OverviewA scholar from Qazvin whose Sunan became one of six major Sunni hadith books.CategoryScholarPeriodc. 824 – 887 CE
His workHis collection includes reports not found in the other five books of that group. This gives students more accounts to compare and study.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Ibn Majah
LearningHe travelled from Qazvin to learn from teachers in other cities. Each teacher helped connect him with earlier people who had passed on the reports.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Ibn Majah
Reading the reportsSunan Ibn Majah contains reports of different strengths, including weak reports. Students need to check the assessment of an individual report rather than treating every report as equally reliable.Source: TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Ibn Majah
SourcesOriginal summaries of the cited sources. Qur’anic accounts, later traditions and historical estimates are distinguished; brief profiles do not settle scholarly disagreements.TDV Encyclopaedia of Islam — Ibn Majah
