Yahya ibn Ma'in

Yahya ibn Ma'in
Full name Yahya ibn Ma'in
Born 158 AH [1]
Medina [2]
Died 233 AH [3][4]
Era Medieval era
School Hanafi [5]

Yahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معين‎) was an a classical Sunni Islamic scholar.[3]

Biography

He was a close friend of Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal.He is often quoted regarding Ilm ar-Rijal[8]

Imam Yahya ibn Ma’een (rahmatullahi alaih) (passed away 233 A.H.) was a famous Muhaddith and expert of Rijaal (critical analysis of the narrators of ahadeeth). He taught Imam Bukhari (rahmatullahi alaih) and other muhadditheen.

This same Yahya ibn Ma’een (rahmatullahi alaih) attests to the great calibre of Imam Abu Haneefah (rahmatullahi alaih) and says, “He is thiqa (reliable) and trustworthy and I have never heard anyone who regards him to be a weak narrator.” [Umdatul Qaari, volume 3, page 66]

He also mentioned that the best fiqh in his estimation is that of Imaam Abu Haneefah (rahmatullahi alaih).

[Towards Understanding Taqleed, page 306]

References

  1. ^ "مناهج أئمة الجرح والتعديل". Ibnamin.com. http://www.ibnamin.com/Manhaj/scholars.htm. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  2. ^ Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
  3. ^ a b "Muslim American Society". Masnet.org. 2003-10-09. http://www.masnet.org/history.asp?id=539. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  4. ^ "USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts". Usc.edu. http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/asa3.html. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  5. ^ "Abu Bakrah and the Feminists". Abc.se. http://www.abc.se/~m9783/o/abfm_e.html. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  6. ^ "IslamWeb". IslamWeb. http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=39213. Retrieved 2010-04-10. 
  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. ^ "Rijal: narrators of the Muwatta of Imam Muhammad". Bogvaerker.dk. 2005-01-08. http://www.bogvaerker.dk/Bookwright/rijal.html. Retrieved 2010-04-10.