Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj al-Naysaburi

Muslim ibn al-Hajjaj was born in Nishapur in the Abbasid province of Khorasan, of Arab origin from the Banu Qushayr tribe. He lived during the 9th century CE (3rd century AH) and was a prominent muhaddith who travelled extensively across the Arabian Peninsula, Egypt, Iraq, and Syria to collect hadith. He studied under major scholars including al-Bukhari, ibn Ma'in, and others, and later taught notable students such as al-Tirmidhi and Ibn Khuzayma. Muslim compiled Sahih Muslim, considered the second most authentic hadith collection after Sahih al-Bukhari, which became one of the six canonical Sunni hadith books. He died in May 875 CE (261 AH) and was buried in Nasarabad near Nishapur.