At a glance
- Era
- The Early Abbasid Caliphate
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Summary
In 247 it was said: Muhammad ibn Isma'il is the most learned man to enter Nishapur 1; his stays there were celebrated — when he arrived, four thousand men on horses received him, not counting those on mules and donkeys or on foot 2, and Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj came to him, kissed him between the eyes and said: let me kiss your feet, master of masters, chief of the traditionists and physician of hadith in its defects 3.
Connections
- Had participant
- Al Bukhari· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
- Occurred at
- Nishapur
People and things also explored
Birth of Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj at Nishapur, c. 206/821· Al-Bukhari's ordeal at Nishapur and his departure for Bukhara, c. 250/864· 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· Muwatta 560· Muwatta 766
Sources
- Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , j.2 p. 7
- Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , j.2 p. 10
- Tabaqat al-Shafi'iyya al-Kubra — Taj al-Din al-Subki (al-Husayniyya edition) , j.2 p. 9
- Encyclopaedia of Islam, 2nd edition (Leiden: Brill, 1954–2008), 13 volumes
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islam.museum contributors. “«Muhammad ibn Isma'il is the most learned man to enter Nishapur», 247/861”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/event/bukhari-foremost-nishapur-247/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Last updated 2026-11-01.