RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Yahya ibn Ma'in

775 - 847

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Yahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معين, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Maʻīn; 774-847) was a classical Islamic scholar in the field of hadith. He was a close friend of Ahmad ibn Hanbal for much of his life. Ibn Ma'in is known to have spent all of his inheritance on seeking hadith to the extent he became extremely needy. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Yahya ibn Ma'in is the 2,183rd most popular religious figure (down from 1,424th in 2019), the 263rd most popular biography from Iraq (down from 207th in 2019) and the 31st most popular Iraqi Religious Figure.

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Yahya ibn Ma'in ranks 2,183 out of 3,187. Before him are Saint Othmar, Menachem Mendel Schneersohn, Hilary of Arles, Jacques Marquette, Jehoiada, and Antonio Marcello Barberini. After him are Jason of Thessalonica, Eznik of Kolb, José Freire Falcão, Pope Maximus of Alexandria, Laurentius Petri, and Armand Razafindratandra.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 775, Yahya ibn Ma'in ranks 6. Before him are Pope Paschal I, Staurakios, Leo V the Armenian, Al-Jahiz, and Rotrude.  Among people deceased in 847, Yahya ibn Ma'in ranks 4. Before him are Pope Sergius II, Al-Wathiq, and Methodios I of Constantinople.

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In Iraq

Among people born in Iraq, Yahya ibn Ma'in ranks 263 out of 384. Before him are Abu Sulayman Sijistani (932), Enlil-nirari (-1400), Ashur-resh-ishi I (-1200), Eriba-Adad I (-1400), Ibrahim ibn Sinan (908), and Abu-l-'Atahiya (748). After him are Ahmed Chalabi (1944), Ur-Zababa (-2350), Khumarawayh ibn Ahmad ibn Tulun (864), Kadashman-Enlil I (-1400), Ashur-rabi II (-1100), and Ali Akbar Salehi (1949).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iraq

Among religious figures born in Iraq, Yahya ibn Ma'in ranks 31. Before him are An Shigao (101), Emmanuel III Delly (1927), Lipit-Ishtar (-1890), Nahor, son of Terah (null), Al-Baqillani (950), and Bashar ibn Burd (714). After him are Muhammad al-Sadr (1943), Ignatius Gabriel I Tappouni (1879), Yitzhak Kaduri (1898), Ma'mar ibn al-Muthanna (728), Abu al-Hasan al-Hashimi al-Qurashi (1980), and Mullah Krekar (1956).

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