Ibn Khuzaymah | |
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Title | Imām al-aʼimmah (إمام الأئمة) Al-Hafiz Al-Hujjah |
Born | Safar 223 AH Nishapur |
Died | 2 Dhu al-Qi'dah 311 AH |
Religion | Islam |
Jurisprudence | Shafi'i |
Main interest(s) | Hadith, Fiqh |
Notable work(s) | Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah |
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Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzaymah (Arabic: أبو بكر محمد بن إسحاق بن خزيمة, 837 CE/223 AH – 923 CE/311 AH) was a prominent Muslim hadith and Shafi'i fiqh scholar, best known for his hadith collection Sahih Ibn Khuzaymah.
He was born in Nishapur a year earlier than Ibn Jarir al-Tabari and outlived him by one year. In Nishapur, he studied under its scholars, including Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh (died 238 AH), the muhaddith of Khorasan at the time, as well as with al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Al-Hakim recorded that Ibn Khuzaymah wrote more than 140 books. Little of what he wrote survives today: