Musnad Aḥmad
مُسْنَدُ أَحْمَد
One of the nine major collections of the Sunnah organized by chains of narrations. It is the largest collection of the nine major collections. Full name: Musnad Aḥmad (مسند أحمد) (The Musnad by Aḥmad). Sources: Shamela Book# 25794 for the Arabic text with authentication by Shaykh Arnāʾūṭ; sunnah.com for English translation. The English translation is being added and improved by myself and other contributors.
Random ḥadīth in Aḥmad
“There would come a month when no smoke was seen in any of the households of the family of Muhammad ﷺ. I said: "What did you eat?" She said: "The two black ones - dates and water." But we had neighbors among the Ansar, sincere neighbors, who had domestic sheep, and they used to send some of their milk to us. (One of the narrators) Muhammad said: "And they were nine households." (Using translation from Ibn Mājah 4145)
لَقَدْ كَانَ يَأْتِي عَلَى آلِ مُحَمَّدٍ الشَّهْرُ مَا يُرَى فِي بَيْتٍ مِنْ بُيُوتِهِ الدُّخَانُ قُلْتُ يَا أُمَّهْ وَمَا كَانَ طَعَامُهُمْ؟ قَالَتْ الْأَسْوَدَانِ التَّمْرُ وَالْمَاءُ غَيْرَ أَنَّهُ كَانَ لَهُ جِيرَانُ صِدْقٍ مِنَ الْأَنْصَارِ وَكَانَ لَهُمْ رَبَائِبُ فَكَانُوا يَبْعَثُونَ إِلَيْهِ مِنْ أَلْبَانِهَا