Hadith compilers

Persian Islamic scholar (810-870)

Muslim jurist and theologian (780–855)

Arab Islamic jurist, theologian and hadith traditionist (711–795)

Arab Muslim hadith scholar (821–875)

Muhammad ibn Isa al-Tirmidhi (; 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

9th-century Persian Hadith compiler

Persian Hadith compiler (824–886)

Al-Nasāʾī (215 – 303 AH; 830 – 915 CE), full name Abū ʿAbd al-Raḥmān Aḥmad ibn Shuʿayb ibn ʿAlī ibn Sinān ibn Baḥr ibn Dīnar al-Khurasānī al-Nasāʾī (), was a noted collector of hadith (sayings of Muhammad), from the city of Nasa (early Khorasan and present day Turkmenistan), and the author of "As-Sunan", one of the six canonical hadith collections recognized by Sunni Muslims. From his "As-Sunan al-Kubra (The Large Sunan)" he wrote an abridged version, "Al-Mujtaba" or Sunan al-Sughra (The Concise Sunan). Of the fifteen books he is known to have written, six treat the science of hadīth

Islamic scholar and founder of Thawri Madhhab (716–778)

Abū Bakr Aḥmad ibn al-Ḥusayn ibn ʿAlī ibn Mūsā al-Khusrawjirdī al-Bayhaqī (, 994–1066), also known as Imām al-Bayhaqī, was a Sunni scholar widely known for being the foremost leading hadith master in his age, leading authority in the Shafi'i school, leading authority on the foundation of doctrine, meticulous, a devoted ascetic and one of the notable defenders of the Ash'ari school. Al-Dhahabi said: "Unequalled in his age, unrivalled amongst his peers, and the Ḥāfiẓ of his time."

Persian Shia hadith collector (864–941 CE)

Abū al-Qāsim Sulaymān ibn Aḥmad ibn Ayyūb ibn Muṭayyir al-Lakhmī ash-Shāmī aṭ-Ṭabarānī () (873/874–970/971 CE/260–360 AH), commonly known as at-Tabarani (), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and traditionist known for the extensive volumes of narrations he published.

Arab jurist, scholar and traditionist (677/78-741/42)

Sunni scholar

Hadith compiler

muhaddith and Hafiz (0778-0853)

Iranian Twelver Shi'a cleric (c.1627 – 1699)

Abd Allah ibn Abd al-Rahman al-Darimi (; 797–869 CE) was a Muslim scholar and Imam of Arab or Persian ancestry. His best known work is Sunan al-Darimi, a book collection of hadith, considered one of the Nine Books (Al-Kutub Al-Tis’ah).

Ali ibn Umar al-Daraqutni (; 918–995 CE / 306–385 AH), was a Sunni Muslim scholar and traditionist best known for compiling the hadith collection Sunan al-Daraqutni. He is commonly celebrated in Sunni tradition with titles such as "Imam" and "Amir al-Mu'minin fi al-Hadith".

Sunni Islamic scholar (778–849)

Eighth-century Meccan Islamic scholar

Muslim scholar

Iraqi collector of hadith (750/1-819/20)

Hadith scholar of Mosul

Moorish scholar

writer

9th-century Persian Muslim scholar

Hadith compiler (died 843)

King of Hadith

Muslim historian and traditionist (c. 1057–1113)

Islamic scholar and ḥadīth transmitter (685–768 CE)

Moroccan scholar