What did Imam Ibn Kathir mean by his statement: "as in the great Musnad" in his Tafsir, and was he referring to Imam Ahmad's Musnad or another?
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The great Musnad is a book by Ibn Kathir titled: "Jami' Al-Masanid wa Al-Sunan Al-Hadi li-Aqwam Sunan" (The Comprehensive Collection of Musnads and Sunans Guiding to the Most Upright Sunan). It may be referred to in some of his books, such as his , as "Al-Musnad Al-Kabir" (The Great Musnad).
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