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Al-Tirmidhi , full name Abu Isa Muhammad ibn Isa ibn Musa ibn al-Dahhak al-Sulami al-Tirmidhi ( 824 - 892 , ie 209 AH - 13 Rajab 279 AH) was a medieval collector of hadith (sayings of Muhammad ), who wrote the Jami at-Tirmidhi , one of the six canonical hadith compilations used in Sunni Islam . He was born (and would die) at Bugh , a suburb of Termez , to a family of the widespread Banu Sulaym tribe. Starting at the age of twenty, he travelled widely, to Kufa , Basra , and the Hijaz , seeking out knowledge from, among others, Qutaiba ibn Said , Bukhari , Imam Muslim , and Abu Dawud . He was blind in the last two years of his life. He wrote nine books, of which, after the Jami , al-Ilal is best-known; only four of his works survive. He played a major part in giving the formerly vague terminology used in classifying hadith according to their reliability a more precise set of definitions. v t e1
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Tirmidhī (الترمذي), also transliterated as Tirmizi , full name Abū ‛Īsá Muḥammad ibn ‛Īsá ibn Sawrah ibn Mūsá ibn al Ḍaḥḥāk al-Sulamī al-Sulamī al-Tirmidhī (824-892, i.e. 209 AH - 13 Rajab 279 AH ) or 8 October 892 CE was a medieval Arab collector of hadith (sayings of the Prophet Muhammad )
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Abū ‘Īsá Muḥammad ibn ‛Īsá as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī ( ; , Termezī ; 824 – 8 October 892), often referred to as Imām at-Termezī/Tirmidhī , was a Persian Islamic scholar and collector of hadith who wrote al-Jami` as-Sahih (known as Jami` at-Tirmidhi ), one of the six canonical hadith compilations in Sunni Islam .He also wrote Shama'il Muhammadiyah (popularly known as Shama'il at-Tirmidhi ), a compilation of hadiths concerning the person and character of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad .At-Tirmidhi was also well versed in Arabic grammar , favoring the school of Kufa over Basra due to the former's preservation of Arabic poetry as a primary source."Sibawayh, His Kitab, and the Schools of Basra and Kufa." Taken from Changing Traditions: Al-Mubarrad's Refutation of Sībawayh and the Subsequent Reception of the Kitāb , pg. 12.
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Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī ( ; , Termezī ; 824 – 9 October 892), often referred to as Imām al-Termezī/Tirmidhī , was a Persian Islamic scholar and collector of hadith from Termez (in present-day Uzbekistan ). He wrote al-Jami` as-Sahih (known as Jami` at-Tirmidhi ), one of the six canonical hadith compilations in Sunni Islam . He also wrote Shama'il Muhammadiyah (popularly known as Shama'il at-Tirmidhi ), a compilation of hadiths concerning the person and character of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad . At-Tirmidhi was also well versed in Arabic grammar , favoring the school of Kufa over Basra due to the former's preservation of Arabic poetry as a primary source. The Cambridge history of Iran:Volume 4 (Repr. ed.).The Qur'an and Sayings of Prophet Muhammad (saw): Selections Annotated and Explained .
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Islamic hadith scholar (824–892) For the 8th-century Sufi scholar, see Al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi .Abū ʿĪsā Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā as-Sulamī aḍ-Ḍarīr al-Būghī at-Tirmidhī ( ; , Termezī ; 824 – 9 October 892 CE / 209 - 279 AH), often referred to as Imām at-Termezī/Tirmidhī , was an Islamic scholar , and collector of hadith from Termez (early Khorasan and in present-day Uzbekistan ). He wrote al-Jami` as-Sahih (known as Jami` at-Tirmidhi ), one of the six canonical hadith compilations in Sunni Islam . He also wrote Shama'il Muhammadiyah (popularly known as Shama'il at-Tirmidhi ), a compilation of hadiths concerning the person and character of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad . At-Tirmidhi was also well versed in Arabic grammar , favoring the school of Kufa over Basra due to the former's preservation of Arabic poetry as a primary source. Islamic Law and Society . 14 (3).
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Islamic hadith scholar (824–892) For the 8th-century Sufi scholar, see al-Hakim al-Tirmidhi . Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi ( Arabic : محمد بن عيسى الترمذي , romanized : Muḥammad ibn ʿĪsā at-Tirmidhī ; 824 – 9 October 892 CE / 209–279 AH), often referred to as Imām at-Termezī / Tirmidhī , was an Islamic scholar , and collector of hadith from Termez (early Khorasan and in present-day Uzbekistan ). He wrote al-Jami` as-Sahih (known as Jami` at-Tirmidhi ), one of the six canonical hadith compilations in Sunni Islam . He also wrote Shama'il Muhammadiyah (popularly known as Shama'il at-Tirmidhi ), a compilation of hadiths concerning the person and character of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad . At-Tirmidhi was also well versed in Arabic grammar , favoring the school of Kufa over Basra due to the former's preservation of Arabic poetry as a primary source. Islamic Law and Society . 14 (3).
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