Prominent Teachers of Imam Muslim:

Among his most important teachers were Imam Ahmad ibn Hanbal, Ahmad ibn Munzir al-Qazzaz, Ishaq ibn Rahwayh, Ibrahim ibn Sa‘id al-Jawhari, Ibrahim ibn Musa, Abu Ishaq al-Razi, Ahmad ibn Ibrahim, Ishaq ibn Musa al-Ansari (Abu Musa), Isma‘il ibn Abi Uways, Harmalah ibn Yahya (Abu Hafs Tahbibi), Hasan ibn Rabi‘ al-Burani, Abu Bakr ibn Abi Shaybah, Ya‘qub ibn Ibrahim al-Dawraqi, Abu Zur‘ah al-Razi, and Yahya ibn Ma‘in — all renowned masters and preservers of Hadith.