RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

817 - 875

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

Abū al-Ḥusayn ‘Asākir ad-Dīn Muslim ibn al-Ḥajjāj ibn Muslim ibn Ward al-Qushayrī an-Naysābūrī (Arabic: أبو الحسين عساكر الدين مسلم بن الحجاج بن مسلم بن وَرْد القشيري النيسابوري; after 815 – May 875 CE / 206 – 261 AH), commonly known as Imam Muslim, was an Islamic scholar from the city of Nishapur, particularly known as a muhaddith (scholar of hadith). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj has received more than 597,623 page views. His biography is available in 57 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 53 in 2019). Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is the 249th most popular religious figure (up from 299th in 2019), the 27th most popular biography from Iran (up from 38th in 2019) and the 6th most popular Iranian Religious Figure.

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj is most famous for his compilation of the hadith, or sayings of the Prophet Muhammad.

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600k
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72.66
Historical Popularity Index (HPI)
57
Languages Editions (L)
8.27
Effective Languages (L*)
3.41
Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 249 out of 3,187. Before him are Tomás de Torquemada, Joachim, Pope Siricius, Matthias the Apostle, Jeremiah, and Pope Innocent II. After him are Al-Tirmidhi, Pope Callixtus II, Abd al-Muttalib, Pope Leo III, Abu Hurairah, and Pope Anacletus.

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Joachim
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HPI: 72.82
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Pope Siricius
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HPI: 72.80
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Matthias the Apostle
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Jeremiah
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Pope Innocent II
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HPI: 72.71
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Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj
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HPI: 72.66
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Al-Tirmidhi
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HPI: 72.66
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Pope Callixtus II
1065 - 1124
HPI: 72.64
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Abd al-Muttalib
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Pope Leo III
750 - 816
HPI: 72.62
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Abu Hurairah
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Pope Anacletus
1 - 92
HPI: 72.59
Rank: 255

Contemporaries

Among people born in 817, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 1. After him is Abu Dawood. Among people deceased in 875, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 1. After him are Louis II of Italy, Ado of Vienne, Otfrid of Weissenburg, and Teutberga.