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  "ar": "يحيى بن معين",
  "en": "Yahya ibn Ma'in"
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 "summary": {
  "ar": "المحدث الشهيد، أشخصه المأمون سنة ثمان عشرة ضمن السبعة الأوائل فامتحنه بخلق القرآن فأجاب تقية ورده إلى بغداد وكان يقول هو وغيره أجبنا خوفاً من السيف {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p. 490}، وعند المسعودي بلغ خمساً وسبعين سنة وأشهراً ومات بالمدينة وقيل سنة ثلاث وثلاثين ومائتين وهو الأكثر {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 512}.، وعند ابن النديم توفي سنة ثلاث وثلاثين ومائتين وله كتاب التاريخ عمله أصحابه عنه ولم يعمله هو {cite:fihrist-ibn-al-nadim p. 322}",
  "en": "The celebrated traditionist — among the seven first tested at the mihna in 218, dead at Medina aged seventy-five, most reports in 233 {cite:muruj-al-dhahab p. 512}."
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   "source": "تاريخ الخلفاء للسيوطي (ط المنهاج 1434هـ/2013م) ص 486–490",
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   "sections": [
    {
     "heading": "موجز",
     "markdown": "يحيى بن معين محدّث. عند السيوطي أشخصه [[person/abd-allah-al-mamun|المأمون]] سنة 218هـ ضمن السبعة الأوائل، وامتحنه بخلق القرآن، فأجاب تقية ثم رده إلى بغداد. وكان يقول هو وغيره إنهم أجابوا خوفاً من السيف. {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.490}\n\nوعند ابن النديم توفي سنة 233هـ، وله كتاب التاريخ عمله أصحابه عنه. {cite:fihrist-ibn-al-nadim p.322} وعند المسعودي بلغ خمساً وسبعين سنة ومات بالمدينة، وقيل سنة 233هـ وهو الأكثر."
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    {
     "heading": "Overview",
     "markdown": "Yahya ibn Ma'in, a traditionist. al-Suyuti reports that [[person/abd-allah-al-mamun|al-Ma'mun]] summoned him in the year 218 AH among the first seven, and tested him on the createdness of the Qur'an. He answered out of dissimulation, and then sent him back to Baghdad. He and others used to say that they had answered out of fear of the sword {cite:tarikh-khulafa-minhaj-1434 p.490}."
    },
    {
     "heading": "His death",
     "markdown": "Ibn al-Nadim reports that he died in the year 233 AH, and that he has a book, the History, which his companions compiled from him {cite:fihrist-ibn-al-nadim p.322}. al-Mas'udi reports that he reached seventy-five years, and died in Medina, and it is said in the year 233 AH, which is the more common view."
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    "translators": [
     "Claude Haiku 5.5 (claude-haiku-5-5), draft translation"
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