Ibn Khuzayma, Muhammad ibn Ishaq
ابن خزيمة محمد بن إسحاق
838 CE · 223 AH – 924 CE · 311 AH
Imam of the imams and hadith scholar of Nishapur, author of the Sahih known as Sahih Ibn Khuzayma.
At a glance
- Roles
- muhaddith · Jurist
- Counted among
- Sunni
- Era
- Abbasid Fragmentation
- Region
- Persia & Central Asia
- Review
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Life in time
Place in the story
- TransmitterTradition
Roles are dated and sourced; the museum describes the act and attributes the judgement.
Overview
Abu Bakr Muhammad ibn Ishaq ibn Khuzayma ibn al-Mughira al-Sulami, described by the source as the imam of the imams and the hadith scholar of Nishapur. He compiled the Sahih, known as the Sahih of Ibn Khuzayma. He was born in 223 AH (838 CE) and died in 311 AH (924 CE). 1
What is reported of him
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People and things also explored
The abjad letters named for Madyan's kings· The seven ahruf· Hadith· Shama'il Muhammadiyya· The Prophetic sira· Command, prohibition and capacity· Bid'a (religious innovation)· Sacred hadith (hadith qudsi)
Sources
- Mawsu'at A'lam al-Ulama' wa-l-Adaba' al-Arab wa-l-Muslimin — Dar al-Jil / ALECSO
- Tabaqat al-fuqaha' — Abu Ishaq al-Shirazi (ed. Ihsan Abbas, Dar al-Ra'id al-Arabi)
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islam.museum contributors. “Ibn Khuzayma, Muhammad ibn Ishaq”. islam.museum, https://islam.museum/en/person/ibn-khuzayma-muhammad/. CC BY-SA 4.0. Accessed 2026-10-17.