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] On the authority of a man from the companions of the Prophet ﷺ who said: I saw that Abu Malik al-Ash'ari said: The Messenger of Allah ﷺ said: "I command you with five things: I command you with hearing and obeying, and with sticking to the Jama'ah (community), and with migration (for the sake of Allah), and with Jihad in the cause of Allah. Whoever separates from the Jama'ah by a handspan, he has removed the bond of Islam from his neck. And whoever calls to the ways of ignorance, he is in the midst of Hellfire." A man said: "O Messenger of Allah, even if he prays and fasts?" He ﷺ said: "Yes, even if he prays and fasts. But call yourselves by the name of Allah with which He named you, the slaves of Allah, Muslims and believers."
عَنْ رَجُلٍ مِنْ أَصْحَابِ النَّبِيِّ ﷺ قَالَ أُرَاهُ أَبَا مَالِكٍ الْأَشْعَرِيَّ قَالَ قَالَ رَسُولُ اللهِ ﷺ وَأَنَا آمُرُكُمْ بِخَمْسٍ آمُرُكُمْ بِالسَّمْعِ وَالطَّاعَةِ وَالْجَمَاعَةِ وَالْهِجْرَةِ وَالْجِهَادِ فِي سَبِيلِ اللهِ فَمَنْ خَرَجَ مِنَ الْجَمَاعَةِ قِيدَ شِبْرٍ فَقَدْ خَلَعَ رِبْقَةَ الْإِسْلَامِ مِنْ رَأْسِهِ وَمَنْ دَعَا دَعْوَى الْجَاهِلِيَّةِ فَهُوَ جُثَاءُ جَهَنَّمَ قَالَ رَجُلٌ يَا رَسُولَ اللهِ وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى؟ قَالَ نَعَمْ وَإِنْ صَامَ وَصَلَّى وَلَكِنْ تَسَمَّوْا بِاسْمِ اللهِ الَّذِي سَمَّاكُمْ عِبَادَ اللهِ الْمُسْلِمِينَ الْمُؤْمِنِينَ