Is there a good commentary on the Musnad of Imam Ahmad?
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The questioner : Another question, O Shaykh: What are the commentaries? Is there a good commentary on the Musnad of Imam Ahmad?
The Shaykh : I do not know of a commentary on it.
The questioner : Because al-Hafiz mentions in al-Fath that he says: "Al-Rafi'i mentioned in his commentary on the Musnad." So I do not know if this Musnad is Ahmad's or what?
The Shaykh : This is what is intended when the term is used without qualification.
The questioner : Meaning, you have not come across this commentary in the Zahiriyyah Library or what?
The Shaykh : No, no, I have not come across it here. Our brother Ali says, and the narrator is responsible, that the Musnad intended is the one of al-Rafi'i, whose commentary is on the Musnad of Imam al-Shafi'i. And this is what comes to mind, because Imam al-Rafi'i is one of the great scholars of the Shafi'i school.
The Shaykh : I do not know of a commentary on it.
The questioner : Because al-Hafiz mentions in al-Fath that he says: "Al-Rafi'i mentioned in his commentary on the Musnad." So I do not know if this Musnad is Ahmad's or what?
The Shaykh : This is what is intended when the term is used without qualification.
The questioner : Meaning, you have not come across this commentary in the Zahiriyyah Library or what?
The Shaykh : No, no, I have not come across it here. Our brother Ali says, and the narrator is responsible, that the Musnad intended is the one of al-Rafi'i, whose commentary is on the Musnad of Imam al-Shafi'i. And this is what comes to mind, because Imam al-Rafi'i is one of the great scholars of the Shafi'i school.
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