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- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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- Persia & Central Asia
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Summary
Abu al-Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ibn Muslim al-Qushayri al-Naysaburi, author of the Jami' al-Sahih and one of the imams of memorisation among the traditionists, was born at Nishapur in Khurasan after the year 200: one report gives 202/817, and Ibn al-Salah is thought to have said 204 1. Ibn Khallikan favours 206/821, since Muslim died in 261/875 aged fifty-five lunar years 2.
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- Had participant
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
- Occurred at
- Nishapur
People and things also explored
«Muhammad ibn Isma'il is the most learned man to enter Nishapur», 247/861· Death of Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj at Nasrabad outside Nishapur, 25 Rajab 261/875· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj compiles the Jami' al-Sahih over fifteen years, c. 246-261/860-875· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj's first hearing of hadith, 218/833· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj walks out of al-Dhuhli's circle over the lafz question, c. 250/864· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj· Nishapur· The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur
Sources
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes , vol. 7 p. 690-691
- Wafayat al-A'yan wa-Anba' Abna' al-Zaman — Ibn Khallikan , v p. 195
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islam.museum contributors. “Birth of Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj at Nishapur, c. 206/821”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/birth-muslim-nishapur-206/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.