Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
Full name	Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
Born	202 AH [1] or 206 AH/c. 821[citation needed]
Died	261 AH /c. 875 [2]
Era	Medieval era
Region	Iranian scholar
School	Shafi'i
Main interests	Hadith
Influenced by Ahmad Ibn Hanbal Muhammad al-Bukhari [3]

Abul Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj Qushayri al-Nishapuri (Arabic: أبو الحسين مسلم بن الحجاج القشيري النيشابوري‎) (lived c. 206-261 AH/c.821-875 CE), Muslim Author of the second most widely recognized collection of Hadith in Sunni Islam, Sahih Muslim.

Contents 1 Biography 2 Legacy 3 Works 4 References 4.1 External links

[edit] Biography

He was born in the town of Nishapur located in present day northeastern Iran. He is the son of Hajjaj son of Muslim son of Ward of the Arab tribe of Qushair.

Among the author's teachers were included Harmala ibn Yahya, Sa'id ibn Mansur, Abd-Allah ibn Maslamah al-Qa'nabi, al-Dhuhali, al-Bukhari, Ibn Ma'in, Yahya ibn Yahya al-Nishaburi al-Tamimi, and others. Among his students were al-Tirmidhi, Ibn Abi Hatim al-Razi, and Ibn Khuzaymah, each of which wrote works on hadith as well. After many studies throughout the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iraq and Syria, he settled down in his hometown of Nishapur where he first met Bukhari, with whom he would have a friendship until his death.

He died in 875 CE in Nishapur, where he was also buried.

[edit] Legacy

His book is considered among Sunni Muslims the most authentic collections of hadith, second only to Sahih Bukhari.

Estimates on how many hadiths are in his books vary widely from 12,000 to 3,033 depending on whether they remove the duplicates, and consider only the text or the isnad as well. The book is said to share about 1900 hadiths with Bukhari's Sahih.^[4]

[edit] Works

• Sahih Muslim: his collection of authentic hadith

[edit] References

Arabic Wikisource has original text related to this article: Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

1. ^ Huda Info Solutions : Sahih Muslim English Translation by Abdul Hamid Siddiqui - Introduction
2. ^ مناهج أئمة الجرح والتعديل
3. ^ منهج الإمام مسلم بن الحجاج
4. ^ Lu'lu wal Marjan

[edit] External links

• Biography of Imam Muslim
• English translation of Sahih Muslim