Imam Muslim-Yr 10-D2-30

Imam Muslim was gifted with ...................................... and a sharp memory. First of all, he studied Arabic literature and other sciences taught in his times.

• Beautiful personality

• Great intelligence

• Gardens of dates

Imam Muslim (RA) developed a keen interest in the study of hadith. He began by learning hadith from the great scholars, including Imam Bukhari, who were at that time in..............................

• Yemen

• Nishapur

• Makkah

Imam Muslim (RA) undertook long journeys to collect .......................................... from other scholars of repute.

• Money

• Traditions

• Ideas

He went to most of the important centres of learning in ................................................................... where he attended the lectures of most of the important traditionists of his time, including Ishaq ibn Rahwayh and Imam Ahmad ibn Hambal.

• Afriqa

• Persia, Mesopotamia, Syria and Egypt

• Europe

• Russia

After finishing his studies, Imam Muslim ........................................... and devoted his life to the service of hadith.

• Went to Madinah

• Came back to Nishapur

• Stayed in Syria

The most important of his works is his Sahih. Some scholars have regarded it as ................................... on the subject.

• Weak work

• The best work

• Unnecessary work

Imam Muslim examined ............................ traditions before the completion of this book.

• 500,000

• 300,000

• 700,000

Out of his large collection Imam Muslim (RA) included only ............................... traditions.

• 8000

• 4000

• 9000

One great feature of his book is that he selected only those traditions which were free of all defects and were unanimously accepted by ..................................

• All hadith scholars

• The great hadith scholars

• Few hadith scholars

Imam Muslim strictly observed the principles of the science of hadith. He was even stricter than Imam Bukhari in pointing out the differences between the accounts of various narrators, their character and other details. He shows greater ability in ................................ of traditions.

• The reading

• The arrangement

• The writing