Yahya ibn Ma'in

Yahya ibn Ma'in
Born	158 AH [1] Baghdad [2]
Died	233 AH [3][4]
Era	Medieval era
School	Hanafi [5]
Influences Ahmad ibn Hanbal
Influenced Muhammad al-Bukhari,[6] Dawud al-Zahiri, Ibrahim ibn Ya'qub al-Juzajani[7]

Yahya ibn Ma'in (Arabic: يحيى بن معين‎) was a classical 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) (died 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.

References

1. "مناهج أئمة الجرح والتعديل". Ibnamin.com. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
2. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
3. "Muslim American Society". Masnet.org. 2003-10-09. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
4. "USC-MSA Compendium of Muslim Texts". Usc.edu. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
5. "Abu Bakrah and the Feminists". Abc.se. Retrieved 2010-04-10.
6. "IslamWeb". IslamWeb. 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. Retrieved 2010-04-10.