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Al-Nasa'i

829 - 915

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Al-Nasāʾī (214 – 303 AH; c. 829 – 915 CE), full name Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb ibn ʿAlī ibn Sinān ibn Baḥr ibn Dīnar al-Khurasānī al-Nasāʾī (Arabic: أبو عبد الرحمن أحمد بن شعيب النَّسائي), was a noted collector of hadith (sayings of Muhammad), from the city of Nasa (early Khorasan and present day Turkmenistan), and the author of "As-Sunan", one of the six canonical hadith collections recognized by Sunni Muslims. From his "As-Sunan al-Kubra (The Large Sunan)" he wrote an abridged version, "Al-Mujtaba" or Sunan al-Sughra (The Concise Sunan). Of the fifteen books he is known to have written, six treat the science of hadīth. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Al-Nasa'i is the 684th most popular religious figure (down from 565th in 2019), the 6th most popular biography from Turkmenistan and the most popular Turkmen Religious Figure.

Al-Nasa'i is most famous for his compilation of the Sunan, which is a collection of hadith.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Al-Nasa'i ranks 684 out of 3,187. Before him are Ja'far ibn Abi Talib, Pontius Pilate's wife, John of God, Huineng, Abu Dhar al-Ghifari, and Qasim ibn Muhammad. After him are Péter Erdő, Alexius of Rome, Muadh ibn Jabal, Hans Egede, Louis de Montfort, and Abdullah ibn Umar.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 829, Al-Nasa'i ranks 2. Before him is Ali al-Hadi. After him are Yahya ibn Muhammad, and Antony II of Constantinople. Among people deceased in 915, Al-Nasa'i ranks 1. After him are Regino of Prüm, Spytihněv I, Duke of Bohemia, Reginar I Longneck, and Adalbert II, Margrave of Tuscany.

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In Turkmenistan

Among people born in Turkmenistan, Al-Nasa'i ranks 6 out of 50. Before him are Muhammad ibn Musa al-Khwarizmi (780), Saparmurat Niyazov (1940), Jalal ad-Din Mingburnu (1199), Abu Muslim (718), and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow (1957). After him are Ibn Khordadbeh (820), Abu al-Ghazi Bahadur (1603), Chaghri Beg (989), Al-Zamakhshari (1075), Al-Muqanna (800), and Yelena Bonner (1923).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Turkmenistan

Among religious figures born in Turkmenistan, Al-Nasa'i ranks 1. After him are Abd Allah ibn al-Mubarak (736), Sufyan al-Thawri (716), and Najm al-Din Kubra (1145).

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