2) Selected 500 Hadith from Sahih Bukhari & Muslim - The Message

Sahih Bukhari & Sahih Muslimvery common human failing. He had a remarkablememory. Ishaq bin Rahwi said of Imam Muslim: "I wonderwhat this person is going to be?" This was said in hisyouth. Ishaq Kausar once addressed Imam Muslim andsaid: "Your presence in the muslim community will alwayskeep it in the good." Abu Saimah who was a colleague ofImam Muslim and was so attached to him that while ImamSahib was busy compiling the Sahih Muslim, he remainedin Imam Sahib's company for fifteen years. He never told alie nor did he ever use vulgar words.Imam Muslim died in the year 261 A.H. / 874 C.E. inNeesaaboor, Iran. (To Allah we belong and to Him we shallreturn.)Page 179