Scholar·Abbasid
Death of Imam Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
- Date
- 875 CE261 AH1,151 years ago
- Place
- Nishapur, Samanid realm
- People
- Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj, Al-Bukhari
Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi died in 875 near Nishapur in eastern Iran. He collected hadith from teachers in many cities and arranged them by topic. His book Sahih Muslim is one of the six major hadith collections in Sunni Islam. It is usually studied alongside the Sahih of al-Bukhari, and he is buried in the village of Nasrabad.
Why it matters
Sahih Muslim, with Sahih al-Bukhari, is among the two most authoritative hadith collections in Sunni tradition.