AT-TIRMIDHEE, Abu ‘Iesa Muhammad bin ‘Iesa:
Abu ‘Iesa, Muhammad bin ‘lesa bin Sura At-Tirmidhee was born in 209 H. In a town called Tirmiz in Uzbekistan near the northern border of Afghanistan. He was a student of Al-Bukhari, and compiled 4,000 Hadeeth in his book called Al-Jami which later came to be known as Sunan At-Tirmidhi. He also contributed tremendously to the methodology of Hadeeth and composed a book on it called Al-‘Ilal (the discrepancies). He was famous for his piousness. He became blind and finally died on 13 Rajab 279H.