Ibn Majah

Abu Abdillah Muhammad ibn Yazid ibn Majah (), commonly called Ibn Majah was a Persian, hadith scholar.Frye, ed. by R.N. (1975). The Cambridge history of Iran (Repr. ed.). London: Cambridge U.P. p. 471. ISBN 978-0-521-20093-6. His hadith collection Sunan ibn Majah is one of the six major hadith collections.Ludwig W. Adamec (2009), Historical Dictionary of Islam, p.139. Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810861615.
 Biography 
Ibn Majah was born in Qazwin, the modern-day Iranian province of Qazvin, in 824 CE. Majah was the nickname of his father, and not that of his grandfather. Al-Dhahabi mentioned following of Ibn Majah's works:
 Sunan Ibn Majah: one of the six major collections of hadith
 Kitab al-Tafsir: a book of Quran explanation
 Kitab al-Tarikh: a book of history or, more likely, a listing of hadith tellers.

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Category:History of Islam
Category:Hadith scholars
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