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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

817 - 875

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Abū al-Ḥusayn Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muslim ibn Ward al-Qushayrī an-Naysābūrī (Arabic: أبو الحسين مسلم بن الحجاج بن مسلم بن وَرْد القشيري النيسابوري; after 815 – May 875 CE / 206 – 261 AH), commonly known as Imam Muslim, was an Islamic scholar from the city of Nishapur, 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. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is the 359th most popular religious figure (down from 249th in 2019), the 32nd most popular biography from Iran (down from 27th in 2019) and the 7th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is most famous for his compilation of the hadith, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.

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Among religious figures, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 359 out of 3,187. Before him are Al-Tirmidhi, Abu Hurairah, Theodora, Pope Clement III, Zaynab bint Jahsh, and Pope Marinus I. After him are Pope Sisinnius, Charles Taze Russell, Pope Pelagius I, Charles Borromeo, Pope Benedict II, and Philip Neri.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 817, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 1. After him is Abu Dawood. Among people deceased in 875, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 1. After him are Louis II of Italy, Ado of Vienne, Otfrid of Weissenburg, and Teutberga.