RELIGIOUS FIGURE

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj

817 - 875

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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 592,092 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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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES

Among religious figures, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 249 out of 3,187Before 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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Contemporaries

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

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In Iran

Among people born in Iran, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 27 out of 631Before him are Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078), Tughril (990), Al-Tabari (839), Bodhidharma (483), Tahmasp I (1514), and Nader Shah (1688). After him are Khosrow I (501), Mansur Al-Hallaj (858), Reza Shah (1878), Salman the Persian (568), Ferdowsi (940), and Hassan Rouhani (1948).

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Among RELIGIOUS FIGURES In Iran

Among religious figures born in Iran, Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj ranks 6Before him are Zoroaster (-2000), Ruhollah Khomeini (1902), Esther (-600), Hassan-i Sabbah (1050), and Abdul Qadir Gilani (1078). After him are Bahá'u'lláh (1817), Báb (1819), Ibn Majah (824), Mordecai (null), Sasan (200), and Anastasius of Persia (550).