Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj's first hearing of hadith, 218/833

أول سماع مسلم بن الحجاج للحديث، ٢١٨هـ

833 CE · 218 AH

Nishapur

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj first heard hadith in 218, when he was about twelve years old; he then transmitted widely from Yahya ibn Yahya al-Naysaburi, al-Tamimi, al-Qa'nabi, Ahmad ibn Yunus al-Yarbu'i, Isma'il ibn Abi Uways, Sa'id ibn Mansur, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and a great many others 1.

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The Early Abbasid Caliphate
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Persia & Central Asia
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Nishapur

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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj's first hearing of hadith was in 218, when he was about twelve 1. He then transmitted copiously from Yahya ibn Yahya, al-Tamimi, al-Qa'nabi, Ahmad ibn Yunus al-Yarbu'i, Isma'il ibn Abi Uways, Sa'id ibn Mansur, Ahmad ibn Hanbal and a great many others 1.

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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
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Nishapur

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Birth of Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj at Nishapur, c. 206/821· «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 walks out of al-Dhuhli's circle over the lafz question, c. 250/864· Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj· Nishapur· The Bayhaqiyya Madrasa of Nishapur

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  1. Tadhkirat al-huffaz — al-Dhahabi , j.2 p. 526-527
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Birth of Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj at Nishapur, c. 206/821

Abu al-Husayn Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ibn Muslim al-Qushayri al-Naysaburi was born at Nishapur after the year 200 — one report says 202/817, while Ibn al-Salah is thought to have given 204; Ibn Khallikan reckons his birth in 206/821 since he died in 261/875 aged fifty-five lunar years.