Musnad Ahmad 12461

The Musnad of Imam Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal — Arabic text with Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ’s comment and, where available, an Urdu translation

Risāla number (standard)
12461
Qurṭuba number
12483
Printed (Qurṭuba edition)
vol. 3, p. 143

Companion section: مسند أنس بن مالك رضي الله عنه(مسند المكثرين من الصحابة)

حدثنا عبد الله حدثني أبي ثنا حسن بن موسى حدثنا حماد بن يحيى ثنا ثابت البناني عن أنس بن مالك عن النبي صلى الله عليه وسلم انه قال : مثل أمتي مثل المطر لا يدري أوله خير أو آخره

No translation of this hadith is available yet. The Arabic is shown exactly as in the source.

Comment of Shuʿayb al-Arnaʾūṭ (Qurṭuba edition)

حديث قوي بطرقه وشواهده , وهذا إسناد حسن

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Isnād — the people who carried this hadith

6 narrators · 3 identified

The printed Musnad begins with the book’s own transmission: «ḥaddathanā ʿAbd Allāh» is Aḥmad’s son ʿAbd Allāh (d. 290), who narrates the book from him, and «ḥaddathanī abī» is Aḥmad himself; the hadith’s own chain follows them.

  1. Aḥmad ibn Ḥanbal (d. 241)(compiler)
  2. حدثنا
    عبد الله
  3. حدثني
    أبي
  4. ثنا
    حسن بن موسىWeak (ḍaʿīf)
  5. حدثنا
    حماد بن يحيى
  6. ثنا
    ثابت البناني✓ profile
  7. عن
    أنس بن مالكCompanion
  8. The Prophet ﷺ

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Similar wording found in…

1 same wording · 2 partial · group of 2 texts

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Same report — the wording matches