This is the second volume of Musnad Imam Ahmad, it is widely regard as the one of most authentic collections of hadith after the Kutub as-Sittah.

This volume contains the following contents:

Hadith #1381 to #2822

• Musnad of Talha Ibn Ubaydulllah, Hadith #1381 - 1404
• Musnad of az-Zubayr Ibn al-Awwam, Hadith #1405 - 1438
• Musnad of Sa'd Ibn Abi Waqqas, Hadith #1439 - 1624
• Musnad of Sa'eed Ibn Zaid Ibn 'Amr Ibn Nufayl, Hadith #1625 - 1654
• Musnad of Abdurrahman Ibn Awf az-Zuhri, Hadith #1655 - 1689
• Hadith of Abu Ubaydah Ibn al-Jarrah, Hadith #1690 - 1701
• The Hadith of Abdur-Rahman Ibn Abi Bakr, Hadith #1702 - 1713
• Hadith of Zayd Ibn Kharijah, Hadith #1714
• The Hadith of al-Harith Ibn Khazamah, Hadith #1715
• Hadith of Sa'd the Free'd Slave of Abu Bakr, Hadith #1716 - 1717
• Musnad of Ahl al-Bayt, Hadith of al-Hasan Ibn Ali Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith #1718 - 1729
• The Hadith of al-Husayn Ibn Ali, Hadith #1730 - 1737
• Hadith of Aqeel Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith #1738 - 1739
• Hadith of Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith #1740 
• Hadith of Abdullah Ibn Ja'far Ibn Abi Talib, Hadith #1741 - 1762
• Musnad Bani Hashim, Hadith #1763 - 1790
• Musnad of al-Fadl Ibn Abbas, Hadith #1791 - 1834
• Hadith of Tammam Ibn al-Abbas Ibn Abdil-Muttalib, Hadith #1835 - 1836
• Hadith of Ubaydullah Ibn al-Abbas, Hadith #1837
• Musnad of Abdullah Ibn al-Abbas Ibn Abdil-Muttalib, Hadith #1838 - 2822