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
[Machine] Ma'n said, "The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said, 'Gather in your mosques. When people gather, let them give me the call to prayer.' So we gathered, being the first of the people, and we approached him. He came walking with us until he sat with us. Then, one of us spoke and said, 'Praise be to Allah, no one can praise Him adequately, nor is there anyone who can praise Him less than what is due to Him. There is no way out from Him except through Him. And something similar to this.' At this, the Messenger of Allah became angry and stood up. He paced back and forth while we remained silent and didn't converse with each other. We said, 'Allah must have favored us by allowing us to be the first to come to him and by doing what we did.' He then came and we found him in the mosque of such-and-such tribe. We spoke to him and he came walking with us until he sat down in the gathering that he was previously in or close to. Then, he said, 'Praise be to Allah. Whatever Allah wills, He sets in motion, and whatever He wills, He brings to an end. And verily, magic is part of expression.' Then he approached us, gave us instructions, spoke to us, and taught us."
مَعْنٍ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ اجْتَمِعُوا فِي مَسَاجِدِكُمْ فَإِذَا اجْتَمَعَ قَوْمٌ فَلْيُؤْذِنُونِي قَالَ فَاجْتَمَعْنَا أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَجَاءَ يَمْشِي مَعَنَا حَتَّى جَلَسَ إِلَيْنَا فَتَكَلَّمَ مُتَكَلِّمٌ مِنَّا فَقَالَ الْحَمْدُ لِلَّهِ الَّذِي لَيْسَ لِلْحَمْدِ دُونَهُ مَقْصَرٌ وَلَيْسَ وَرَاءَهُ مَنْفَذٌ وَنَحْوًا مِنْ هَذَا فَغَضِبَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ فَقَامَ فَتَلَاوَمْنَا وَلَامَ بَعْضُنَا بَعْضًا فَقُلْنَا خَصَّنَا اللهُ بِهِ أَنْ أَتَانَا أَوَّلَ النَّاسِ وَأَنْ فَعَلَ وَفَعَلَ قَالَ فَأَتَيْنَاهُ فَوَجَدْنَاهُ فِي مَسْجِدِ بَنِي فُلَانٍ فَكَلَّمْنَاهُ فَأَقْبَلَ يَمْشِي مَعَنَا حَتَّى جَلَسَ فِيمَجْلِسِهِ الَّذِي كَانَ فِيهِ أَوْ قَرِيبًا مِنْهُ ثُمَّ قَالَ إِنَّ الْحَمْدَ لِلَّهِ مَا شَاءَ اللهُ جَعَلَ بَيْنَ يَدَيْهِ وَمَا شَاءَ جَعَلَ خَلْفَهُ وَإِنَّ مِنَ الْبَيَانِ سِحْرًا ثُمَّ أَقْبَلَ عَلَيْنَا فَأَمَرَنَا وَكَلَّمَنَا وَعَلَّمَنَا