Yahya ibn Ma'in
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| <region> scholar Medieval era |
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| 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.
[edit] Works
- The Great History (Arabic: Al-Tarikh al-Kabir) [7]
[edit] Legacy
He is often quoted regarding Ilm ar-Rijal [8]
[edit] See also
[edit] References
- ^ http://www.ibnamin.com/Manhaj/scholars.htm
- ^ Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
- ^ a b http://www.masnet.org/history.asp?id=539
- ^ http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/asa3.html
- ^ http://www.abc.se/~m9783/o/abfm_e.html
- ^ http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=39213
- ^ http://en.fgulen.com/content/view/1148/3/
- ^ http://www.bogvaerker.dk/Bookwright/rijal.html
