hanbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| citedIn |
classical works of Sunni creed
ⓘ
classical works of fiqh ⓘ classical works of hadith criticism ⓘ |
| compiler | Ahmad ibn Hanbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| consideredBy | Sunni scholars as an important primary source ⓘ |
| contains |
hadiths attributed to the Prophet Muhammad
ⓘ
hadiths narrated by Companions of Muhammad ⓘ |
| dateOfCompilation | 9th century CE ⓘ |
| denominationalContext | Ahl al-Sunnah NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| distinguishedFrom | the Six Canonical Sunni Books NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| era | Abbasid Caliphate NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| focusesOn | prophetic traditions ⓘ |
| genre | musnad ⓘ |
| hasModernEditions | critical printed editions by various publishers ⓘ |
| hasPart |
individual musnads for specific Companions
ⓘ
musnad of Abdullah ibn Masud ⓘ musnad of Abu Bakr NERFINISHED ⓘ musnad of Abu Hurayra NERFINISHED ⓘ musnad of Aisha bint Abi Bakr NERFINISHED ⓘ musnad of Ali ibn Abi Talib NERFINISHED ⓘ musnad of Anas ibn Malik NERFINISHED ⓘ musnad of Umar ibn al-Khattab NERFINISHED ⓘ musnad of Uthman ibn Affan NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| inFluenced |
Hanbali jurisprudence
ⓘ
later Sunni hadith scholarship ⓘ |
| language | Arabic ⓘ |
| methodologicalFeature |
arranges hadiths under each Companion narrator
ⓘ
includes multiple chains of transmission ⓘ preserves variant wordings of hadiths ⓘ |
| namedAfter | Ahmad ibn Hanbal NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| preservation | transmitted through manuscript tradition ⓘ |
| primarySubject | hadith ⓘ |
| religiousDiscipline |
Islamic studies
ⓘ
hadith studies ⓘ |
| religiousTradition | Sunni Islam NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| statusInTradition | highly respected among Sunni scholars ⓘ |
| studiedIn |
contemporary Islamic universities
ⓘ
traditional madrasas ⓘ |
| usedIn |
Sunni legal reasoning
ⓘ
Sunni theology ⓘ hadith authentication studies ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.