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Musnad of Aisha etc
Sitta) belong to this category of hadith collections.
closest to the Prophet (pbuh), the four Caliphs, Ten Blessed Companions, wives of the
Prophet (pbuh) , other
Maliki school of law. His collection contains 1720 hadiths. Another compilation of this
category is al- Musannaf
the content of hadiths is not taken into consideration. These collections begin with the
companions who were
The most famous collection of this type is of Ahmed bin Hanbal’s “Musnad”. He was the
founder of Hanbali
of Abdul Razzaq al Sanani which contains 11000 hadiths. Six authoritative collections of
sunni hadith (Sihah al
leading companions from Muhajirin and Ansar. Under the name of each companion there
are hadith narrated
the Musannaf collections served an important function in law and Hadith literature. Later
scholars referred to
The late second/early third century AH saw a shift towards Musnad collections which were
arranged
according to isnads. In these collections the hadiths are arranged according to the names of
companions and
Musannaf collections to know legal opinions of the Companions and Successors and Hadith
critics used them as
who want to know answers to specific questions on a single topic. Similarly, new converts to
Islam seek guidance
from these collections. Musannaf collections are also used by the scholars for practicing ijma
and Qiyas in legal
evidence when establishing the authenticity of a Hadith. These collections are very useful for
ordinary Muslims,
titles of chapters in Musnad collections are : Musnad of Abu Bakr, Musnad of Ali, Musnad of
Abu Hurairah,
by that companion. In this way, every single hadith can be traced back to the Prophet (pbuh).
Therefore, the