Muhammad ibn 'Isa al-Tirmidhi

Muhammad ibn 'Isa al-Tirmidhi was born in 824 CE in the village of Bugh near Termez, in present-day Uzbekistan, during the Abbasid Caliphate. He belonged to the tribe al-Sulami and was of Persian ethnicity, with his grandfather originally from Marw. Al-Tirmidhi was a prominent hadith scholar who travelled extensively across Khorasan, Iraq, and the Hijaz to collect hadith, studying under renowned teachers including al-Bukhari and Abu Dawud. He authored the Jami' at-Tirmidhi, one of the six canonical hadith collections in Sunni Islam, as well as the Shama'il al-Muhammadiyah, detailing the Prophet Muhammad's characteristics. Later in life, he became blind, reportedly due to excessive weeping, and died in 892 CE in Bugh. He is buried near Sherobod, Uzbekistan, and is locally revered as 'Termez Ota' or 'Father of Termez'.