Sahih Muslim is the most authentic book of Hadith after Sahih Al-Bukhari and contains 7,563 Ahadith. The Muslim Scholars have agreed that all of the Ahadith in Sahih Muslim are authentic.
This is the First Volume of the English translation from the unabridged version consisting of 7563 ahadith. Each volume contains many chapters which represent one logical unit of Ahadith. Volume 1 consists of the translation of Hadith 2263- 3397.
Imam Muslim was born in Nishapur 206 Hijri (817 AD). At that time Al Mamun bin Harun-ur-Rashid was the (7th Abbasid) Caliph of the Muslim world. His full name is Abul Hussain Muslim Ibn Al-Hajjaj ibn Muslim ibn Ward.
Imam Muslim was born and raised within the ambiance of Islamic scholarship. His father was a scholar of Hadith and Imam Muslim acquired the preliminary lessons about the Quran, Hadith, and other branches of Islamic rulings from home. He also memorized the entire Quran at an early age.
When Imam Muslim was 14 years of age, he went to Makkah for Hajj. After completing Hajj Imam Muslim decided to stay in Makkah for some time to study Ahadith from all the major Scholars of that time. Imam Muslim also travelled to Madina, Baghdad, Kufa, Basra, Khurasan, Egypt, Syria, Harat, Rayy, Damascus, and many other cities to learn more about the literature of Hadith from the giant and senior scholars of his time. It is reported that Imam Muslim spent around fifteen years travelling around the Muslim world for acquiring knowledge.
Imam Muslim is one of the foremost preservers of ahadith of the Prophet. His book comes second only to Sahih al Bukhari in terms of authenticity according to the majority of scholars. It is considered to be better than Sahih Bukhari in terms of organization and repetition according to some scholars of Islam.
