Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Front sheet of the Sahih Muslim

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj , with full name Abu 'l-Husain Muslim b. al-Hajjaj b. Muslim al-Qushairi al-Naisaburi, Arabic مسلم بن الحجاج النيسابوري, DMG Muslim ibn al-Ḥaǧǧāǧ an-Naysābūrī (* 817 or 821 in Nishapur ; † 875 ) is the author of the most important collection of hadiths next to the collection of al-Buchārī . However, this collection is often preferred to the latter in the North Arabian region. In the majority it contains the same traditions as that of Buchari.

Life

Since his youth, Muslim traveled extensively, including through Iraq, the Hejaz , Syria and Egypt, in search of hadiths . He studied with famous scholars in Egypt, Syria, Arabia and Iraq, a. a. from Ahmad ibn Hanbal , from Harmala, a disciple of ash-Shafii , and from Ibn Rāhwayh . According to his own statement, he is said to have made the selection for his work from three hundred thousand hadiths that he had collected himself.

plant

Muslim's collection of hadiths is called Arabic الجامع الصحيح al-dschāmi' as-Saheeh  , collection of authentic traditions', shortly Sahih or Sahih Muslim . It is at the head of the six Sunni canonical collections of hadiths together with the “Saheeh” from Bukhari. Among the commentators on Muslim's work is the scholar an-Nawawī , who in the thirteenth century detailed the introductory remarks at the beginning of the individual chapters.

literature

  • The Encyclopaedia of Islam . New Edition. Brill, suffering. Vol. 7, p. 691

Web links

personal data
SURNAME Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Abu 'l-Husain Muslim b. al-Hajjaj b. Muslim al-Qushairi al-Naisaburi
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Author of a collection of hadiths
DATE OF BIRTH 817 or 821
PLACE OF BIRTH Naisabur
DATE OF DEATH 875