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the second volume of the al-Kutub as-Sitta.
His teacher Abdul Wahhab al-Farra' is reported as saying
this about him: “Muslim is a scholar of the people and a rep-
ertory of knowledge. I know nothing about him that is not
good.”

Imam al-Tirmidhi
Imam al-Tirmidhi was born in 209 AH in Termez (Tirmidh), in
Transoxiana. Despite receiving instruction in Khorasan, Iraq,
and Hijaz, his main education took place in Bukhara; this was
also the birthplace of Imam al-Bukhari. Indeed, he received
instruction in the hadiths from al-Bukhari and Muslim.
Al-Tirmidhi did not restrict himself to collecting traditions,
but also contributed to the development of the knowledge of
Hadith. His Sunan al-Tirmidhi contains 3,962 hadiths. This book
is regarded as another of the most reliable works on the sub-
ject.
The greatest difference between the Sunan al-Tirmidhi and
other hadith collections is its orderly arrangement of subjects.
Every topic, great or small, is considered separately in such a
way that no confusion can arise between them. His ability to
collate works and then organize them in a manner which
makes the search for knowledge easier for the Muslim reader
is one of his greatest qualities. Al-Tirmidhi also wrote the first
book about the life of the Companions.

Abu Dawud
Abu Dawud was born in 202 AH. Like al-Bukhari and
Muslim, he traveled to almost all of the Islamic lands of his time
and was taught by more than fifty scholars. He made use of the

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