Yahya ibn Ma'in

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<region> scholar
Medieval era
Name: Yahya ibn Ma'in
Birth: 158 AH [1] in Medina [2]
Death: 233 AH [3][4]
School/tradition: Hanafi [5]
Influenced: Muhammad al-Bukhari [6]

Yahya ibn Ma'in was an a classical Sunni Islamic scholar[3].

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[edit] Name

Yahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معين) , Abu Zakarya Yahya ibn Ma'in/Mu`in.

[edit] Biography

He was a close friend of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal; however Ahmad stopped speaking to him after the ordeal of the Mu'tazilites, for Yahya had not joined Ahmad in speaking out against their theological heresies.

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[edit] Legacy

He is often quoted regarding Ilm ar-Rijal [8]

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[edit] References

  1. ^ http://www.ibnamin.com/Manhaj/scholars.htm
  2. ^ Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
  3. ^ a b http://www.masnet.org/history.asp?id=539
  4. ^ http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/asa3.html
  5. ^ http://www.abc.se/~m9783/o/abfm_e.html
  6. ^ http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=39213
  7. ^ http://en.fgulen.com/content/view/1148/3/
  8. ^ http://www.bogvaerker.dk/Bookwright/rijal.html

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