Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal is the collection of Hadith collected by the famous Sunni scholar Ibn Hanbal to whom the Hanbali madhab of Sunnis is attributed. It is said by some that Ibn Hanbal made a comment in regards to his book which read as follows: 'There is not a hadith that I have included in this book except that it was used as evidence by some of the scholars.
Publisher: Maktaba Rahmania
About the Author
Chronologically the last of the four imams and lived just after the first three generations of exemplary Muslims, thus confronting a slightly different situation from that faced by his three predecessors. This necessitated a fresh approach to the legal issues arising out of the situation of the rapidly expanding urban development and imperial government which had started to engulf much of the Muslim community. Imam Ahmad through his incredible personal integrity and scrupulous adherence to sound tradition was able to chart a course through a story period in which he lived. His example provided his followers with the legal bases of what later became the Hanbali madhab.
Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal lived from 164 H to 241 H. He was born in and died in Baghdad The Hanbali madhhab is now confined in the area known as Najd.