Yahya ibn Ma'in

Yahya ibn Ma'in
يحيى بن معين
Title
  • Malik al-Huffaz (the king of the memorizers of hadith)
  • Shaykh al-Muhaddithin (the teacher of the hadith experts)
Personal
Born774[1]
Baghdad,[2] Abbasid Caliphate
Died847 (aged 72–73)[4][5]
Baghdad, Abbasid Caliphate
ReligionIslam
EraIslamic Golden Age
RegionAbbasid Caliphate
CreedAthari[3]
Main interest(s)
Known forIlm al-Rijal
Muslim leader
Teacher
Students
Influenced by
Influenced
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Yahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معين, romanized: Yaḥyā ibn Maʻīn; 774-847) was a classical Islamic scholar in the field of hadith.[8] He was a close friend of Ahmad ibn Hanbal for much of his life. Ibn Ma'in is known to have spent all of his inheritance on seeking hadith to the extent he became extremely needy.

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  2. ^ Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
  3. ^ Melchert, Christopher (1997). The Formation of the Sunni Schools of Law, 9th-10th Centuries C.E. Koninklijke Brill, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill Publishers. pp. 7, 165. ISBN 90-04-10952-8.
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  7. ^ Al-Bastawī, ʻAbd al-ʻAlīm ʻAbd al-ʻAẓīm (1990). Al-Imām al-Jūzajānī wa-manhajuhu fi al-jarḥ wa-al-taʻdīl. Maktabat Dār al-Ṭaḥāwī. p. 9.
  8. ^ "Mengenal Yahya Bin Ma'in, Ahli Hadis yang Wafat Ditemani Ribuan Kitab". Arrahmah.com (in Indonesian). 2021-08-20. Retrieved 2021-09-21.