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
My father told me, from his father, that ‘Ali ؓ said: I was with the Prophet ﷺ when Abu Bakr and ʿUmar ؓ came and he said: ʿO ʿAli, these two are the leaders of the middle aged people of Paradise and its youth, after the Prophet ﷺ and Messengers.”
كُنْتُ عِنْدَ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ فَأَقْبَلَ أَبُو بَكْرٍ وَعُمَرُ فَقَالَ يَا عَلِيُّ هَذَانِ سَيِّدَا كُهُولِ أَهْلِ الْجَنَّةِ وَشَبَابِهَا بَعْدَ النَّبِيِّينَ وَالْمُرْسَلِينَ