Cikakken sunansa Abu Al-Husayn Muslim bn Al-Hajjaj bn Muslim bn Ward bn Kushadh Al-Qushairy A Naysabur. An ɗauki Imamu Muslim a matsayin babban malamin Hadisi.
Imam Muslim yana daya daga cikin manyan masu bincike kuma masu haddace hadisan Manzon Allah (S.A.W.). Nasarar Hadisin sa “Sahih Muslim” ana kallonsa a matsayin daya daga cikin mafi ingancin littattafan Hadisi guda biyu, na kusa da Sahihul Bukhari.
Farkon Rayuwar Imam Muslim.
An haifi Imam Muslim a shekara ta 202 bayan hijira (817 miladiyya) a Nishapur, yankin Abbasid na Khurasan (a yau a Iran). Yana da wani wuri tare da dangin Larabawa masu daraja mai suna ‘Qushair’. A cikin rukuni na bayanai da jagora mai girma.
Mahaifinsa ya kasance ƙwararren masani ne na da’irar bayanai kuma mutum ne mai daraja, kuma a cikin wani gari mai cike da bayanan Musulunci, Abu Al-Husayn Muslim ya girma ya tsaya kan ilimi.
Malaman Imam Muslim:
Imamu Muslim ya tattara hankalinsa a qarqashin masu binciken Hadisi da yawa kuma ya tattara hadisai masu yawa. Daga cikin fitattun malaman da Imamu Muslim ya nemi ilimin Hadisai daga cikinsu akwai:
Abu Musa Mohammad bn Al-Muthanna
Muhammad bn Yahya Adh-Dhuhaly
Abu Muhammad bn Ismail Al-Bukhari (Imam Bukhari).
Abdullahi Ad-Darimi
Said ibn Mansur
Abdullahi bn Maslamah Al-Qanaby
Imam Ahmed bn Hanbal
Ishaq ibn Rahuwayh
Qutaybah bn Sa’id
Abu Khaithamah Zuhair ibn Harb
Abu Kurayb Muhammad bn Al-Alaa
Yahya ibn Yahya A Naysabury Dalibansa: Imam Muslim ya nuna Hadisi a Nishapur kuma ɗimbin ɗalibansa daga baya sun shahara kuma sun yi fice a fagen Hadisi. Game da karatunsa, sun kasance masu yawa. Daga cikinsu akwai:
Abdullahi bn Yahya As-Sarkhasi Al-Qady
Ali bn Al-Husain Ar-Razi
Salih ibn Muhammad Jazarah
Abu Eisa At-Tirmidhi
Nasr bin Ahmed Al-Hafiz
Ibn Khuzaimah
Ali bn Al-Hasan bn Eisa Al-Hilali
Abu Uwanah,
Muhammad bn Abdul-Wahhab Al-Farra
Al-Husain bin Muhammad Al-Qabbani
Abdur-Rahmadn ibn Abu Hatim Ar-Razi . Rubuce-rubucensa:
Ban da Sahihu Muslim, ya rubuta littafai daban-daban a kan Hadisin da ma fi falala daga cikinsu:
Kitab Al-Mukhadramin
Al-Musnad As (Sahih Muslim)
Kitab Awham Al-Muhaddithin
Kitab At-Tabaqat 5 . At-Tamiyiz
Kitab Al-Afrad
Kitab Al-Ilal
Kitab Al-Wuhdan
Kitab Al-Aqran Littattafan da aka ambata suna daga cikin muhimman ayyukan Imam Muslim ba wai jimillar abubuwan da ya rubuta ba.
Ana kallon Sahih Muslim na Imamu Muslim a matsayin kusa da Sahihul Bukhari a daidaici da gaskiya. Duk wata al’ada da Imam Bukhari da Imamu Muslim suka yarda da ita, an sanya sunanta “an zaunar da ita a kanta” kuma ana kallon wadannan yarjejeniyoyin a matsayin mafi dogaro kuma na gaskiya.
Rasuwar Imam Muslim:
Imam Muslim ya rayu tsawon lokaci yana rasu a daren lahadi 24 ga watan Rajab shekara ta 261 bayan hijira ko kuma (875 miladiyya).
