Muslim ibn Hajjaj

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj مسلم بن الحجاج
Title	Imam Muslim
Born	after 815 Nishapur, Khorasan (in present-day Iran)
Died	May 875
Resting place	Nasarabad (a suburb of Nishapur)
Era	Islamic Golden Age Abbasid Caliphate
Occupation	Islamic scholar, Hadith compiler
Religion	Islam
Denomination	Sunni Islam
Jurisprudence	Shafi'i and ijtihad
Main interest(s)	Hadith
Notable work(s)	Sahih Muslim
Influenced by Ishaq Ibn Rahwayh,Muhammad al-Bukhari

Abū al-Ḥusayn ‘Asākir ad-Dīn Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muslim ibn Ward ibn Kawshādh al-Qushayrī an-Naysābūrī (Arabic: أبو الحسين عساكر الدين مسلم بن الحجاج بن مسلم بن وَرْد بن كوشاذ القشيري النيسابوري‎‎; after 815 – May 875) or Muslim Nīshāpūrī (Persian: مسلم نیشاپوری‎‎), commonly known as Imam Muslim, was a PersianIslamic scholar, particularly known as a muhaddith (scholar of hadith). His hadith collection, known as Sahih Muslim, is one of the six major hadith collections in Sunni Islam and is regarded as one of the two most authentic (sahih) collections, alongside Sahih al-Bukhari.

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was born in the town of Nishapur in the Abbasid province of Khorasan, in present-day northeastern Iran. Historians differ as to his date of birth, though it is usually given as 202 AH (817/818), 204 AH (819/820), or 206 AH (821/822).

Adh-Dhahabi said, "It is said that he was born in the year 204 AH," though he also said, "But I think he was born before that."

Ibn Khallikan says that he did not find Muslim's date of birth or age at death reported by any of the hafizes (referring to the hadith masters), though they all agree that he was born after 200 AH (815/816). He writes that Ibn as-Salah, citing Ibn al-Bayyi`'s Kitab `Ulama al-Amsar, states the date to be 206 AH (821/822). Ibn Khallikan writes that he acquired the work and found that Ibn as-Salah based the year of birth on Muslim's age (55 hijri years) and date of death (25 Rajab 261) reported by Ibn al-Bayyi`. He thus agrees that Muslim must have been born in 206 AH (821/822).

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