Al-Tirmidhi

Islamic hadith scholar (824–892)

Al-Tirmidhi, born in 209 AH (824) in Termez, was a Persian Islamic scholar and collector of hadith.[1][2] He wrote Jami at-Tirmizi, one of the six major hadith compilations (Kutub al-Sittah) in Sunni Islam.[3] At-Tirmizi began the study of hadith at the age of 20. From the year 235 AH (849/850) he traveled widely in Khurasan, Iraq, and the Hijaz in order to collect hadith.[4][5]

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