Musnad is a collection of Hadiths, which is credited to the Islamic scholar and Hadith collector Ahmad ibn Hanbal. Ahmad ibn Hanbal was a renowned Islamic jurist and theologian who lived in the 8th and 9th centuries in Baghdad. His collection of Hadiths, known as Musnad Ahmad ibn Hanbal, is one of the six most authentic collections of Hadiths in Sunni Islam. The collection contains Hadiths that are narrated through the companions of the Prophet Muhammad, as well as later narrators.