The full name of Imam Muslim is Abul-Hussain Asakiruddin Muslim bin Hajjaj Al-Qushairi An Naisaburi. He belonged to the Qushair tribe of the Arab clan Rabiah. He was born in 202 or 206 H in Nishapur, a town of Iran. His parents were religious people and os he was brought up in a pious environment. Because of this he spent all of his life as a pious and righteous person. A distinguishing attribute of the excellent character is that he never indulged in backbiting, which is a common human shortcoming. Imam Muslim travelled far and wide to collect the Ahadith (traditions) in the countries of Arabia, Egypt, Iraq, Syria and benefited from the prominent Hadith scholars of that time by attending the lectures and classes of those learned persons. His teachers included Ishaq bin Rawaih, Ahmad bin Hanbal, Ubaidullah Al-Qawariri, Qutaibah bin Said, Abdullah bin Maslamah, Harmalah bin Yahya and others.

He then settled later at Nishapur, where he came into contact with Imam Bukhari. Seeing the vast knowledge and deep insight of him in the Ahadith of the prophet (S.A.W), Imam Muslim remained attached with him until the end of his life. He also attended the lectures of another scholar of Hadith, Muhammad bin Yahya AdhDhuhli, but when the difference of opinion arose between Imam Bukhari and Muhammad bin Yahya on the issue of the creation of the Noble Quran, Imam Muslim favoured Imam Bukhari and left the company of Muhammad bin Yahya.
Imam Muslim compiled many books and treaties on Hadith, the most important of his works is the compilation of the Hadith collection Al Jami As-Sahih, which is famous by the name of Sahih Muslim. Some scholars of Hadith opine that in some respects it is the best and most authentic collection of ahadith. Imam Muslim laboriously collected 300 000 Ahadith, but after a critical study, he selected only 4000 Ahadith for this collection. Other contributions of Imam Muslim on the subject of Hadith are : Al-kitab Al-Musnad Al-Kabir Alar-Rijal, Al-Jami Al-kabir, kitab-ul-Asma wal-kuna, kitab-ul-Ilal, kitab-ul-wahdan and more...
Many students learned the Science of Hadith from Imam Muslim. Those who became famous and occupieda prominent position are: Abu Hatim Razi, Musa bin Harun, Ahmad bin Salamah, Abu Isa Tirmidhi, Abu Bakr bin Khuzaimah, Abu Awanah and Hafiz Dhahbi.
Imam Muslim died at the age of fifty-seven years in 261 H and was buried in the suburbs of Nishapur.
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