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
The severe hunger of the early Muslims
[AI] "I saw myself as the seventh of seven with the Messenger of Allah ﷺ, and we had no food except the leaves of the hubla plant, until one of us would pass stool as a sheep passes it, with nothing mixed in it. Then Banu Asad came to rebuke me over Islam; if that is so, I have certainly lost and my striving has gone astray."
لَقَدْ رَأَيْتُنِي سَابِعَ سَبْعَةٍ مَعَ رَسُولِ اللهِ ﷺ، وَمَا لَنَا طَعَامٌ إِلَّا وَرَقَ الْحُبْلَةِ، حَتَّى إِنَّ أَحَدَنَا لَيَضَعُ كَمَا تَضَعُ الشَّاةُ، مَا يُخَالِطُهُ شَيْءٌ. ثُمَّ أَصْبَحَتْ بَنُو أَسَدٍ يُعَزِّرُونِي عَلَى الْإِسْلَامِ، لَقَدْ خَسِرْتُ إِذَنْ وَضَلَّ سَعْيِي.