Biography of imam

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It is known as Al-Jamah as Sahih because it contains the eight different subjects on Hadis.

AL-JAMAH AS SAHIH MUSLIM
Imam Bukhari (R.A.) concentrated his efforts on compilation of authentic hadith as well as deduction of Laws from Hadith.

As a teacher, Imam Muslim was very popular. His son ‘Amr, and grandson Humayd Ibn ‘Amr, settled down at Neesaaboor.

Imam Muslim was also an admirer of another great teacher of Hadith, Muhammed bin Yahya al Dhuli. Defender of the Religion.

At that time a controversy regarding Khalq-E-Quran (whether the Quran is created or not) was widespread among the Muslims. the “Two Sahihs”. He also had a title called Asakir Al Deen i.e.

In the morning, Imam Muslim was discovered dead with his face lying over his manuscripts of Ahadith. His ancestors were from a pure Arab tribe namely Qushair who migrated to Nishapur at Khorasan (present-day Iran). His father was a scholar of Hadith and Imam Muslim acquired the preliminary lessons about the Quran, Hadith, and other branches of Islamic rulings from home.

Imam Muslim was born in Nishapur 206 Hijri (817 AD). At that time Al Mamun bin Harun-ur-Rashid was the (7th Abbasid) Caliph of the Muslim world. After a thorough assessment and critical scrutiny among all his collections, Imam Muslim only accepted 7,500 Ahadith (with repetitions) for his book comprising 57 volumes. He never told a lie nor did he ever use vulgar words.

MASLAK
Sheikh Abdul Latief says Imaam Tirmidhi and Imam Muslim were followers of the Shafee school of thought, although they were both Mujtahids.

It is reported that Imam Muslim spent around fifteen years travelling around the Muslim world for acquiring knowledge. The fact is what was said by Sheikh Tahir Jazari that Imam Muslim is not a Maliki nor a Hanifi nor a Shafi, but his compilation of the sahih Muslim shows that he was more inclined towards the Shafee school of thought.

SAHIH OF IMAM MUSLIM
Allamah Nabawi (R.A.) says that the Ummat have accepted the Bukhari Shareef and Muslim Shareef as the Kitabs, which follow the Quraan, in authenicity although the Bukhari is regarded as holding a higher position than the Sahih Muslim for specific reasons, the sequence applied in the Muslim is much better than that of Bukhari.

He attended his lectures regularly. This book is considered to be one of the most authentic collections of the Prophetic Traditions and along with Sahih al-Bukhari, forms the “Sahihain,” i.e. Another Qushayree family made their residence at nearby al-Beera, Andalus (Elvira, Spain). ” Abu Saimah who was a colleague of lmam Muslim was so attached to him that while lmaam Sahib was busy compiling the Sahih Muslim, he remained in lmaam Sahib’s company for fifteen years.

Az-Zuhali also asked his students to avoid attending classes with Imam Bukhari. He had a remarkable memory.

Imam Muslim was blessed with a sharp intellect and before reaching the age of 15, he completed his study on the Prophetic Traditions under the leading local scholars in his hometown.