Yahya ibn Ma'in
Full name	Yahya ibn Ma'in
Born	158 AH [1] Medina [2]
Died	233 AH [3][4]
Era	Medieval era
School	Hanafi [5]
Influenced Muhammad al-Bukhari [6]

Yahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معن‎) was an a classical Sunni Islamic scholar^[3].

Contents 1 Name 2 Biography 3 Legacy 4 See also 5 References 6 External links

[edit] Name

Yahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معين) , Abu Zakarya Yahya ibn Ma'in/Mu`in.

[edit] Biography

He was a close friend of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal; however Ahmad stopped speaking to him after the ordeal of the Mu'tazilities, for Yahya had not joined Ahmad in speaking out against their theological heresies.

[edit] Legacy

He is often quoted regarding Ilm ar-Rijal ^[7]

[edit] See also

[edit] References

1. ^ مناهج أئمة الجرح والتعديل
2. ^ Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
3. ^ ^{a b} Muslim American Society
4. ^ USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts
5. ^ Abu Bakrah and the Feminists
6. ^ IslamWeb
7. ^ Rijal: narrators of the Muwatta of Imam Muhammad

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