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Ibn Majah, Muhammad b. Yazid, Abu `Abd Allah al-Qazwini
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[Biographical Notes in 'Reliance of the Traveller', Noah (Nuh) Ha Mim Keller, USA: Sunna Books, 1991 CE, Biography x170 (pg. 1057) ] Ibn Majah (Introduction) is Muhammad ibn Yazid al-Rub`i, Abu `Abdullah Ibn Majah al-Qazwini, of Qazvin, Persia, born in 209/824. He was a hadith master (hafiz), Imam, and Koranic exegete whose travels in pursuit of knowledge of hadith led him to Basra, Baghdad, Syria, Cairo, the Hijaz, and Rayy, and enabled him to author his Sunan [Sunnas], one of the six principle collections of Sunni Islam. He died in 273/887 (ibid., 7.144; and al-Targhib wa al-tarhib (y9), 1.21). The Ahlul Bayt DILP team does not necessarily agree with all of the statements and opinions expressed by the authors of these texts regarding their subjects. These are presented for the purposes of private research only. Presented by the Ahlul Bayt Digital Islamic Library Project team |
