Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal

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Sunni hadith book hadith collection

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal is a monumental Sunni hadith collection compiled by the scholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal, renowned for its extensive compilation of prophetic traditions arranged primarily by narrator.

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Label	Occurrences
Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal canonical	6
musnad of Abu Bakr	1
musnad of Abu Hurayra	1
musnad of Aisha bint Abi Bakr	1
musnad of Ali ibn Abi Talib	1
musnad of Anas ibn Malik	1
musnad of Umar ibn al-Khattab	1
musnad of Uthman ibn Affan	1

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Target entity: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Context triple: [Ahmad ibn Hanbal, notableWork, Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal]

A. Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, compiled by the 9th-century scholar Ibn Majah and widely used as a key source of prophetic traditions.
B. Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.
C. Bukhari
Bukhari is a Jewish dialect of Tajik (a variety of Persian) traditionally spoken by the Bukharan Jewish community of Central Asia.
D. Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari is one of the most authoritative and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari in the 9th century.
E. Al-Muwatta
Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Target entity description: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal is a monumental Sunni hadith collection compiled by the scholar Ahmad ibn Hanbal, renowned for its extensive compilation of prophetic traditions arranged primarily by narrator.

A. Sunan Ibn Majah
Sunan Ibn Majah is one of the six major Sunni hadith collections, compiled by the 9th-century scholar Ibn Majah and widely used as a key source of prophetic traditions.
B. Sahih Muslim
Sahih Muslim is one of the most authentic and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj.
C. Bukhari
Bukhari is a Jewish dialect of Tajik (a variety of Persian) traditionally spoken by the Bukharan Jewish community of Central Asia.
D. Sahih al-Bukhari
Sahih al-Bukhari is one of the most authoritative and widely respected collections of hadith in Sunni Islam, compiled by the scholar Muhammad al-Bukhari in the 9th century.
E. Al-Muwatta
Al-Muwatta is a foundational early Islamic legal and hadith compilation by Imam Malik ibn Anas that serves as a primary source for Maliki jurisprudence.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Sunni hadith book ⓘ hadith collection ⓘ
aim	to collect as many prophetic reports as possible ⓘ
approximateSize	one of the largest early Sunni hadith collections ⓘ
arrangementPrinciple	by narrator ⓘ musnad format ⓘ
associatedMadhhab	Hanbali ⓘ linked to: Hanbali school
author	Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
citedIn	classical works of Sunni creed ⓘ classical works of fiqh ⓘ classical works of hadith criticism ⓘ
compiler	Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
consideredBy	Sunni scholars as an important primary source ⓘ
contains	hadiths attributed to the Prophet Muhammad ⓘ hadiths narrated by Companions of Muhammad ⓘ
dateOfCompilation	9th century CE ⓘ
denominationalContext	Ahl al-Sunnah ⓘ linked to: Sunni Islam
distinguishedFrom	the Six Canonical Sunni Books ⓘ linked to: Kutub al-Sittah
era	Abbasid Caliphate ⓘ
focusesOn	prophetic traditions ⓘ
genre	musnad ⓘ
hasModernEditions	critical printed editions by various publishers ⓘ
hasPart	individual musnads for specific Companions ⓘ musnad of Abdullah ibn Masud ⓘ musnad of Abu Bakr ⓘ linked to: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal musnad of Abu Hurayra ⓘ linked to: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal musnad of Aisha bint Abi Bakr ⓘ linked to: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal musnad of Ali ibn Abi Talib ⓘ linked to: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal musnad of Anas ibn Malik ⓘ linked to: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal musnad of Umar ibn al-Khattab ⓘ linked to: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal musnad of Uthman ibn Affan ⓘ linked to: Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal
inFluenced	Hanbali jurisprudence ⓘ later Sunni hadith scholarship ⓘ
language	Arabic ⓘ
methodologicalFeature	arranges hadiths under each Companion narrator ⓘ includes multiple chains of transmission ⓘ preserves variant wordings of hadiths ⓘ
namedAfter	Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ
preservation	transmitted through manuscript tradition ⓘ
primarySubject	hadith ⓘ
religiousDiscipline	Islamic studies ⓘ hadith studies ⓘ
religiousTradition	Sunni Islam ⓘ
statusInTradition	highly respected among Sunni scholars ⓘ
studiedIn	contemporary Islamic universities ⓘ traditional madrasas ⓘ
usedIn	Sunni legal reasoning ⓘ Sunni theology ⓘ hadith authentication studies ⓘ

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Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Ahmad ibn Hanbal → notableWork → Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ

Kutub al-Sittah → excludes → Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal ⓘ

Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal → hasPart → musnad of Abu Bakr ⓘ