Extracts from reviews of Hadith scholars on the Musnad Ahmad "Having read the Foundation's edition of Musnad Ahmad, I am delighted to confirm that their efforts in this most crucial task of serving the Sunna of the Prophet   have been successful. There is no doubt that this edition follows more closely than any other, the original text written by the author. For a long time our scholars and students have been waiting for a work of this calibre.   Your work on the Musnad has realised for me, a long-held hope and I ask that God will give you continuing success in your serving of the Sunna. May you be an example to all those concerned in the printing of Islamic texts, encyclopedias and the Sunna of the Prophet . In summary, this work is indeed ready for publication. We in the school of Hadith are awaiting the arrival of the Musnad and look forward to other comparable works. May God bless them in their work!" Professor Abd al-Mahdi Abd al-Qadir, Professor of Hadith and its Sciences, Azhar University. • • •  "This single-minded service to the inheritance of Islam in general, and to the Sunna in particular, will delight not only scholars, but any lover of Hadith. The Musnad Abu Hurayra, (may God be pleased with him), a section of the Musnad Ibn Hanbal, is a perfect model of diligent and scholarly work, and an example to others in the field. Praise be to God" Shaykh Muhammad Awwama, scholar of Hadith • • •  "The effort exerted in the production of this blessed work is in no need of further recognition. Its excellence speaks for itself. All publication procedures have followed the highest modern standards, and the selected extract is flawless, in terms of syntactical structure and meaning." Professor 'Izzat Ali Atiyya, Head of Hadith Sciences Department, Azhar University. • • •  "The text has been edited perfectly and was fully vocalized. The section I revised is ready for publication." Professor Rif'at Fawzy, Professor of Islamic Law, Faculty of Dar al-Ulum, Cairo University. • • •  "May God reward you for the excellent effort which you have exerted in collecting all the manuscripts that you were able to acquire from the Musnad…May this deed count amongst your blessings, on the Day of Reckoning…May God Most High bless you for the authentification of the Musnad. It is praiseworthy both as an integral whole and in the most minute detail, and exhibits an admirable faithfulness to the Hadith as they were originally transmitted…I thank God for granting you success in this project, and I ask the Almighty to reward you with the best and most faithful reward concerning this great deed. I would also like to thank you for the accuracy and the patience dedicated to the editing of the text, which is a great and flawless work. May God give you the best of rewards." Professor Marwan Muhammad Mustafa, Professor of Hadith Sciences, Azhar University. • • •  "The extract selected for my revision reflects the hard work of its compilers. They took care to clarify the differences between the versions, and I believe that this is sufficient. The section I reviewed is ready for publication." Professor Muhammad ibn Abd al-Karim Ubayd, Professor of Hadith, Umm al-Qura University. • • •  "I have examined the extract that you sent me from al-Imam Ahmad…The matn and marginalia of the given extract evinced a work of scholarly excellence; the work is a great achievement that can not be fully rewarded except by God. The variety of primary sources, and transmitters in the isnad and the utilization of the effort previously expended in the service of the Musnad in terms of narrator biographies and authentication of versions; all this has contributed to a perfect rendering of the Musnad, by the Sunna Project. It is in my opinion the closest to the original text and I hope that this version will be the most popular and widely used edition." Professor Abu Lubayba Husayn, Professor of Hadith, United Arab Emirates University.