The book contains almost one thousand five hundred (1500)
hadiths according to Maktaba Shamila. It is one of the oldest Musnad (a kind of
Hadith book) written. It is written in second century of Islamic Calendar and written before the most authentic book of
Hadiths (narrations of the Islamic prophet
Muhammad) that are Sahihain (
Sahih al-Bukhari &
Sahih Muslim). The Musnad (مسند) are collections of
Hadiths which are classified by narrators, and therefore by
Sahabas (companions of
Muhammad). The book contain Sahih (authentic), weak and fabricated narrations. ==Publications==