YAHYA IBN MA'IN


'Yahya ibn Ma'in' () was an a classical Sunni Islamic scholar.

Contents
Name
Biography
Works
Legacy
See also
References
External links

Name


'Yahya ibn Ma'in' (Arabic: يحيى بن معين) , ''Abu Zakarya Yahya ibn Ma'in/Mu`in''.

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.

Works



The Great History (Arabic: ''Al-Tarikh al-Kabir'') [7]

Legacy


He is often quoted regarding Ilm ar-Rijal [8]

See also


References


1. http://www.ibnamin.com/Manhaj/scholars.htm
2. Tahdhib al-Tahdhib
3. http://www.masnet.org/history.asp?id=539
4. http://www.usc.edu/dept/MSA/fundamentals/hadithsunnah/scienceofhadith/asa3.html
5. http://www.abc.se/~m9783/o/abfm_e.html
6. http://www.islamweb.net/ver2/archive/article.php?lang=E&id=39213
7. http://en.fgulen.com/content/view/1148/3/
8. http://www.bogvaerker.dk/Bookwright/rijal.html

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