Teachers of Imam Ibn Mājah

Imam Ibn Mājah (may Allah have mercy on him) had the honour of studying under the great hadith scholars of his time, including scholars from Makkah, Madinah, and Qazwin. In Madinah, his teachers included: ➊ Ḥāfiẓ Ibn Muṣʿab al-Zubayrī, ➋ Aḥmad ibn Abū Bakr al-ʿAwfī, and ➌ Ḥāfiẓ Ibrāhīm ibn al-Mundhir. In Makkah, he benefited from: ➍ Ḥāfiẓ Julwānī Abū Muḥammad Ḥasan ibn ʿAlī al-Khallāl, ➎ Ḥāfiẓ Zubayr ibn Bakkār, the Qāḍī of Makkah, and ➏ Ḥāfiẓ Salamah ibn Shabīb, among others. Among the scholars of Qazwin were: ➐ ʿAmr ibn Rāfiʿ al-Bajlī, ➑ Ismāʿīl ibn Tawbah, and ➒ Muḥammad ibn Abū Khālid al-Qazwīnī. In addition to these, other notable teachers include: ➓ Jabbārah ibn al-Mughlis, ⓫ Abū Bakr ibn Abī Shaybah, ⓬ Naṣr ibn ʿAlī al-Jahḍamī, ⓭ Muḥammad ibn Yaḥyá al-Naysābūrī, ⓮ Abū Bakr ibn Khallād al-Bāhilī, ⓯ Muḥammad ibn Bashshār, ⓰ ʿAlī ibn Muḥammad al-Ṭanāfisī, and ⓱ ʿAlī ibn Mundhir.